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Projects

Projects & partners

Project	Partner / funder	Years	Status	Source
CFF — climate-resilient agriculture & national seed banks	New Zealand MFAT / DoCC	2024–2029	Ongoing	[1]
Pacific Seeds for Life — seed champions	SPC, MALFFB, Manaaki Whenua, NZ MFAT	2023	Training held Aug 2023	[2]
LPS/2014/037 — Smallholder beef cattle productivity and markets	ACIAR	2016–2021	Completed · final report	[3]
Root crops agrobiodiversity in Vanuatu	AFD-FFEM	2005	[4]
INEA — International Network for Edible Aroids	EU-FSTP	2010	[4]
SPYN — South Pacific Yam Network	EU INCO-DEV	from 1999	[4]
TANSAO — Taro Network for Southeast Asia and Oceania	EU INCO-DEV	from 1998	[4]
National coconut survey & gene bank enrichment	ADB / COGENT	1998–2000	Completed	[5]
PRAP — Pacific coconut hybrids	European Union	39 hybrids evaluated	[6]

Reports

Annual Reports & Strategic Plan

VARTC Strategic Plan 2023–2027 — launched July 2023[7];
VARTC Annual Report 2024 — presented 1 April 2025[8];
VARTC Act [CAP 286][9] and Amendment Act No. 9 of 2008[10]

Data & Records

Digitising 60 years of research records

VARTC's research records — trial books, reports and station records going back to the IRHO years — are being moved into a digital research database. When ready, they will be reachable through VARTC's digital services on the Smart Graon AgriPlatform.

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