Honiara, Solomon Islands: Log production for January this year recorded a sharp fall, the Central Bank of Solomon Islands revealed.

Suva, Fiji: The first consignment of dalo and cassava left Fiji shores for Kiribati last week.

Canberra, Australia: Papua New Guinea (PNG) has been allocated 650 visas for fruit picking in rural Australia as part of the beleaguered Pacific seasonal worker pilot scheme.

Port Vila, Vanuatu: Australia is providing more than  US$1 million to support the Vanuatu beef industry and increase the incomes of smallholder farmers in Vanuatu.

Port Moresby, PNG: An Australian company has invested more than K1.5 million to extract oil from a native tree in this country which is used to produce medicine.

Auckland, New Zealand: Samoa's organic banana exports are set to get a boost from a new partnership between a New Zealand food company and a Samoan women's group.

Apia, Camoa: A regional conference about coconuts ended last week with participants eager to return home to put what they learnt into action.

Rarotonga, Cook Islands: A $3.5 million Cook Islands Government project will attempt to revitalise the declining agriculture industry in the outer islands from this year.

Suva, Fiji: Fiji’s seaweed farmers could be striking it big next year with a major new market secured in China, according to the Ministry of Primary Industries.

Honolulu, Hawaii: Scientists surveying American Samoa's coral reefs say Sept. 29's tsunami obliterated some corals and damaged others to the point that they may not recover.