Morris C, Bala S, South G R, Lako J, Lober M, Simos T
Institute of Marine Resources, School of Marine Studies, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji.
School of Marine Studies, Faculty of Science, Technology and Environment, University of the South Pacific, Alafua, Samoa.
J Appl Phycol. 2014;26(2):783-789. doi: 10.1007/s10811-014-0254-1. Epub 2014 Feb 16.
This report describes for the first time the supply chain of in three Pacific Island countries. The harvesting and marketing of are important subsistence activities for villagers in Fiji and Samoa, less so in Tonga. At least 150 harvesters are involved in Fiji, some 100 in Samoa and only a handful in Tonga. The annual combined crop is of some 123 t valued at around US$266,492. In Fiji, it is projected that supply does not meet local demand and there is a potential export market that is currently operating at a pilot project level. In Samoa, the supply is considered adequate for the current market. In Tonga, harvesting is carried out by a few families and supplies a niche market in that country. The possibilities of field cultivation of have been explored but, at present, with only limited success in Samoa. The supply chain is simple in all three countries, and only in Fiji are middlemen involved in the distribution process. The limitations for marketing include the fact that only a few sites supply most of the crop in all the three countries, that all sites need to be conserved through sustainable harvesting methods, the short shelf life of the crop and a lack of information on the carrying capacity of harvest sites. remains a crop that fulfils a niche market but has the potential to be scaled up for additional livelihood development in the future.
本报告首次描述了三个太平洋岛国[某种作物]的供应链。[某种作物]的收获和销售是斐济和萨摩亚村民重要的自给活动，在汤加则不那么重要。斐济至少有150名采摘者，萨摩亚约有100名，汤加只有少数几名。年总产量约为123吨，价值约266,492美元。在斐济，预计供应无法满足当地需求，目前有一个潜在的出口市场正在试点项目层面运作。在萨摩亚，供应被认为足以满足当前市场。在汤加，由少数家庭进行采摘，供应该国的一个小众市场。已经探索了[某种作物]田间种植的可能性，但目前在萨摩亚仅取得了有限的成功。这三个国家的供应链都很简单，只有斐济有中间商参与分销过程。销售的限制包括，在这三个国家，大部分作物仅由少数几个产地供应，所有产地都需要通过可持续的收获方法加以保护，作物保质期短，且缺乏关于收获产地承载能力的信息。[某种作物]仍然是一种满足小众市场需求的作物，但未来有扩大规模以促进更多生计发展的潜力。
