Meeting Date
6 – 7 November 2017
Hotel Warwick Le Lagon
Location
Port Vila, Vanuatu
Body
- establishing national (organic) brand for coconuts and cocoa, and
- improving access to market information by farmers, producers and the private sector.
- Vanuatu's supply capacity is still too limited to fully benefit from the growing "sustainability" or "organic" markets;
- National sustainability brand (NSB) can help improve supply capacity in economically, socially and environmentally sustainable manner. NSB should start from basics and aim at quality improvement and quantity stabilisation first;
- NSB need to be product-specific as sustainable production practices are different across products within a sector (e.g. fresh coconuts, copra, virgin coconut oil), let alone across sectors;
- With NSB, Vanuatu exports should target both markets - bulk (differentiating) and niche (high return but high risk);
- NSB requires multi-stakeholder partnership but certain challenges are associated with the existing Vanuatu Commodity Marketing Board; and
- NSB should demonstrate Vanuatu's own cultural, geographical, environmental, and social value and uniqueness in line with Vanuatu 2030.
Language(s)
English