POETCom 2015 Annual Report: A review of Organic Growth

The Pacific Organic and Ethical Trade Community (POETCom) is a not-for-profit membership organisation. Membership comprises representatives from 14 Pacific Island countries and territories, including farmers’ organisations, nongovernmental organisations, private sector and research institutions. Through partnerships and spirited engagement, we share information, coordinate and support networking, build capacity, and have established a regional certification scheme whose goal is to ‘grow’ the organic and ethical trade movement and contribute to a productive, resilient, sustainable and healthy Pacific Islands region. The POETCom Secretariat is housed within the Pacific Community in its Suva, Fiji office. The Secretariat implements POETCom’s Strategic Plan for 2013–2017 in partnership with our focal points who are based at the national level. Work areas include engaging farmers in building resilient farming systems through organic agriculture; enabling farmers to trade with access to both domestic and export markets; and improving the wellbeing of people and communities by promoting ethical labour and social justice principles. The Secretariat also oversees the development of the regional Organic Guarantee Scheme, which is based on the Pacific Organic Standard. Each year, POETCom focal points report their achievements in the four areas of impact as described in the POETCom Strategic Plan. A survey is also carried out among accredited organic certification bodies that provide services in the Pacific Islands region to monitor growth and development in the Pacific’s organic agriculture sector.

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