Achievements in 2011

ACTIV Forum

• Two exhibitions at the Cultural Centre of the French Embassy (May for the Fair Trade forthnight and the Krismas Market in November)

• participation to the « Vanuatu Wik » in New Caledonia in November

• Opening the ACTIV CSDC on the 16th of December 2011

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ACTIV Community

- ACIAR (Australian Centre of International Agricultural Research) « Rehabilitating Cocoa for Improved Livelihoods in the South Pacific – PC/2008/046” (4 years project, AUD 52,000), Year 1 , March 2011 :
Total funds received: AUD 11,500 ( 1,095,862 vatu)

Project of participatory activities for rat and disease control with producers of the association of Epi.
Specific objectives will be to:   

1. Evaluate the opportunities (in all four target countries) for smallholder cocoa growers to enter into higher value niche markets

2. Introduce, evaluate and disseminate (only in Vanuatu) best-bet crop management practices within conventional, single origin/fair-trade and organic supply chains

3. Evaluate and further disseminate (also in Vanuatu) existing best practices for improved quality of cocoa; and

4. Evaluate and recommend (in all four countries) best practices for selection, conservation and dissemination of improved germplasm, in support of current and potential market objectives.

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ACTIV Earth

- Development of communities value-added products from
renewable energy- pilot project – GEF/UNDP:

The overall goal of this pilot project is to assist the communities to access a stable and cheap electricity source for lighting and income generation activities with the development of value-added products and mitigate their vulnerability to natural disasters.

The project aims also to assist the development of the rural economy and also increase the resilience of those communities to cope with the climate change and disaster hazards.

Funds received: USD 34,000 (3,170,311 vatu)

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