PHAMA Plus

PHAMA Plus is supported by the Australian and New Zealand governments, and has been working with MAF since 2011 to grow Samoa’s export industry. Under a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), MAF and PHAMA Plus will work together to improve the availability and use of high-quality taro planting material known as tiapula.

In signing the MOU on Tuesday 14 February 2023, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Fosi Schmidt said this partnership will contribute to an increase in the quality and quantity of exportable taro in Samoa.

Signed 6 October by Australian Chief Plant Protection Officer, Gabrielle Vivian-Smith and DT Global Asia Pacific Managing Director, Frank Maiolo the MoU will strengthen the partnership between the department and DT Global through the Pacific Horticultural and Agricultural Market Access Program (PHAMA Plus) program.

The PHAMA Plus program is funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the New Zealand Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade.