PGR News from the Pacific

A blog maintained by Tevita Kete, PGR Officer

Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Suva, Fiji Islands

This weblog documents the activities of Pacific Agricultural Genetic Resources Network (PAPGREN), along with other information on plant genetic resources (PGR) in the Pacific.

The myriad varieties found within cultivated plants are fundamental to the present and future productivity of agriculture. PAPGREN, which is coordinated by the Land Resources Division of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), helps Pacific countries and territories to conserve their crop genetic diversity sustainably, with technical assistance from the Bioversity International (BI) and support from NZAID and ACIAR.

SPC also hosts the Centre of Pacific Crops and Trees (CEPaCT). The CEPaCT maintains regional in vitro collections of crops important to the Pacific and carries out research on tissue culture technology. The CEPaCT Adviser is Dr Mary Taylor (MaryT@spc.int), the CEPaCT Curator is Ms Valerie Tuia (ValerieT@spc.int).

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PAPGREN coordination and support

CEPaCT

Click on the thumbnail to see a map of the locations of Pacific genebanks. Click here to download a regional directory of genebanks in the Pacific, including information on their location, contact details and holdings.

PAPGREN partners

Mr William Wigmore
Director of Research
Ministry of Agriculture
Department of Resources & Development
P.O. Box 96
Rarotonga
Cook Islands
Tel: (682) 28711-29720
Fax: (682) 21881
Email: cimoa@oyster.net.ck

Mr Adelino S. Lorens
Chief
Agriculture Pohnpei
Office of Economic Affairs
P.O. Box 1028
Kolonia
Pohnpei 96941
Federated States of Micronesia
Tel: (691) 3202400
Fax: (691) 3202127
Email: pniagriculture@mail.fm

Dr Lois Englberger
Island Food Community of Pohnpei
Research Advisor
P.O. Box 2299
Kolonia
Pohnpei 96941
Federated States of Micronesia
Email: nutrition@mail.fm

Mr Apisai Ucuboi
Director of Research
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forest
Koronivia Research Station
P.O. Box 77
Nausori
Fiji Islands
Tel: (679) 3477044
Fax: (679) 3477546-400262
Email: apisainu@yahoo.com

Dr Maurice Wong
Service du Developpement Rural
B.P. 100
Papeete
Tahiti 98713
French Polynesia
Tel: (689) 42 81 44
Fax: (689) 42 08 31
Email: maurice.wong@rural.gov.pf

Mr Tianeti Beenna Ioane
Head, Research Section
Division of Agriculture
Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development
P.O. Box 267
Tarawa
Kiribati
Tel: (686) 28096-28108-28080
Fax: (686) 28121
Email : agriculture@tskl.net.ki; Beenna_ti@yahoo.com

Mr Frederick Muller
Secretary
Ministry of Resources & Development
P.O. Box 1727
Majuro 96960
Marshall Islands
Tel: (692) 6253206
Fax: (692) 6257471
Email: rndsec@ntamar.net

Mr Herman Francisco
Director
Bureau of Agriculture
Ministry of Resources & Development
P.O. Box 460
Koror 96940
Palau
Tel: (680) 4881517
Fax: (680) 4881725
Email: bnrd@pnccwg.palaunet.com

Ms Rosa Kambuou
Principal Scientist PGR
NARI Dry Lowlands Programme
Laloki Agricultural Research Station
P.O. Box 1828
Boroko
National Capital District
Papua New Guinea
Tel: (675) 3235511
Fax: (675) 3234733
Email: kambuou@global.net.pg

Ms Laisene Samuelu
Principal Crop Development Officer
Crops Division
Ministry of Agriculture, Forests, Fisheries & Meteorology
P.O. Box 1874
Apia
Samoa
Tel: (685) 23416-20605
Fax: (685) 20607-23996
Email: lsamuelu@lesamoa.net

