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Page 1: The Second International Papaya Symposium held at Madurai

WORKSHOP REPORT

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Contents

1 Objectives of the Pacific Regional Consultation Workshop...................... 3

2 Background to the Pacific Consultations .................................................. 4

3 Summary of the Discussions ..................................................................... 5

4 Country-specific Discussions .................................................................... 9

5 Recommendations to the Indigenous Peoples Forum ............................ 11

6 Conclusion ............................................................................................... 13

7 Field Trip – The On-Farm Experience ..................................................... 14

8 Agenda ..................................................................................................... 17

9 Participant List ........................................................................................ 21

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1 Objectives of the Pacific Regional Consultation Workshop

The Pacific Regional Indigenous Peoples Consultation Workshop took place at the Tokatoka Resort, Nadi, Fiji from 4 to 6 December 2018. The workshop bought together representatives from the Pacific region. Represented Pacific states were: Tonga, Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Timor Leste, Marshall Islands, Palau Islands and Australia. A total of 27 participants attended. IFAD was represented by Ms Maria Elfving, Junior Professional Officer, Indigenous Peoples and Tribal Issues at IFAD and Mr Sakiusa Tubuna, IFAD Fiji Country Activity Manager. The Tokatoka Hotel was selected because it is owned by an indigenous landowning unit, thus serving as an example of an indigenous community’s economic advancement in the hotel industry in Fiji. The objectives of the workshop were to:

Exchange experiences and good practices on indigenous peoples’ knowledge and innovations for climate resilience and sustainable development.

Identify the challenges that indigenous peoples face in promoting their knowledge and innovations for climate resilience and sustainable development.

Identify opportunities for strengthening good practices as sustainable solutions for the future, and the corresponding elements for regional strategies to enhance IFAD’s support to indigenous peoples .

Analyse and formulate action-oriented recommendations on the theme of the 2018 Forum.

Representative of IFAD, PIFON, UN Pacific Indigenous Peoples and the Fiji Government during the traditional Fijian welcome ceremonies before the official opening of the workshop

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2 Background to the Pacific Consultations The first Pacific consultations for the Indigenous Peoples' Forum at IFAD were hosted by the Pacific Island Farmers Organization Network (PIFON) in 2014. Representatives from various IFAD projects from around the Pacific were invited to attend the consultations, which were held at the South Seas Orchids, Nadi, Fiji. A Synthesis of the consultations was prepared, and a representative was selected to take the Pacific Recommendations to the 2015 Second Global Meeting of the Indigenous Peoples Forum, held at IFAD headquarters in Rome.

In 2016, PIFON was approached again to host the Pacific consultations for the Third Global Meeting of the Indigenous Peoples' Forum at IFAD. Representatives from various IFAD projects from around the region together with PIFON members met at the Lagoon Hotel, Pacific Harbour, Navua to discuss Pacific issues under the theme of “Empowering women and youth”. During the consultations, three representatives were selected to attend the Indigenous Peoples' Forum at IFAD headquarters in Rome in February 2017. At the Forum, one of the Pacific delegates attending, Mr Ulai Baya, was nominated as a member of the Forum’s Steering Committee. Again in 2018, PIFON was requested to convene consultations for Pacific members for the Indigenous Peoples Forum, with the aim of formulating recommendations relevant to the Pacific community that would be tabled at the 2019 Indigenous Peoples' Forum at IFAD. This report is a summary of the 2018 Pacific consultations workshop.

