Rebekah Rasmussen

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Seed donation supports household food security in Fiji

UN Women has donated FJ$10,000 worth of seeds to support home gardening and improve food security among vulnerable households across Fiji. The seeds were handed to the Ministry of Agriculture, Waterwa...

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Rebekah Rasmussen Jul 16, 2026
Tonga brings traditional knowledge to television weather forecasts

Tonga's weather service has begun incorporating traditional environmental indicators into daily television forecasts as part of efforts to combine generations of community knowledge with climate scien...

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Rebekah Rasmussen Jul 16, 2026
Fijian mine workers receive compensation after 33-year dispute

Former Vatukoula gold mine workers and their families have received compensation more than three decades after a strike over poor pay and working conditions began Fiji's longest-running industrial dis...

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Rebekah Rasmussen Jul 16, 2026
Fiji targets meat imports with sheep and goat farming push

Fiji's Farmer Training on Small Ruminant Husbandry and Management has been launched to boost sheep and goat production, reduce meat imports and strengthen rural livelihoods.

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Rebekah Rasmussen Jul 10, 2026
Fiji helps steer global plastics treaty talks

Fiji is helping steer global negotiations on how countries will finance and deliver a legally binding treaty to address plastic pollution, including in the marine environment.

Pacific climate forum to become biennial platform

The Pacific Innovation Forum on Climate and Environment (PIFCE) will become a biennial regional platform after its inaugural gathering in Vanuatu closed with a regional commitment to strengthen climat...

Fiji sugarcane farmers receive new grant support

Sugarcane farmers in Fiji's Northern Division have received more than $91,000 in grant assistance as the government works to support new growers, lease renewals and the 2026 crushing season.

Female farmers drive rice production in Fiji’s north

A female-led farming cooperative in Fiji's north is looking to expand rice production after harvesting 30 tonnes and receiving a new government-backed harvester.

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