Mr Jimi Saelea
Director of Research
Department of Agriculture and Livestock
P.O. Box G13
Honiara
Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
Tel: (677) 27987

Mr Tony Jansen
Planting Materials Network
Kastom Gaden Association
Burns Creek, Honiara
P.O. Box 742
Honiara
Solomon Islands
Tel: (677) 39551
Email: kastomgaden@solomon.com.sb

Mr Finao Pole
Head of Research
Ministry of Agriculture & Forests
P.O. Box 14
Nuku'alofa
Tonga
Tel: (676) 23038
Fax: (676) 24271
Email: thaangana@hotmail.com

Mr Frazer Bule Lehi
Head of Research
Department of Agriculture & Rural Development
Private Mail Bag 040
Port Vila
Vanuatu
Tel: (678) 22525
Fax: (678) 25265
Email: flehi@hotmail.com

Other links

Other CROP agencies
Forum Secretariat
University of the South Pacific
SPREP

Pacific biodiversity
Biodiversity hotspots
Breadfruit Institute
Hawaiian native plants
Intellectual property rights
Nature Conservancy
PBIF
PestNet
SIDS
WWF South Pacific Program

Other Pacific organizations
Foundation of the Peoples of the South Pacific
Micronesian Seminar
Te Puna web directory

Pacific news
Cafe Pacific
CocoNET Wireless
Island Directory
Pacific Islands News
Pacific Islands Report
Pacific Islands Travel
Pacific Time
South Pacific travel
Time Pacific

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Tuesday, May 11, 2004

Posted 8:59 PM by Luigi

News from Kiribati

The Agriculture Division of the Minister for Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development of Kiribati will be expanding its germplasm collection to include the outer islands, where most people are living and are more dependant on agriculture than in South Tarawa. The staff of the Crop Improvement and Agroforestry Section will set up four genebanks (breadfruit varieties, banana, pandanus, citrus and other important food crops) for local and introduced food crops on Tabiteuea North in the Southern group. The genebank will cater for the seven islands as it is the main transit for flights to the Southern group.

Tianeti Beenna Ioane
Head
Research Section
Division of Agriculture
Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development
PO Box 267
Tarawa
Kiribati

agriculture@tskl.net.ki
Beena_ti@yahoo.com

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Posted 2:30 PM by Luigi

Bamboo conservation

A study on the conservation status of bamboo species globally has just been published by INBAR (International Network for Bamboo and Rattan) and UNEP-WCMC (United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre). It shows that many bamboo species, including relatives of those cultivated commercially, have tiny amounts of forest remaining within their native ranges. You can find out more about the report (and download it) here:

http://www.unep-wcmc.org/resources/publications/UNEP_WCMC_bio_series/14/presspack/index.htm

For the Pacific region, the report shows areas of potentially moderately high bamboo richness (11-32 species) in parts of Papua New Guinea. See this map. The highest levels of species richness occur in southern China, with some areas having up to 140 species.

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Monday, May 10, 2004

Posted 2:00 PM by Luigi

Betel Nut in Yap

An article in Pacific Magazine and Islands Business describes the Yap betel nut industry, worth US $3 million in the year up to Feb. 2004. The trade has fueled an entrepreneurial spirit in Yap.

What the article does not say, is that unfortunately the typhoon "Sudal" has since devastated Yap (at the beginning of April). Dietmar Braeutigam of SPC's Forestry Programme, who visited the island recently, tells me that it has destroyed more than 90% of the island's vegetation, including their diverse agroforestry systems. It will take some time for Yap's betel nut industry to recover.

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Sunday, May 09, 2004

Posted 3:02 PM by Luigi

More on the Musa Germplasm Information System (MGIS) on-line

A correction has been made to the MGIS webpage mentioned last week. The banana germplasm collection in PNG is maintained by NARI (not DAL) at Laloki, and this is now correctly reflected. Elizabeth Arnaud of INIBAP also informs us that a report entitled "Preliminary study of the literature on the distribution of wild Musa species using MGIS and DIVA-GIS" is now available on-line at

http://www.inibap.org/publications/reports_eng.htm

This report was produced after 6-month internship of Patrick Pollefeys sponsored by The Ministry of International Relations in Québec. INIBAP would be grateful for any feedback and further contributions to this study from researchers working on wild Musa species in this region.

