Climate change, disaster risk reduction & desertification

Environment and ecosystem management are key to ensuring urban and rural development and progress towards the achievement of the MDGs. Poor communities directly depend on natural resources for their livelihood and are the most vulnerable to a degraded environment, natural disasters and are the first to suffer from polluted air, water and soil. Sound natural resource use is at the core of effective strategies to strengthen resilience to climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Adaptation - Climate Change - Clean energy technology - Climate finance - Climate smart agriculture - Desertification/land degradation - Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) - Drought - Flood prevention/control - Mitigation

Farming and agribusiness

Yentyl Williams posted Information | 6 July 2015

Some of the best regional agribusiness success stories are on show at the Agribusiness Forum taking place at the Pacific Community Agritourism Week in Nadi, Fiji. The Agribusiness Forum is organised by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), the Secretariat of the Pacific...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
Beyond Climate Change in the Caribbean

Yentyl Williams posted Information | 6 July 2015

A new generation of youthful institutions that are inspiring and changing the climate of development across the Caribbean. Indeed, going beyond climate change in the Caribbean. Recent evidence based emerging from the Caribbean indicates that compared to previous generations, well over 75 percent of...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
Watch 'Real Pasifik' - promoting local cuisine in tourism at the Paicif Agribusiness week 2015

Yentyl Williams posted Information | 2 July 2015

Vidoe available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek-cpxs1yaE Find out more via CTA's blog: http://blogs.cta.int/category/social-reporting/ Follow the updates on Twitter with hashtag #PacAgriTo Subscribe to the Daily newsletter of the Pacific Community Agritourism Week Related resources...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
The perfect wedding ever in the largest ocean - Pacific Agritourism week 2015

Yentyl Williams posted Information | 2 July 2015

Lately, there have been quite some media outrages of unusual marriage courts everywhere, spreading like wildfire and going viral. Meanwhile in Nadi, Fiji, TV, newspaper and social media gurus scrambled to catch the latest show of a different kind: Chef – Farmer marriage. And I am here with a team...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
Promoting agribusiness development in the Pacific

Yentyl Williams posted Information | 2 July 2015

A three-day event being staged in Fiji by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), the Pacific Private Sector Organisation (PIPSO) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) aims to explore opportunities for increasing rural revenues and improving local health by...

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Pacific Island Farmers to Grow Tourism - Pacific Agribusiness week 2015

Yentyl Williams posted Information | 2 July 2015

Tourists to the Pacific Islands will see more local food on their plates, if delegates to the first ever Pacific Community Agritourism Week get their way . Opened today in Nadi, the Agritourism Week is a collaborative effort between the European Union, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC...

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Farming and agribusiness at the Pacific Agribusiness week 2015

Yentyl Williams posted Information | 2 July 2015

Some of the best regional agribusiness success stories are on show at the Agribusiness Forum taking place at the Pacific Community Agritourism Week in Nadi, Fiji. The Agribusiness Forum is organized by the Pacific Islands Private Sector Organisation (PIPSO), the Technical Centre for Agricultural...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
Chefs & farmers join forces to promote local foods in top restaurants - Pacific Agribusiness weeek 2015

Yentyl Williams posted Information | 2 July 2015

Forty chefs and farmers from countries across the Pacific met at the Pacific Community Agritourism Week in Fiji, with many discussing business transactions on-site to supply local produce to restaurants and resorts. The Buyers-Sellers Mart is part of the Agritourism Week, which aims to bring...

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Group: Building resilience of small island economies
ICT “know-how” to boost AgriBusiness and AgriTourism in PNG

Yentyl Williams posted Information | 1 July 2015

“I believe the key to economic and sustainable development lies in empowering the people. Papua New Guineans and Pacific Islanders are agriculturists by nature, we have sustained ourselves with food gardens for centuries. If we could teach our people to embrace the business culture and...

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Interest for AgriTourism in Pele Island - Pacific Agritourism week

Yentyl Williams posted Information | 1 July 2015

“Small is beautiful” is a popular cliché when economists are unimpressed with the chaos of large man-made things. For a tiny island like Pele, this is quite true; it is known and loved for its many natural features, so visitors keep coming back, year after year.Pele, nestled on a picturesque lagoon...

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