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3 Summary of the Discussions On the first day of the Pacific consultations, presentations were given with examples of how indigenous peoples’ knowledge and traditions were being promoted, the innovative developments and solutions that were being carried out, and the sustainable developments that communities and farmer organizations were undertaking on the ground in their respective countries and areas of work. Question-and-answer sessions followed each presentation. Participants shared individual experiences on what their community was doing at the national level, in order to promote discussions and questions aimed at drawing out positive experiences and lessons learned for the Pacific region. It was educational and very informative for participants to hear from those attending how each was addressing the theme of the workshop in a unique manner, how each has carried out this work. The second day of the Pacific consultations delved into the key questions and statements to initiate robust discussions and to explore the constraints and issues that indigenous communities faced. Participants were separated into smaller groups to better discuss the issues pertaining to the theme. Each group was encouraged to talk about issues and constraints that impacted their communities with respect to promotion of their traditional knowledge and systems, in particular strengthening climate change resilience using this traditional knowledge and systems with sustainable development initiatives. The groups were encouraged to experience the field trips to be better informed in the discussions. The groups presented their discussions in plenary on the third day, and time was given for feedback. Based on the presentation of the participants, the key thematic areas are summarized below. These thematic areas were the basis for the discussions and group work. Finally, each group contributed with the two recommendations written up as the Pacific Consultation’s recommendations. Develop and strengthen partnerships. Communities were encouraged to work with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that communities are part of or could become part of. In doing so, and where projects, interventions or activities were introduced, communities should become part of the process from the beginning and throughout all phases: design, formulation, inception, project, monitoring, and closing. Communities were encouraged to make the most out of capacity building, especially in much-needed areas of governance, transparency and finance. Attending forums was a way to network and offer the communities opportunities to present their work and processes and to bring in partners. The use of networks (e.g. PIFON) assisted communities in “putting themselves on the map” for possible partnerships. Integrate science with traditional practices. Innovative practices, systems and IT solutions should be encouraged along with traditional practices or the revival of traditional knowledge for agriculture. There are also many lessons to be learned

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nationally and regionally, and engaging in farmer-to-farmer learning is proving to be the most effective learning method that the Pacific consultations arrived at. In particular, the workshop focused on PIFON’s farmer-to-farmer regional learning exchange and how through this method, all season pineapples, Fiji Red Papaya and Breadfruit were being shared regionally among farmer organizations. PIFON also offered local contracts to successful and innovative farmers from Fiji. These farmers were designated as technical farmer consultants who were tasked to design, initiate, implement and monitor the project with other regional countries. The farmer consultant had a mandate to ensure that farmers in the country actually produced through a series of staggered visits, field trainings and site inspections, in order to mentor farmers through a crop cycle and achieve production with pest and fertilizer management, smart farm techniques, innovation and climate resilience, all of which were taught during the hands-on process. Exploit traditional vegetables/root crops and promote local nutritious food. PNG Women in Agriculture recently completed a traditional vegetables project with ACIAR, Australia which basically promoted all aspects of growing and cooking traditional vegetables and root crops. The project also involved nutrition studies by James Cook University, which was part of the training and capacity-building provided to the project participants, and another component was to generate and distribute planting material. It was recommended that this project be scaled up to other Pacific regions, including the exchange of clean planting material across regional borders to allow more cultivation of these vegetables. This was seen as an important element given the emerging problems of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) that Pacific countries are having with increased consumption of food with high fat content low nutrition value such as junk food. The project also focused on preserving traditional knowledge on how to cook traditional nutritious foods, the value of nutrients in a crop, and the correct method of cooking and the weaving of the crop into local diets for actual consumption was a key component. It was found that the project gained momentum with women and communities because of the accessibility of these vegetables after local multiplication of clean planting material and mass distribution under the ACIAR project through the PNG Women in Agriculture channels. The information was also distributed by a local egg distributor who printed the recipes of these traditional vegetables on its egg trays. Thus, the egg distributor increased egg sales and the women received exciting recipes which promoted cooking in various ways to make it appealing and attractive to their families and children. Invest in youth. The next generation is critical to the agriculture sector and needs to be invested in. Agriculture needs to be exciting for youth to participate in. The merging of technology, the benefits of revenue and healthy living must be promoted heavily to attract youth into farming. The use of sports models as champions from around the Pacific can be used to attract youth. The push to introduce traditional knowledge into school curricula from primary schools, complemented with school gardens, can be a very attractive way of introducing and instilling this way of living and life. Participants were encouraged to introduce simple methodologies for youth interventions, including policy at local and national levels for youth programmes. Youth forums and festivals could be good launching activities.

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Avoid “consultation fatigue”. Communities, especially indigenous groupings, raised a strong point: they are tired of and fatigued by consultations. Consultation fatigue was a new trend that participants found inherent in all their countries. Throughout the year, many NGOs, partners, and governments conduct consultations and meetings with many recommendations and resolutions made, but no practical activities happening on the ground. Time was spent away from their farms and daily routines to attend consultations, with no proper remuneration for the loss of time or the replacement/ introduction of activities that provided compensation for time spent away from their core work and livelihood chores. Discussions centred around how this could be communicated to local and national leaders in a positive way so that formal partnerships could be established and communities be involved in actual activities. Participants highlighted that only governments and NGOs were implementing projects, while using the communities in participatory and minor roles, without considering that with capacity-building and partnerships, the community could eventually be implementers and therefore lead the way to making projects sustainable.