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Monday, May 03, 2004

Posted 3:02 PM by Luigi

“The business of NARI is information”

This quote is taken from the mandate statement of PNG's National Agricultural Research Institute. There's a piece on NARI's information and communication activities in CTA's Spore magazine, online at:

http://www.cta.int/spore/spore109/spore109_brief.html#brief5

Here's an excerpt from the article: "Having first released three varieties of taro (see Spore 105), NARI used the grand opening of their new HQ in November 2003 to publicise nine other releases. The dignitaries – Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare, three provincial governors, and diplomats – took on the intermediary role of receiving seeds, planting materials or bio-control agents from NARI scientists and handing them on to a leading farmer or extension agent. Among the releases were four rice varieties, drought-resistant or early-maturing sweet potato cultivars and cassava, five superior banana varieties for testing; and two biological control agents: a wasp for the diamondback moth pest of brassicas, and a moth for Chromolaena weed."

The article includes a photograph of NARI's Principal Scientist for PGR, Mrs Rosa Kambuou.

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Posted 2:39 PM by Luigi

Musa Germplasm Information System (MGIS) on-line

MGIS is hosted by the SINGER server at the following url: http://mgis.grinfo.net. This on-line database offers access to the information recorded by curators of 16 institutions holding a Musa field or in vitro collection, including PNG and Australia in the Pacific region (see list below). The in vitro collection of the INIBAP Transit Centre is recorded in this database along with the availability of material for exchange and records of shipments made to partners.

· Australia, Queensland Dept of Primary Industries (QDPI), South Johnstone research station
· Belgium, INIBAP Transit Centre
· Cameroon, Centre africain de recherches sur bananiers et plantains (CARBAP), Nyombe
· France, CIRAD-Guadeloupe research station
· Honduras, Fundación Hondureña de Investigación Agricola (FHIA)
· India, National Research Center on Banana (NRCB), Trichy research station
· India, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Bangalore
· India, Kerala Agricultural University Banana Res. Station (KAU), Thrissur
· Indonesia, Research Institute for Fruits (RIF), Agency for Agricultural Res. and Development, Solok
· Kenya, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), Kisii
· Nigeria, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Onne
· Papua New Guinea, Department of Agriculture and Livestock, Laloki research station
· Philippines, Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), Davao, field collection
· Republic of China, South China Agricultural University (SCAU)
· Uganda, National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO), Kawanda
· Vietnam, Phu Ho Fruit Crop Research Center (FCRC)

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Posted 2:30 PM by Luigi

World Census of Agriculture - Results for Pacific countries

The following page on the FAO website has links to summaries of agricultural censuses worldwide

http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/ECONOMIC/ESS/census/wcares/

Data on the following Pacific countries are included:

American Samoa: 1980, 1990, 2003
Cook Islands: 1988, 2000
Fiji: 1978-1979, 1991
Guam: 1977/1982, 1987/1992, 1997/2002
New Caledonia: 1983-1984, 1991-1992, 2002
Niue: 1989
North. Mariana Isl.: 1980, 1990, 1998/2002
Palau: 1989
Samoa: 1980, 1989, 1999
Tonga: 1985
Vanuatu: 1993

