Report on the Outcome of the First Joint FAO and SPC Pacific Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry Meeting in Port Vila, Vanuatu, on 20 October 2017

Abstract

The First FAO and SPC Joint Pacific Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry meeting was held at the Iririki Resort in Port Vila, Vanuatu on 20 October 2017. The meeting combined the previous Agriculture Ministerial meetings organised separately by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Pacific Community (SPC). The Ministerial meeting was the culmination of the inaugural Pacific Week of Agriculture. The meeting was attended by Ministers from Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau and Tuvalu, and Heads of Delegation from Australia, Federated States of Micronesia, French Polynesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Palau, Tonga and Vanuatu.