Project Name:
Adopting a gender-inclusive participatory approach to reducing horticultural food loss in the Pacific

Key Objective:
To investigate and remediate food loss in Pacific Island value chains using a gender-sensitive participatory approach to widen fruit and vegetable choices for overall improvement of Pacific diets and nutrition

Project Name:
Enhanced fruit systems for Tonga and Samoa: Community-based citrus production

Key Objective:
To increase domestic citrus production in Tonga and Samoa in support of pro-health outcomes and wider community development impacts

Project Name:
Resilient root crop systems in the Pacific Islands: development pathogen tested sweet potato

Key Objective:
To improve sweet potato planting material (pathogen tested) and planting practices as part of a broader program for resilient root cropping systems responsive to the challenges of pests and diseases and climate change

Responsible Divisions: Agriculture Research & Plant and Postharvest Technologies Divisions

Project Name:
Biodiscovery Project: Samoan Plants

Key Objective:
To determine the pharmaceutical potential of Samoan plants as sources of antimicrobial agents

Project Name:
Biodiscovery Project: Genome Mining

Key Objective:
To assess the pharmaceutical potential of bacterial isolates from Samoan soils