(ISLANDS BUSINESS) A new digital platform launched for public testing last week aims to connect Fijian kava farmers directly with buyers around the world, cutting out middlemen and giving growers their own verifiable identity. Eliki Dakuitoga is driving a revolution around how Yaqona is being sold. He and his team […]
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Twelve Pacific micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) will see their businesses grow from strength to strength with the support of grants worth over $400,000 euros. The grant is part of the European Union-funded ‘Safe Agricultural Trade Facilitation through Economic Integration in the Pacific’ (SAFE Pacific) project. Implemented by the […]
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By Sera Tikotikovatu-Sefeti The owner of Kavalicious Taveuni, Ana Malumuvatu, grew up watching her parents struggle to market their product as farmers, and raise their eleven children. “I remember one time when I was going to primary school with a plastic bag [to carry my books], and I said to […]
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