Mr Afamasaga Toleafoa, chairman of PIFON giving a presentation.

Make the community, not government departments, the core of projects. In the Pacific it was found that Governments and partners need to be more inclusive in its approach when working with communities. Several discussion points centred on how government agents worked within very restrictive processes which limited the flow of activities on the ground. Participants shared their frustrations of how simple activities were held up because of paperwork processes that were time-consuming and affected project activities on the ground. Interventions were slow to be implemented, many times causing momentum and interest to be lost. In some communities, this was openly criticized, which did not help to maintain healthy relationships. Rather it led to mistrust and negative outcomes. The Tonga MORDI project was cited as a Pacific example of how IFAD could work directly with farmer organizations and communities to become implementers and have partial control of activities that they could own and be accountable for, from design to monitoring stages. Such agreements, if entered into, would provide the autonomy to farmer organizations and communities to build their capacity and sustainability and provide

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greater distribution of project funds on the ground to reach and benefit more people. Participants further discussed that IFAD could play a pivotal role through its liaison with governments to encourage governments to be flexible, to partner with indigenous communities to implement work on the ground, and to partner with farmer organizations for technical assistance, capacity building and farmer-to-farmer learning. IFAD was requested to dialogue with governments about decreasing the number of consultations and instead involving communities activities and project implementation. Communities need an equal say in the development of their resources, and communities need to be empowered.

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4 Country-specific Discussions There were country-specific examples given during the group session discussions. They are summarized below. Fiji: Listening to the community, working with the community, and giving back to the community is fundamental. The emphasis on native and traditional crops (e.g. Kava) allowed communities to earn their livelihood. The demonstration of local nurseries at the community level, the wide distribution of clean planting material, and the exchange of ideas during farmer-to-farmer exchanges were exemplified as key to development. When successful farmers shared their success stories, others would replicate them. Over-farming commercially is a lesson that Fiji’s third largest island has had to learn. As a result, soil quality has been an important element for the island. The establishment of soil schools and the wide distribution of macuna beans has helped to replenish nutrients in the soil. Tei Tei Taveuni now sells organic fertilizers to increase soil quality and replenish nutrients, and they have been instrumental in providing training and capacity-building what regards soil quality to other farmer organizations and within the PIFON network. The discussion also turned to the IFAD-funded Fiji Agricultural Partnerships Project (FAPP), which was delayed by at least two years and only recently started in the highlands of Fiji. The project area is very remote and the project is a scaling-up of the earlier IFAD project in the highlands on growing high-value vegetables for market and developing remote communities to govern themselves. Capacity-building is a slow process and cannot be fast-tracked. Farming as a business is the basic concept, and interventions are being developed to both generate livelihoods and sustain the environment. Women are attending project meetings and having their say in the organization of activities. They are learning to be self-reliant. Kiribati: When undertaking consultations, activities and interventions, there is a need to separate groups by gender; in this way, the voices of women and youth can be heard and taken into consideration. Involvement of both women and youth enables sustainability of projects and provides longevity for livelihoods because it is women and youth who carry out the work. Participants agreed that this was relevant across the Pacific and was a good point to raise. They agreed that this could be implemented within their own organization. PNG: The reintroduction of traditional and native crops with training on cooking skills, mass distribution of clean planting material and traditional recipes were the success factors in the country project. Participants agreed that the PNG programme was scalable to a regional programme. PIFON is looking at implementing this project through its women in agriculture and nutrition programme. Samoa: Breadfruit is recognized as a successful response climate resilient agriculture, and production of the fruit into gluten flour enhances food security. The technical exchanges and training provided, and the regional farmer-to-farmer exchanges and sharing of innovation and science are helping the Samoa Farmers Association in its work. The advantage of PIFON using its network to scale up the

