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May Vol 51 No 5
CONTENTS

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5 Editor’s note Agriculture
Beyond the horizon
20 Sponsored content: Strengthening organic
certification in the Pacific - New tools and a
6 Briefs
new auditor lead the way
21 We’re in demand: World demands quality
8 We Say cocoa
Rotuma – Forgotten island: Punching above
its weight 22 Sponsored content: Family Farms Team
cultivating food, prosperity and resilience

9 Whispers 24 Farm work pays for Premila Devi
25 Stability in the field: Agriculture steadies the
10 Education Pacific ship
When less is more: University shifts learning 27 Sponsored content: Feedback essential for
focus improving science for AgriFisheries

28 Sponsored content: World Bank boosts Solomon
Aviation Islands market access

13 Sponsored content: The future of aviation
fuel - Viva Energy’s role in sustainable 31 We Say
aviation Saving the piggy bank: No limits for Josephine
14 Fuel cost threat: Economic challenge for Inguba
island aviation
Passenger forecast soars Cover
Regional airlines to reposition 32 People, not profit: Mining giant speaks to
Pacific Heart
16 Training is the key: Safety remains priority
33 Ticket to riches: Clock ticks on sea mining
17 Sponsored content: Papua New Guinea’s
first Airbus A220 captain 34 Do better: Time to wait for science, says PANG

18 Sky is no limit: Kiribati pilot inspires girls 35 Ghosts from the deep
19 Quick flight over Pacific air space
36 Movers and Shakers

4 Islands Business, May 2025