Kastom Gaden Association (KGA) was established as a charitable trust in 2000. It grew out of a five-year programme of an Australian NGO focussed on providing services to the subsistence and local market agriculture sector which encompassed the vast majority of the rural population. At the time this sector was poorly-serviced and poorly-recognised by government, […]
In a meeting of PIFON last January 29, Toilea Taholo of Tonga Growers Federation Inc. (TGA) shared her insights from the women entrepreneurship exposure program that she attended in India last year. “I was very impressed by how the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) promotes self-reliance among its members,” said Toilea. “SEWA targets very poor […]
Sakiusa Tubuna, IFAD Fiji, 28 January 2015 The Pacific Island Farmers Organization Network (PIFON) 2015 Planning and Training meeting for the Medium Term Cooperation Programme (MTCP II ) got underway at Nadi, Fiji this morning. It is attended by 14 participants from five Pacific island countries including PNG who are attending the PIFON meeting for […]