IFAD Pacific Programme

IFAD Pacific Programme
member states:
History
1981-2015: Portfolio of loans and grants to the Pacific region for a total cost of
USD 125 million, including 12 country level investments in Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon
Islands, and Tonga.
Cook Islands
Federated States of Micronesia*
Fiji
Kiribati
Pipeline Projects
Marshall Islands
2015
2016
Nauru
• Fiji
• Samoa
Niue
• Solomon Islands
• Vanuatu
Palau*
• A
daptation of Food Crop Production Systems to
Climate Change (ASAP)
2017
Solomon Islands
• Tonga
Tonga
• S
trengthening Regional Cooperation and National
Policy Frameworks for Resilient and Productive
Farming Systems and Landscapes
Samoa
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
• Innovative Technology for Development (Korea)
Recent Partners
• Australian Aid
• Pacific Islands Farmer Organisations
Network (PIFON)
• Australian Centre for International
Agricultural Research
• Pacific Organic and Ethical Trade
Community (POETCom)
• Bank of the South Pacific (BSP)
• Secretariat of the Pacific Community
(SPC)
• Australia New Zealand Bank (ANZ)
• European Union
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations (FAO)
• Foundation of the People of the South
Pacific, Kiribati (FSPK)
• MORDI Tonga Trust
• Taiwan Technical Mission
• Westpac Bank
• World Bank
*S
ubject to approval by the IFAD Governing
Council February 2015
About our work:
Population and geomorphology in the Pacific
Key Target groups:
• Outer Islands & Remote Areas
• Women & Youth
Key Themes:
• L
ocal Food Production and
Nutrition
• Income from Farming and Rural
Employment
• C
ommunity-Level Institutions for
Planning and Investment
• A
daptation to Climate Change in
Agriculture
On-going Country and Regional Projects
Project
Countries
IFAD Financing (USD)
Years Active
Agricultural Partnerships Project*
Fiji
3,5 million
2015-2020
Outer Island Water and Food
Project
Kiribati
3 million
2014-2018
Rural Development Programme II*
Solomon Islands
4.6 million
2015-2020
Rural Innovation Project
Tonga
2.6 million
2012-2017
Partnerships in High Value
Agriculture
Fiji
0.5 million
2012-2015
Capacity Building for Resilient
Agriculture in the Pacific
Cook Islands,
Marshall Islands,
Niue
1 million
2015-2017
* Subject to approval by IFAD Executive Board, April 2015
Completed Country and Regional Projects
Project
Countries
IFAD FinancingType
(USD)
Years Active
Rural Development Programme I
Solomon Islands
4 million
Loan
2010-2014
Food Security and Sustainable Livelihoods
Programme
All PIC
1.5 million
Regional
Grant
2009-2013
Root and Tuber Crops Research and
Development Programme for Food Security
in Asia and the Pacific
All PIC
1.5 million
Regional
Grant
2011-2014
Development and Pilot Implementation of
Pacific Organic/Ethical Trade Initiatives
All PIC
0.5 million
Regional
Grant
2013-2014
Mainstreaming of Rural Development
Innovations I
Fiji, Tonga, Kiribati
2 million
Regional
Grant
2004-2009
Programme for Accelerating the Financial
Empowerment of Poor Rural Communities
through Rural Finance Innovations
All PIC
1.2 million
Regional
Grant
2007-2012
Mainstreaming of Rural Development
Innovations II
Fiji, Tonga, Kiribati
1.5 million
Regional
Grant
2008-2012
Development of Regional Certification
Standards for Organic Agriculture
All PIC
0.2 million
Regional
Grant
2006-2009
Building Capacities on Certification of
Organic Agriculture
All PIC
0.2 million
Regional
Grant
2005-2009
Establishment of a Centre of Excellence
for Atoll Agriculture Research and
development
All PIC
0.2 million
Regional
Grant
2007-2010
Roundtable Meeting on WTO and Regional
Trade Agreements
All PIC
0.15 million
Regional
Grant
2008-2010
Biofuels: Opportunities and Implications for
sustainable livelihoods of rural poor
All PIC
0.1 million
Regional
Grant
2008-2010
Roundtable Meeting on WTO and Regional
Trade Agreements
All PIC
0.05 million
Regional
Grant
2010-2011
Increasing Community Resilience to Natural
Disasters through Use of Traditional
Coping Strategies on the Weather Coast
Guadalcanal Communities
Solomon Islands
0.02 million
Country
Grant IPAF
2007-2008
Mangrove Rehabilitation for Climate
Change Adaptation and Mitigation
Solomon Islands
0.04 million
Country
Grant IPAF
2012-2013
Contacts:
Chase Palmeri
Country Programme Manager
Rome
Tel: +39 06 54592449
Mobile: +39 335 7516405
E-mail: ch.palmeri@ifad.org
Sakiusa Tubuna
Sub-Regional Coordinator
for the Pacific Islands
Suva
Tel: +679 929 7863
E-mail: s.tubuna@ifad.org
International Fund for Agricultural Development
Via Paolo di Dono, 44 - 00142 Rome, Italy
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February 2015