Tonga does not have food insecurity or hunger but rather a problem of eating low-quality food, which causes a high rate of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and obesity, Prince Tu'ipelehake said in opening a display of Tongan food on October 16 for International World Food Day.
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Results for Agriculture
Monday 19 October 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Monday 16 February 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's first 50 group of seasonal workers departed Fua'amotu International Airport for Sydney this morning, the first to be recruited from the Pacific under the Pacific Seasonal Pilot Workers scheme to Australia for seven months.
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Wednesday 19 November 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tongan squash exports shipped a total of 2,200 tonnes of squash to Japan and South Korea this year.
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Wednesday 12 November 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Eight hundred Tongan Seasonal Workers will leave Tonga to work in the Australian horticultural industry in July 2009.
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Monday 27 October 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's largest squash exporter, Nishi Trading Company Ltd., is targeting to export a total of 1,200 tonnes of squash to Japan and South Korea, a slight increase from their 900 plus tonnes exported last year.
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Monday 11 February 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A group of 63 Tongan seasonal workers will leave for New Zealand on February 11, the 16th group to join the RSE scheme.
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Monday 12 November 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Squash Council believes that this year's squash harvest will fall short of the 5,000 tonnes that it targeted for export this year.
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Monday 8 October 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Orange Princess, a new variety of squash that the Global Trading Company Exporters Ltd. will export to South Korea for the first time this month, could rescue Tonga's struggling Squash Industry.
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Monday 1 October 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga will export only 5000 tonnes of squash this year, a more than 50% drop from the 10,215 tonnes that it exported last year.
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Wednesday 12 September 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Ministry of Agriculture is stepping into the Squash Industry for the first time this year, as one of the growers, in order to boost declining squash production.
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Friday 20 July 2007
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Geneva, Switzerland
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are urging all countries to strengthen their food safety systems and to be far more vigilant with food producers and traders.
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Thursday 19 April 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
On the eve of the signing of a New Zealand Regional Seasonal Employer (RSE) work scheme, the wisdom of encouraging thousands of Tonga's best agricultural workers to leave the country has been questioned by commercial farmers here.
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Thursday 19 October 2006
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The first shipment of Tongan squash bound for Japan and a new market Korea departed Nuku...alofa on Saturday October 14 with 2,108 tonnes of squash, but a disappointingly low yield is expected this year.
Tuesday 3 October 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The first shipment of Tongan squash for 2006 to Japan and a new market Korea will leave Nuku'alofa next week with 2,300 tonnes of squash.
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Tuesday 8 August 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tongan squash exports could reach 12,600 tonnes this year, the Secretary General of the Tonga Squash Council, Stephen Edwards estimated at the end of the squash-planting season this week, more than the 12560 tonnes exported last year.
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Tuesday 20 June 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga this year has secured a second market for its squash, Korea, and it is hoped this will encourage growers who have lost confidence after their worst year in 2005.
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Thursday 22 December 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tongan squash growers hoping for some Christmas cash will be disappointed as the payments for this year' sqaush exports will not be made by the exporters to the growers until next year.
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Wednesday 2 November 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The fifth and the final shipment of Tongan squash is expected to leave Tonga for Japan on November 12.
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Thursday 6 October 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The first shipment of Tongan squash to Japan for 2005 will leave Nuku‘alofa at the end of next week with 3200 tonnes of Tongan squash.
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Thursday 5 May 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
After Tonga's squash growers this week became totally confused over how the new Consumption Tax applied to their businesses, the Minister of Finance has come out and promised them exemption from the CT on agricultural imports.
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