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breadfruit initiative from Fiji to other member countries is very beneficial and has allowed for a continuation to invest in breadfruit. Solomon Islands: Interventions in the Solomon Islands must always consider the value system to understand traditional ways of living. When partners, farmer organizations and Government work with the Solomon value system, the prospect of success is greater. The value system places emphasis on traditional knowledge and respect for the elderly, ensuring that the elderly are part of the decision making-process and that their approval and blessings are obtained. The elderly bring wisdom into activities already tried and tested, meaning that the elderly can contribute with best practice knowledge. Timor-Leste: Seed banks and seed savings has now become a part of life, as the original project ran over 20 years and its method has become a routine into their way of living. At the same time, they continue to learn from their quarterly meetings how to better control and harvest quality open-pollinated seeds, in a continual cycle of learning and relearning. Learning never stops, even when projects have a long implementation period. Tonga: Climate Smart Farms has been introduced with three demonstration plots in different locations, thus allowing crops to be planted according to season as well as multi-cropping short-, medium- and long-term into a plot. This was a traditional system which had been lost but was being reintroduced. The plots have been beneficial because they are a learning experience and have resolved many pest and fertilizer issues through the natural cycle that the multi-cropping system introduced. Vanuatu: The successful application of agriculture techniques for combating soil erosion has contributed to the national road system and it is enhancing the beauty of the landscape. Furthermore, it has provided additional natural resources contributing to increased biodiversity and human well-being.

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5 Recommendations to the Indigenous Peoples Forum

The Pacific Regional Indigenous Peoples Consultation Workshop arrived at the following recommendations:

Recommendations to IFAD • Indigenous peoples should be involved in the formulation, design, decision-making,

implementation and monitoring of projects. • The local context must be well understood and taken into account with the

assurance of community engagement in all aspects and phases of a project (design, decision making, implementation and monitoring). When necessary, indigenous peoples should be included in the recruitment of expertise and be deployed for on-the-ground activities, as they are aware of the local context and environment.

• Wherever possible and whenever practicable, indigenous communities should be engaged in all aspects of the project, along with the weaving of traditional practises into climate change, climate resilience, design, implementation and monitoring with modern innovation and technology.

• Particularly in the Pacific and with possible adoption globally, indigenous people’s traditional and nutritious crops, fruits and vegetables should be promoted to help stem rising non-communicable diseases and other health problems. An example was Pacific Island Farmers Organisation Network – Breadfruit and Open Pollinated Seeds/Planting material programme which ticked many boxes in climate change, climate resilience farming systems, agroforestry, women in agriculture, smart farming whilst using innovative technology that modernised traditional practises.

• Partnerships should be established with farmer organizations, indigenous communities and co-operatives in the formulation, design, decision-making, implementation and monitoring of national projects in an effort to build regional, national and local capacity for sustainability.

Recommendations to Government

• Indigenous peoples need to be involved in the formulation, design, decision-making, implementation and monitoring of national projects.

• Indigenous peoples’ traditional lands should be protected and preserved, where required.

• Indigenous peoples’ experts should be involved in mapping indigenous cultures, languages, artifacts, historical sites and farming practices in order to preserve and disseminate these educational resources for present and future generations.

• Partnerships need to be established with farmer organizations, indigenous communities and co-operatives in the formulation, design, decision-making, implementation and monitoring of national projects in an effort to build local and national capacity for sustainability.

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6 Conclusion

The workshop concluded with each group providing summary remarks and priority recommendations from their discussions that were to go towards the Pacific Recommendations. Additionally, the workshop concluded with the nomination of three participants to represent the Pacific consultation workshops. It was agreed that representatives to be nominated be persons who could articulate the Pacific Recommendations during the Indigenous Peoples Forum at IFAD in Rome in 2019 and take the Pacific voice to the global stage. The Pacific Consultations participants voted for the following individuals:

1. Mr Ulaisi Baya, Member of the steering committee of Indigenous Peoples Forum at IFAD

2. Ms Lavinia Kaumaitotoya, PIFON secretariat 3. Mr Leonard Basillius, Palau Community Action Group

Indigenous women representatives made important contributions both in the organization and discussions.

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7 Field Trip – The On-Farm Experience

Lomaiwai Salt Farms

Participants visiting the Lomaiwai Organic Salt Farms, owned and managed by an indigenous community that uses traditional methods, resources and lands to harvest and cook organic salt.

