The Vanuatu Primary Producers Authority (VPPA) was established by an Act of Parliament in 2018, purposely to:
I gat olgeta disisen we Kaonsel blong ol Minista i mekem blong givimaot olgeta tul mo trakta blong wok mo bot blong fising, hemia tru long Ministri blong Agrikalja, Laefstok, Forestri, Fisheri mo Baeosekuriti (MALFFB).
The Pacific Horticultural and Agricultural Market Access Program (PHAMA Plus) provides practical and targeted assistance to help Pacific Island Countries manage regulatory aspects associated with exporting primary and value-added products. This includes gaining access to products in new markets and helping to manage issues associated with maintaining and improving existing trade.
The PHAMA Plus team called on the CEO of the VPPA on Monday 5 September to discuss potential partnership establishment. PHAMA Plus and VPPA established a partnership on 2 December 2021, which was to select 60 farmers and train them to build family-sized solar driers.
"The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS), and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) team called upon the CEO of VPPA today to gather information which will help with the development of the Regional Kava Strategy. The Strategy is being developed under the PIFS and supported by other regional partners including SPC and PHAMA Plus.