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Posted 2:18 PM by Luigi

Pacific Science Exchange (PSE) has a website

The launch of the Pacific Science Exchange (PSE) website has been announced:

http://www.unesco.org.ws/ns

The PSE will now be centred around this website, rather than daily/weekly e-mails. The plan is to update the website every month or so with Pacific-relevant science events, comments, articles and information. To make the PSE website work, they need your input. If you would like anything put up on the PSE website, please send it to Rod Lamberts at the following email address:

science.exchange@anu.edu.au

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	A blog maintained by Tevita Kete, PGR Officer Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Suva, Fiji Islands
This weblog documents the activities of Pacific Agricultural Genetic Resources Network (PAPGREN), along with other information on plant genetic resources (PGR) in the Pacific. The myriad varieties found within cultivated plants are fundamental to the present and future productivity of agriculture. PAPGREN, which is coordinated by the Land Resources Division of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), helps Pacific countries and territories to conserve their crop genetic diversity sustainably, with technical assistance from the Bioversity International (BI) and support from NZAID and ACIAR. SPC also hosts the Centre of Pacific Crops and Trees (CEPaCT). The CEPaCT maintains regional in vitro collections of crops important to the Pacific and carries out research on tissue culture technology. The CEPaCT Adviser is Dr Mary Taylor (MaryT@spc.int), the CEPaCT Curator is Ms Valerie Tuia (ValerieT@spc.int). PAPGREN coordination and support IPGRI ACIAR NZAID CTA SPC PAPGREN CEPaCT Click on the thumbnail to see a map of the locations of Pacific genebanks. Click here to download a regional directory of genebanks in the Pacific, including information on their location, contact details and holdings. PAPGREN partners Mr William Wigmore Director of Research Ministry of Agriculture Department of Resources & Development P.O. Box 96 Rarotonga Cook Islands Tel: (682) 28711-29720 Fax: (682) 21881 Email: cimoa@oyster.net.ck Mr Adelino S. Lorens Chief Agriculture Pohnpei Office of Economic Affairs P.O. Box 1028 Kolonia Pohnpei 96941 Federated States of Micronesia Tel: (691) 3202400 Fax: (691) 3202127 Email: pniagriculture@mail.fm Dr Lois Englberger Island Food Community of Pohnpei Research Advisor P.O. Box 2299 Kolonia Pohnpei 96941 Federated States of Micronesia Email: nutrition@mail.fm Mr Apisai Ucuboi Director of Research Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forest Koronivia Research Station P.O. Box 77 Nausori Fiji Islands Tel: (679) 3477044 Fax: (679) 3477546-400262 Email: apisainu@yahoo.com Dr Maurice Wong Service du Developpement Rural B.P. 100 Papeete Tahiti 98713 French Polynesia Tel: (689) 42 81 44 Fax: (689) 42 08 31 Email: maurice.wong@rural.gov.pf Mr Tianeti Beenna Ioane Head, Research Section Division of Agriculture Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development P.O. Box 267 Tarawa Kiribati Tel: (686) 28096-28108-28080 Fax: (686) 28121 Email : agriculture@tskl.net.ki; Beenna_ti@yahoo.com Mr Frederick Muller Secretary Ministry of Resources & Development P.O. Box 1727 Majuro 96960 Marshall Islands Tel: (692) 6253206 Fax: (692) 6257471 Email: rndsec@ntamar.net Mr Herman Francisco Director Bureau of Agriculture Ministry of Resources & Development P.O. Box 460 Koror 96940 Palau Tel: (680) 4881517 Fax: (680) 4881725 Email: bnrd@pnccwg.palaunet.com Ms Rosa Kambuou Principal Scientist PGR NARI Dry Lowlands Programme Laloki Agricultural Research Station P.O. Box 1828 Boroko National Capital District Papua New Guinea Tel: (675) 3235511 Fax: (675) 3234733 Email: kambuou@global.net.pg Ms Laisene Samuelu Principal Crop Development Officer Crops Division Ministry of Agriculture, Forests, Fisheries & Meteorology P.O. Box 1874 Apia Samoa Tel: (685) 23416-20605 Fax: (685) 20607-23996 Email: lsamuelu@lesamoa.net Mr Jimi Saelea Director of Research Department of Agriculture and Livestock P.O. Box G13 Honiara Guadalcanal Solomon Islands Tel: (677) 27987 