Should Pacific Island agribusinesses pursue blockchain traceability for their agri produce?
This post is inspired by an exchange on a kava industry group chat about traceability using blockchain technology and its application in the lucrative Pacific kava industry. It aims to serve as a resource [...]
Pacific ICT innovator and exporter connect to improve value chain performance
Digitalisation A regional networking event organised by CTA in Tonga resulted in a business relationship between two Fijian agro-based enterprises that has exciting prospects for Pacific Island value chains and nutrition. The [...]
Traceability and Pandemics
Image Credit: Bob Boz / Shutterstock The ISO definition of traceability concerns the ability to trace the history, application and location of that which is under consideration, and for products this can include [...]
TraSeable Farms and Fiji’s Food Security Challenges
The recent quarantine of the greater Lautoka City area coupled with the economic downturn, in particular the tourism industry, has caught many families by surprise. Without a regular source of income many families are [...]
Digital Transformation: A win-win for the fisheries industry
The COVID-19 global pandemic has disrupted life as we know it and the economic impacts of it are expected to be just as severe, if not worse. Fiji has not been insulated from this [...]
A Global Standard for Interoperable Seafood Traceability Systems
Social Marketing – a history Along Canada's eastern coast, the Grand Banks were once considered so full of fish that early English explorers had difficulty rowing their boats to shore due to their paddles [...]