SPC agricultural news : newsletter of the South Pacific Commission Food and Materials Programme

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Sq 630.995 SPC
Created/Published
Suva, Fiji : The Programme, 1992-
Issue
Vol. 4 No. 2 (February 1996)
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Contents

SPC Agricultural News 1
BANANA EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOUTH PACIFIC COUNTRIES BLACK LEAF STREAK RESISTANCE-NO MAGICAL PANACEA FOR SOUTH PACIFIC 1
Niche markets require development 1
FROM THE DESK OF THE AGRICULTURE PROGRAMME MANAGER 2
STOP PRESS 2
PACIFIC SDNP MEETINGS AND REVIEW INFORMATION SERVICES 3
Sustainable development and communities other information link 3 , 4
Pactok network upgrade 4
UNITECH links 4
Call for articles: Agricultural engineering 4
6th HoF Meeting '95 5
New PS for PNG/ DAL and Wallis and Futuna Department of Agriculture 5
Strategic extension campaign 5
BUROTROP NEWS First meeting of the 'new' BUROTROP 6
ANIMAL HEALTH SCENE 6 New veterinary officers appointed 6
Vanuatu disease survey starts 6
Visit to Tuvalu and Kiribati 6
Regional Advisory Committee Meeting INIBAP/ASPNET NEWS 7
Other information of interest: 7
Fiji to test FHIA bananas 8
Training on banana weevil and nematodes 8
Second Banana Congress 8
COGENT news 8
COCONUT SCENE 9
1995-96 Plans for the Pacific 9
Coconut breeders at PNG's CCRI 9
STANTECH 2 training 9
Regional coconut gene banks 9
Taro beetle control update 10
Taro beetle studies at Bubia, PNG 10
Root crops given attention FOCUS ON PLANT PROTECTION 11
BioNET GLOBAL WORKSHOP 12
Louis Pasteur commemorated 12
Pacific plant protection information for francophones 12 , 13
Second biocontrol meeting plans future needs 13
PLANT PROTECTION STAFF MOVEMENTS 14
New SPC Staff 14
New United Nations Volunteer 14
Farewell to United Nations Volunteers 14
New bait spray for Fruit Flies 14 , 15
Fruit Fly Workshop 15
SPC-German Biocontrol Project FOCUS ON FRUIT FLY 15
FOCUS ON SPC GERMAN BIO CONTROL PROJECT 16
New video production available 16
Control of the Asian corn borer in Papua New Guinea 16
PLANT PROTECTION IN MICRONESIA NEWS 17
Asia and Pacific plant quarantine leaders meet in Philippines 18
National pest awareness training Fiji 18
Effective and profitable virus control on watermelon in Guam ADAP NEWS 19
-PACIFICLAND NEWS Sustainable land management in the South Pacific 20
1. PACIFICLAND annual review meeting 20
2. Common regional issues on sustainable land management 20
Indicators for sustainable land management 20 , 21
PRAP Project 11 – Agricultural Rural Development's up and going 21
The participatory approach 21
AIS NEWS 22
Agroforestry Information Service (AIS) update 22
AIS publications available 22
COUNTRY PROFILES FIJI 23 , 24
FRENCH POLYNESIA 24
HAWAII 24 , 25 , 26
KIRIBATI 26
NEW CALEDONIA 26
TONGA 26 , 27
WALLIS B FUTUNA 27
Acronyms 28

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South Pacific Commission. Food and Materials Programme and South Pacific Commission. Agriculture Programme. SPC agricultural news : newsletter of the South Pacific Commission Food and Materials Programme Suva, Fiji: The Programme, 1992. Web. 13 September 2026 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3561940314>

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South Pacific Commission. Food and Materials Programme & South Pacific Commission. Agriculture Programme. 1992, SPC agricultural news : newsletter of the South Pacific Commission Food and Materials Programme The Programme, Suva, Fiji viewed 13 September 2026 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3561940314

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