Community Outreach

IFCP Strategic Planning Session April 24, 2004.

This session was held to set the priorities for work by IFCP. See KP news article.

Pohnpei Pilot Farm Project. A collaborative effort with Pohnpei Agriculture.

This is a genebank collection of varieties of many Pohnpei traditional and locally grown foods, focusing on banana, breadfruit, giant swamp taro, common taro (Colocasia), and pandanus. See KP news article.

Headstart Interagency Workshop Series, January to February 2004.

All Headstart Centers were visited in order to communicate the message about high nutrient content in the Yellow Varieties of local foods and the health benefits of these varieties and other health messages. See KP news article.

Documentation of local food crops: Giant swamp taro database.

This project worked with farmers to collect the names and primary identifying characteristics of Pohnpei giant swamp taro (mwahng) and of outer islands. See also KP news article on study by Vili Iese.

Youth to Youth. Conservation of Rare Banana Varieties.

This is a project led by the Conservation Society of Pohnpei, in collaboration with cooperating elementary schools, Class 6 children. The project was carried out in Wone in 2003/2004 and in Seinwar in 2004/2005.

Pohnpei Small-scale Food Processing Workshop, October 2004.

Over 100 participants took part in this workshop facilitated by Dr. Richard Beyer. It focused on aspects of food handling, product development, and marketing. See KP news article and consultancy report.

Pohnpei World Food Day and Agricultural Food Fair 15 October 2004.

Over 500 people took part in this event, which had the theme: Grow and eat Yellow varieties for health and wealth. See KP news article.

IFCP Conference: Local Food Production and Consumption for Health and Wealth, Seabreeze Hotel, December 13, 2004.

Over 80 participants took part in this conference, discussing many issues related to local food production and consumption. See KP news article