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CTA and our PWA 2017 Proje ject le learnin ing jo journey

Opening Ceremony PWA CROPS – Culture // Resilience // Opportunities // Products // Sustainability

CT CTA Booth & our banners - Estimated > 300 visitors - Great interest in our selected publications/brochures - 200 USB keys with publications - Other promotional material

Products : Locally produced with modern packaging techniques celebrating Pacific culture

Cultural handicrafts and local produce

Overview: Our fl flagship side events and fi field trip Tuesday 17 October Tuesday 17 October Wednesday, 18 October Thursday, 19 October Wednesday, 18 October Promoting Youth Agri- Priority Value Chain New Opportunities in Entrepreneurship in the Coordination/ the Agritourism Sector in Field Trip Pacific Agricultural Innovation the Pacific Platforms Vanuatu National Congress Centre The Melanesian Hotel The Melanesian Hotel Cultural Village Tanna Farms Lapita Café Local Market & Supermarket CTA and partners; Government of Vanuatu, IFAD, PIPSO, SPC, SPTO

Promoting Youth Agri ri-Entrepreneurship in in the Pacif ific • Successful young agri-entrepreneurs shared their stories • Development partners can and do play a catalytic role • Small grants and ICTs are enablers and drivers of success • More supportive enabling policies and finance needed • Opportunities exist to enhance the appeal of the agricultural sector,

Highlights • Honourable Minister of Agriculture, Vanuatu recognized that cross-sectoral policies are needed and promised to take action and work more closely with the Ministry of Youth • CTA�s �alued role i� supporti�g youth to develop and sustain profitable agribusinesses in their home countries • IFAD underpinned that we cannot assume what our youth want and must continuously engage them if they are to make any meaningful contribution to agricultural development • SPC�s �ords of �autio� �fa�tor i� impacts of climate change o� �arkets� – Resilience

Recommendations • to establish special youth programmes and investment windows to support agripreneurs including ICT-enabled agri-business platforms • to advocate for a bottom-up driven policy process which engages young people

Port Vila Communiqué - Promoting Youth Agri-Entrepreneurship in in th the Pacific 1. Create the enabling policy environment 2. Increase access to finance – diversified offering 3. Increase access to support services - mentorship 4. Invest in Education/Training/Skills/Technology 5. Develop/Strengthen partnerships between governments, development partners, financiers and youth Sustainability! The complete communiqué can be downloaded shortly from: https://innov4agpacific.pipso.org.fj/

Value chain workshop - Discussions about results and lessons learned from VC studies and investment VC training and studies by PIFON - Impacts of other IFAD funded projects (Fiji, Solomon Is., Tonga) - Launch of the online Value Chain Coordination/ Agricultural Innovation Platform Opportunities!

Click here to access the platform online: https://innov4agpacific.pipso.org.fj

Recommendations • Build capacity and trust among key stakeholders and develop synergies with ongoing initiatives at national level, keeping in mind the specific country context and needs of each user. • Identify and nurture country facilitators/ champions as soon as possible. Decide on the priority VCs for proof of concept. The online platform is not sufficient

Agritourism • Food tourism is a major opportunity to advance the integration of agriculture, tourism and trade sectors in the Pacific • Need to share and build on lessons learned in developing agritourism policies and good practice e.g. Chefs4Dev Recommendations: • Harmonisation of agriculture, trade and tourism policies at all levels and advance development of agritourism policies in other countries • Promote sound sustainability and investments into technology (processing facilities, transport and infrastructure development) with a regional dimension, complemented by regional trade facilitation measures. • Accelerate training on food safety standards and certification for farmers and processors

Communications – online, print & face-to to-face

Lessons fr from our fi field trip

Culture

Traditional food preservation and harvesting techniques Resilience This ��a�a�a leaf� earth �fridge� �a� preser�e grated bananas several years.

Traditional fishing techniques: Spider webs are collected and wrapped around a stick (like in the picture), which is then attached at the back of a fishing boat just above the water. When sunlight hits, the reflections attracts fish that can then easily be caught.

Traditional cooking and handicraft techniques: Dishes like laplap are prepared above the fire and mats are woven; knowledge that has been preserved and is carried out till today.

Tanna Coffee Products Also an example of agri-tourism linkages

Lapita Cafe Products Manufacturing nutritious added value products from local produce

Local Small Scale Processing Opportunities

Local market vs. Supermarket - Products What would you buy for 1.5 Euro (200 Vatu)? Locally sourced fruits or 1 serving of fast cooking pasta ?

Sustainability in Partnerships

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Stay updated & share your in information wit ith us! Engage on Twitter and Facebook: In Innov4AgPacific Visit: - The Platform https://innov4agpacific.pipso.org.fj/ - The project’s space on cta.int http://www.cta.int/en/article/2016-08-31/promoting-nutritious-food- systems-in-the-pacific-islands.html - PWA overview page on cta.int http://www.cta.int/en/news/pwa-2017.html