Mr Tony Jansen Planting Materials Network Kastom Gaden Association Burns Creek, Honiara P.O. Box 742 Honiara Solomon Islands Tel: (677) 39551 Email: kastomgaden@solomon.com.sb Mr Finao Pole Head of Research Ministry of Agriculture & Forests P.O. Box 14 Nuku'alofa Tonga Tel: (676) 23038 Fax: (676) 24271 Email: thaangana@hotmail.com Mr Frazer Bule Lehi Head of Research Department of Agriculture & Rural Development Private Mail Bag 040 Port Vila Vanuatu Tel: (678) 22525 Fax: (678) 25265 Email: flehi@hotmail.com Other links Other CROP agencies Forum Secretariat University of the South Pacific SPREP Pacific biodiversity Biodiversity hotspots Breadfruit Institute Hawaiian native plants Intellectual property rights Nature Conservancy PBIF PestNet SIDS WWF South Pacific Program Other Pacific organizations Foundation of the Peoples of the South Pacific Micronesian Seminar Te Puna web directory Pacific news Cafe Pacific CocoNET Wireless Island Directory Pacific Islands News Pacific Islands Report Pacific Islands Travel Pacific Time South Pacific travel Time Pacific Interested in GIS? DIVA-GIS	Tuesday, May 11, 2004 Posted 8:59 PM by Luigi News from Kiribati The Agriculture Division of the Minister for Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development of Kiribati will be expanding its germplasm collection to include the outer islands, where most people are living and are more dependant on agriculture than in South Tarawa. The staff of the Crop Improvement and Agroforestry Section will set up four genebanks (breadfruit varieties, banana, pandanus, citrus and other important food crops) for local and introduced food crops on Tabiteuea North in the Southern group. The genebank will cater for the seven islands as it is the main transit for flights to the Southern group. Tianeti Beenna Ioane Head Research Section Division of Agriculture Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development PO Box 267 Tarawa Kiribati agriculture@tskl.net.ki Beena_ti@yahoo.com * Comments: Post a Comment Posted 2:30 PM by Luigi Bamboo conservation A study on the conservation status of bamboo species globally has just been published by INBAR (International Network for Bamboo and Rattan) and UNEP-WCMC (United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre). It shows that many bamboo species, including relatives of those cultivated commercially, have tiny amounts of forest remaining within their native ranges. You can find out more about the report (and download it) here: http://www.unep-wcmc.org/resources/publications/UNEP_WCMC_bio_series/14/presspack/index.htm For the Pacific region, the report shows areas of potentially moderately high bamboo richness (11-32 species) in parts of Papua New Guinea. See this map. The highest levels of species richness occur in southern China, with some areas having up to 140 species. * Comments: Post a Comment Monday, May 10, 2004 Posted 2:00 PM by Luigi Betel Nut in Yap An article in Pacific Magazine and Islands Business describes the Yap betel nut industry, worth US $3 million in the year up to Feb. 2004. The trade has fueled an entrepreneurial spirit in Yap. What the article does not say, is that unfortunately the typhoon "Sudal" has since devastated Yap (at the beginning of April). Dietmar Braeutigam of SPC's Forestry Programme, who visited the island recently, tells me that it has destroyed more than 90% of the island's vegetation, including their diverse agroforestry systems. It will take some time for Yap's betel nut industry to recover. * Comments: Post a Comment Sunday, May 09, 2004 Posted 3:02 PM by Luigi More on the Musa Germplasm Information System (MGIS) on-line A correction has been made to the MGIS webpage mentioned last week. The banana germplasm collection in PNG is maintained by NARI (not DAL) at Laloki, and this is now correctly reflected. Elizabeth Arnaud of INIBAP also informs us that a report entitled "Preliminary study of the literature on the distribution of wild Musa species using MGIS and DIVA-GIS" is now available on-line at http://www.inibap.org/publications/reports_eng.htm This report was produced after 6-month internship of Patrick Pollefeys sponsored by The Ministry of International Relations in Québec. INIBAP