Participants observing the traditional cooking of organic sea salt at Lomaiwai Salt Farms.

Participants at the cooking bure (traditional Fijian house), where the women explain the process of preparing and packaging organic salt. The packaging is hand-woven from the bark and leaves of the mangrove plant from their lands, and is sold to visitors. Nadromai Womens Agriforestry Nursery Participants discussing nursery management and techniques with the women of Nadromai, who operate and manage their own Native agroforestry nursery. Participants inspective the native tree species at the Nadromai Womens Agroforestry Nursery. The women have propagated plants and trees to sell as part of their sustainable livelihood village project.

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Inside the nursery, the women have information sheets on display of all the native species of plants that they have propagated.

Cuvu, Nadroga Womens Community Connect Cafe

At the Cuvu Women’s Community Connect Café, situated outside the ShangriLa Fijian Hotel. the women are from the landowning unit that the Fijian Hotel sits on but they have invested in this community Connect café for their livelihood and economic means. Participants listen to the women explain their efforts to create the café in order to provide a sustainable livelihood.

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Rise Beyond the Reef, Sabeto, Nadi, Fiji

Participants at the Rise Beyond the Reef wholesale store in Sabeto, Nadi. The store works with women in remote communities to weave and sew artisanal items that are then sold at the store.

Sabeto Mud Pool and Natural Hot Springs Participants are greeted at the mud pool and hot springs, which are owned by an indigenous family. After a traditional welcome ‘Kava’ ceremony, they can enjoy the amenities – a perfect way to end the field trip.

More pictures from the field trip:

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8 Agenda

Day 1: Tuesday 4th December, 2018

Time Activities

8:00- 8:30 Participants registration

8:30- 9:30 Opening Ceremony Traditional Fijian Welcome Ceremony Opening remarks

Afamasaga Toaleafoa (PIFON Chairman),

Ulai Baya (Member of the steering committee of Indigenous Peoples Forum at IFAD)

Sakiusa Tubuna (IFAD representative)

Ministry of iTaukei Affairs representative

9.30 – 9.45 Introductions Introduction of participants Overview presentation of workshop

9.45 – 10.15 Session 1: Introduction to IFAD Indigenous Peoples Forum Presentation - Indigenous Forum Conference Report 2017 - Ulai Baya Video Showing of IFAD Indigenous Forum Rome

10.15 – 10.45

Official Photo B R E A K

10:45- 11:15

Session 2: Introduction to IPs theme ‘Promoting Indigenous Peoples knowledge and innovations for climate resistance and implementing sustainable development’ - Sakiusa Tabuna / Tawfiq Question & Answer

11.15-12.30 Session 3: Good practices and challenges on promoting Indigenous Peoples knowledge and innovations for climate resilience and sustainable development 10-minute presentation from participants

- Farm Support Association - Growers Federation - Solomon Islands - Kiribati

12.30 – 1.30pm

L U N C H

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1.30 – 3.30 pm

Session 3 (continued): Good practices and challenges on promoting Indigenous Peoples knowledge and innovations for climate resilience and sustainable development 10-minute presentation from participants - Tutu Rural Training Centre - Partners in Community Development, Fiji Agricultural Partnership Program - ANAPROFIKO, Timor Leste - PNG Women in Agriculture

3.30 – 4.00 Break

4.00pm – 5.00pm

Session 4: Group activity Groups to identify common themes, good practices and lessons from presentations

5.00pm End of Day 1

6.30pm Pick up transport for South Seas Orchids

19.00-20.30 Welcome Dinner

Day 2: Wednesday 5th December, 2018

Time Activity

8:30 – 9.30 Feedback from group activity Reflections on common themes, good practices and lessons from presentations

9:30 – 10:30

Session 5: Talanoa Session - Promoting Indigenous Peoples Knowledge and innovations for climate resistance and into program/project work Talanoa guests

IFAD representative

Ministry of iTaukei Affairs representative

Farmer Organisation representative

UN Pacific Permanent Representative on Indigenous Issues

10:30 – 11:00 am

Break

11:00 am – 12.30 pm

Session 6: Group activity and individual brainstorming Putting ideas into actions – How will we better integrate Indigenous Peoples Knowledge and innovations for climate resistance and into program/project work Preliminary feedback on individual ‘Action Plans’

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12.30 – 1.30pm

L U N C H

1.30 pm – 4.30 pm

Session 7: Field Visits - Learning from local experience

Visit to Verevere Youth Group, (A self reliance indigenous farming group)

Visit to Aviva Farms Ethno-botanical garden (Indigenous youth Entrepreneur)

Visit to Rise Beyond the Reef (working with remote indigenous rural women communities)

Visit to Sabeto Hot Springs (Using land resources for economic generation for the community as a tourism aspiring project)

5:00 pm Return to hotel

Day 3: Thursday 6th December, 2018

Time Activity

8:30 – 9.30 Debrief from Field Visits What did we learn and how can we apply it?

