Minister for Finance and Deputy Prime Minister Professor Biman Prasad says Biosecurity Authority of Fiji (BAF) and Ministry of Agriculture will work together to create awareness in farmers regarding their agricultural produce for export.
While delivering the 2023-2024 National Budget, he said the Biosecurity Authority of Fiji supports Fiji’s agricultural produce exporters by providing information, inspection and certification to meet the import requirements of overseas countries.
“Moving forward, BAF and Ministry of Agriculture need to work together to create farmer awareness (such as farmer outreach activities) of the list of agricultural produce under current pathways and market access, support market access negotiations and retention of such markets and new export pathways are developed and adopted. The Strategic Planning Office will coordinate this.”
