We devoted a full website to the very interesting coconut palms of Samoa. This website was updated in the framework of two projects:
- The UK Darwin Initiative project "Upgrading and broadening the new South-Pacific International Coconut Genebank" (reference 23-008) runs from June 2016 to March 2019. This project is being coordinated by Bioversity International; COGENT (the International Coconut Genetic Resources Network) and CIRAD (Centre de coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement), and is implemented in collaboration with: the Asia and Pacific Coconut Community (APCC); the curator of the South Pacific International Coconut Genebank (ICG-SP) hosted by the Cocoa Coconut Institute (CCI) in Papua New Guinea; the Global Crop Diversity Trust (GCDT); Government relevant ministries from Fiji, Papua New Guinea (represented by Kokonas Indastri Korporesen, KIK) and Samoa; and the Pacific Community (SPC).
- The project "Coconut Industry Development for the Pacific" (CIDP) is a joint initiative of the Pacific Community, the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States. Addition to this website were conducted in the framework of the PRAG07 expertise leaded by CIRAD, on "Coconut Production and Seeds System". For more details about this topic, please visit the dedicated website.
The Samoa website would need to be updated, it will be done if a new project is launched. Click here or on the picture to access it.
©R. Bourdeix, 2022, Section DPP-Samoa
Document to explore: Kramer A. 1902. the Samoa islands, Apia.