Samoa

Projects

Title: Agricultural Inventory capability Building Programme - Samoa

Funded by: Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI), New Zealand

Delivered by: NZAGRC

This project aims to strengthen Samoa’s abilities to identify, plan and implement agricultural measures in line with Samoa’s NDC targets. The project will include: development of a Tier 1 agricultural inventory; development of a Tier 2 inventory for non-dairy cattle enteric fermentation and swine and poultry manure management; basic activity data collection; identification of priorities and options for continuous improvement of their national GHG inventory.

Organisations receiving support: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Samoa Bureau of Statistics, University of the South Pacific

Dates: Expected (2024 - 2025)

Project focus areas: Reporting, Foundation of GHG Inventories (includes capability building in institutional arrangements, cross cutting issues, use of IPCC guidelines), Data collection/improvement.