Tag: Agriculture
Marape delivers shock cabinet choice with three cash crop ministries
By Miriam Zarriga of the PNG Post-Courier in Port Moresby
Prime Minister James Marape delivered a shock yesterday when he announced his full cabinet, with...
Climate change: IPCC scientist warns world ‘pretty much out of time’
RNZ News
Deeper and and more rapid cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are needed to limit the worst effects of global warming, a climate scientist...
‘Our resources on the ground aren’t enough’, says UN Tonga official
UN News
As news coverage of the Hunga volcano eruption and tsunami that hit Tonga starts to fade, the United Nations Coordination Specialist in the...
Climate Commission report gives NZ dairy industry ‘free pass to pollute’,...
By Katie Todd, RNZ News Reporter
Critics have hammered the Climate Change Commission's agriculture goals in New Zealand, saying it has missed the mark on...
Climate Change Commission plan ‘big challenge’ for New Zealand
By Craig McCulloch, RNZ News deputy political editor
New Zealand is heading for a major upheaval under a landmark plan to combat the climate crisis...
NZ must help Solomon Islands tackle unemployment ‘time bomb’, says Clark
By Jessica Marshall in Auckland
The Solomon Islands faces a “time bomb” with a youth unemployment rate of 82 percent and New Zealand needs to...
Vanuatu government hopes new laws will save it on global finance...
By Bob Makin in Port Vila
The Vanuatu government’s Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Committee is confident that the submission of some 31 Bills to Parliament...
Santo kava farmers fear ‘silent killer’ investor threat to their production
By Glenda Willie in Port Vila
Vanuatu kava farmers on Espiritu Santo have expressed great fear of losing their production businesses in the wake of...
NCDs in the Pacific a ‘man-made crisis’, says FAO
The death rates associated with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), was referred to as a “man-made crisis” by the UN...
India needs to counterbalance China in Asia Pacific, says president
President Pranab Mukherjee says India needs to make efforts to improve its presence in the Asia Pacific region to counterbalance the growing influence of...
Indonesia strengthens ties with Pacific ‘good friends’
By Fardah Pewarta in Jakarta
Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan and his delegation's recent trip to Fiji and Papua...
‘Farm to Table’ plan will open door for many Pacific youth
More than a thousand Fijian, Vanuatu and Samoan youths will be helped to secure employment through organic agriculture with the launch of a US$1.5...