BPP Regional Call for Partnerships
Are you an inclusive business? Do you have a commercial idea that could make a lasting social and environmental impact? Through the Business Partnerships Platform, the Australian Government is calling for partnerships to help support COVID-19 recovery in Bangladesh, Nepal, Philippines, Timor-Leste and Tonga. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in widespread economic impact across the Indo-Pacific. People…
Root crop value chains in Tonga
This partnership brings together Tongan agribusiness Nishi Trading and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to increase productivity of existing root crop exports and add new value-added product lines. Nishi Trading will build a cool storage facility, benefiting farmers through less product wastage resulting in increased incomes. Nishi Trading will also lease…