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

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Sq 630.995 SPC
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Suva, Fiji : The Programme, 1992-
Issue
Vol. 7 No. 1 (August 1998)
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Contents

SPC Agricultural News 1
Improving Food Security in the Pacific Islands 1 , 2
Inside 1
From the Programme Manager’s Desk 2
PHALPS 13 Meeting in Guam a Success AGRICULTURAL CORNER 3
SPC Role in Networks 3
New Taro Publication from Hawaii 4
Kava Being Addressed in Fiji 4
98/99 IIRR Training Opportunities 4
Tissue Culture Network & Newsletter Started 5
Intellectual Property Rights Matters 5
Seed and Planting Materials Plans 5
Guam Coconut Viroids 6
Super Papaya from Hawaii 6
Rates of Return on Agriculture Research 6
Coconut Support Group Meeting at CGIAR Mid-Term Meeting, Brazil COCONUT CORNER 7
Coconut Workshops for the Pacific 7
New BUROTROP Director BUROTROP NEWS 8
Montpellier Meetings '98 8
BANANA NEWS Bio Banana Consortium 8
PNG Banana Interests 8
ProMusa Initiative 9
ADAP's Banana Project 9
Animal Health Surveillance LIVESTOCK NEWS 9
New Animal Health Advisory Leaflets 9
FOCUS ON PLANT PROTECTION Beneficial Predators for Coconut Scale 10
Coconut Scale Insect Control on Nanumaga Island 10
Training in the Safe and Efficient Use of Agrochemicals in the Pacific 11
Taro Beetle Control Project News TARO BEETLE PROJECT NEWS 11
PLANT PROTECTION IN MICRONESIA NEWS Quarantine Prosecutions 12
Public Awareness 12
Giant African Snail Outbreak in Kosrae 12
Biocontrol of the Giant Sensitive Plant (GSP) in Fiji SPC-GERMAN BIOCONTROL PROJECT NEWS 13
New Diamond-Back Moth (DBM) Parasitoid for the Cook Islands 13
IPM Training Workshop in PNG Highlands 13
STAFF MOVEMENTS Entomologist Joins Project on Regional Management of Fruit Flies in the Pacific. 14
New GDS Worker for the PNG Highlands 14
PPPO News INFORMATION SERVICES 15
New Publications 15
ADAP NEWS ADAP Says Thank You to Dr Hazelman 16
First Part of Joint Project Could Lead to Pacific Paraveterinary Training Programme 16
ADAP Year 11 Projects Begin 16
Worthwhile Websites 16
ADAP Joins ACE, all in the Pacific are Welcome 16
PRAP Transition Phase under SPC 17
PRAP NEWS RAB Meeting in Fiji 17
Terminating Staff 17
COUNTRY PROFILES COOK ISLANDS IPM and Biocontrol Activities 18
Reforms in Progress 18
Agriculture Director Change 18
FIJI “Bainidakai” Useful but Beware! 18
Kava 18
Field Performance of INIBAP Tissue Cultured Bananas 19
Cabbage IPM Activities in the Sigatoka Valley, Fiji. 19
SPC Open Days ‘98 19
FRENCH POLYNESIA Agriculture High School on Mooréa Impressive 20
SPC Tissue Cultured Banana and Taros Perform Well 20
CIRAD Activities in French Polynesia 20
Citrus Problem Unidentified 20
MARCHALL ISLANDS Health Promotion Work Rewarded 21
Agriculture Division Restructured 21
NEW CALEDONIA Fong’s Bananas 21
PALAU Agriculture and Monkey Business 21
SAMOA Gender Training in Agriculture 22
Hydroponic Study Tour 22
TONGA Gender Training in Agriculture 23
WALLIS & FUTUNA Public Health Materials Developed 23
Training on Rhino Beetle Control 23
Tutu Project Support 23
VANUATU Urban Gardens Given Attention 23
Acronyms 24

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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. 10 September 2026 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3561940418>

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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 10 September 2026 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3561940418

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