would be grateful for any feedback and further contributions to this study from researchers working on wild Musa species in this region. * Comments: Post a Comment Monday, May 03, 2004 Posted 3:02 PM by Luigi “The business of NARI is information” This quote is taken from the mandate statement of PNG's National Agricultural Research Institute. There's a piece on NARI's information and communication activities in CTA's Spore magazine, online at: http://www.cta.int/spore/spore109/spore109_brief.html#brief5 Here's an excerpt from the article: "Having first released three varieties of taro (see Spore 105), NARI used the grand opening of their new HQ in November 2003 to publicise nine other releases. The dignitaries – Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare, three provincial governors, and diplomats – took on the intermediary role of receiving seeds, planting materials or bio-control agents from NARI scientists and handing them on to a leading farmer or extension agent. Among the releases were four rice varieties, drought-resistant or early-maturing sweet potato cultivars and cassava, five superior banana varieties for testing; and two biological control agents: a wasp for the diamondback moth pest of brassicas, and a moth for Chromolaena weed." The article includes a photograph of NARI's Principal Scientist for PGR, Mrs Rosa Kambuou. * Comments: Post a Comment Posted 2:39 PM by Luigi Musa Germplasm Information System (MGIS) on-line MGIS is hosted by the SINGER server at the following url: http://mgis.grinfo.net. This on-line database offers access to the information recorded by curators of 16 institutions holding a Musa field or in vitro collection, including PNG and Australia in the Pacific region (see list below). The in vitro collection of the INIBAP Transit Centre is recorded in this database along with the availability of material for exchange and records of shipments made to partners. · Australia, Queensland Dept of Primary Industries (QDPI), South Johnstone research station · Belgium, INIBAP Transit Centre · Cameroon, Centre africain de recherches sur bananiers et plantains (CARBAP), Nyombe · France, CIRAD-Guadeloupe research station · Honduras, Fundación Hondureña de Investigación Agricola (FHIA) · India, National Research Center on Banana (NRCB), Trichy research station · India, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Bangalore · India, Kerala Agricultural University Banana Res. Station (KAU), Thrissur · Indonesia, Research Institute for Fruits (RIF), Agency for Agricultural Res. and Development, Solok · Kenya, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), Kisii · Nigeria, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Onne · Papua New Guinea, Department of Agriculture and Livestock, Laloki research station · Philippines, Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), Davao, field collection · Republic of China, South China Agricultural University (SCAU) · Uganda, National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO), Kawanda · Vietnam, Phu Ho Fruit Crop Research Center (FCRC) * Comments: Post a Comment Posted 2:30 PM by Luigi World Census of Agriculture - Results for Pacific countries The following page on the FAO website has links to summaries of agricultural censuses worldwide http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/ECONOMIC/ESS/census/wcares/ Data on the following Pacific countries are included: American Samoa: 1980, 1990, 2003 Cook Islands: 1988, 2000 Fiji: 1978-1979, 1991 Guam: 1977/1982, 1987/1992, 1997/2002 New Caledonia: 1983-1984, 1991-1992, 2002 Niue: 1989 North. Mariana Isl.: 1980, 1990, 1998/2002 Palau: 1989 Samoa: 1980, 1989, 1999 Tonga: 1985 Vanuatu: 1993 * Comments: Post a Comment Posted 2:18 PM by Luigi Pacific Science Exchange (PSE) has a website The launch of the Pacific Science Exchange (PSE) website has been announced: http://www.unesco.org.ws/ns The PSE will now be centred around this website, rather than daily/weekly e-mails. The plan is to update the website every month or so with Pacific-relevant science events, comments, articles and information. To make the PSE website work, they need your input. 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