8:30 – 10.30

Session 8: Preparation for the IPs Forum at IFAD (February 2019) Introductory presentation (TBC) - Les Molezer / Ulai Baya

What did the Pacific achieve from the global meeting of the IPs Forum at IFAD in 2017?

What can the Pacific expect from the global meeting of the IPs Forum at IFAD in February 2019 ?

Plenary discussion

Discussion on key points to be raised at IPS forum

Discussion on Pacific Statement for IPs forum

Discussion on Pacific representation at IPS forum

10:30 – 11:00 am

BREAK

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Session 8 (continued): Preparation for the IPs Forum at IFAD (February 2019) IPS Pacific committee to draft Pacific Statement and summarize discussions Preparation of individual ‘Action Plans’

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12:00 – 12:45 pm

Session 9: Wrap up

Presentation and feedback on Pacific Statement

Selected presentation of individual ‘Action Plans’

12:45 – 1 pm

Closing remarks

1.00 – 2.00pm

LUNCH

2.00pm – 5 pm

Field Visits - Learning from local experience

Lomawai salt project (Indigenous economic use of natural resources with traditional practices)

Connect Café (Indigenous community women aspiring into commercial activity for economic gains)

Nadroumai Womens Group – Nursery and agroforestry project (Indigenous women of the community using rainforest resources for economic benefit)

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9 Participant List

Name Country Organization Email

1. Ms Maria Linibi

PNG PNG Women In Agriculture Development

[email protected]

2. Mr Lottie Vaisekavea

Solomon RDP II [email protected]

3. Mr Alan Petersen

Fiji TeiTei Taveuni [email protected]

4. Ms Okoro Luka

Kiribati Foundation of the Peoples of the South Pacific

[email protected]

5. Mr Ulaiasi Baya Fiji Macuata Province [email protected] 6. Mr Tevita

Ravumaidama Fiji PCDF [email protected]

7. Mr Waisale W Ramoce

Fiji Ministry of iTaukei Affairs

[email protected]

8. Mrs Sinai Tuitahi Tonga Growers Federation [email protected]

9. Mr Leonard Basillius

Palau Palau Community Action Group

[email protected]

10. Ms Lavinia Kaumaitotoya

Regional PIFON [email protected]

11. Mr Peter Kaoh Vanuatu Farm Support Association

[email protected]

12. Mr Joanico Ximenes

Timor Leste

ANAPROFIKO [email protected]

13. Ms Serenia Madigibuli

Fiji Tutu Rural Training Centre

[email protected]

14. Mr Robert Malezer

Australia UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

[email protected]

15. Mr Sakiusa Tubuna

Regional IFAD [email protected]

16. Mr Afamasaga Toleafoa

Samoa Samoa Farmers Association

[email protected]

17. Mr Rusiate Kubunadakai

Fiji Farmer [email protected]

18. Mr Nemani Susu Fiji Farmer [email protected]

19. Ms Maria Elfving Rome IFAD [email protected]

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20. Mr Joel Simo Vanuatu Vanuatu Cultural Center

[email protected]

21. Mr. Anare Tavo Fiji Fiji Council of Social Services

[email protected]

22. Mr Tawfiq El-Zabri

Indonesia

IFAD [email protected]

23. Ms Tevita Ratu Fiji Verevere Youth Group

24. Ms Salasia Draunidalo

Fiji Observer

Secretariat

25. Mr Aneet Kumar Fiji (Regional)

PIFON [email protected]

26. Mrs Luisa Verebasaga

Fiji (Regional)

PIFON [email protected]

27. Mrs Kelera Chang Fiji Fiji Crop & Livestock Council

[email protected]