BIOSECURITY officers from across the Pacific met in Fiji recently to review the impact of biosecurity training programmes delivered under the Safe Agricultural Trade Facilitation through Economic Integration in the Pacific (SAFE Pacific) project over the past four years.
The workshop, held from 8 to 12 September 2025, brought together representatives of national plant protection organisations to validate the findings of a tracer study, which measured the effectiveness of the project’s biosecurity capacity-building efforts.
Funded by the European Union and implemented by the Pacific Community (SPC), SAFE Pacific has been conducting biosecurity training for Pacific Island countries to enhance safe trade efforts and manage pests. Through these initiatives, the project aimed to help Pacific countries guard against the introduction, establishment and spread of pests and diseases that threaten agriculture, biodiversity, food security, and livelihoods.
