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Technical adviser of the board and management of SRIF (Sugar Research Institute of Fiji). Grant Contract NO.DCI-SCURE/2013/333-963 for External Action of European Community, financed from the EU general budget. Final report

Marquié C., Poser C.. 2015. Montpellier : CIRAD-PERSYST, 106 p..

The sugarcane sector in Fiji is currently meeting constraints and challenges with a concomitant low production of sugarcane compared to the last decade s 1. If no progress, this situation will be more critical after the abolition of the EU sugar production quotas in 2017. The SRIF is committed to bring a demand driven and technology - led enhanced growth in cane agriculture in Fiji for improving livelihood opportunities and ensuring sustainable cane agriculture. According to the context, it has to demonstrate its capability to improve the Fijian cane production in a short time. With a new Board set in March 2015, SRIF is starting a new life rebuilding its organization, strategy and research programs. The EU which is already supporting the institute for 2010 accepted to finance a CIRAD mission to provide support and advice to the Acting CEO of SRIF, to take applied research effectively and efficiently whilst concomitantly establishing strategic partnership with international research institutes and building the capacity of its researchers. Three consultants from CIRAD have been involved in this contract from April 27 th to November 04 th 2015 (Dr. Catherine Marquié, Technical adviser (TA), Dr. Christophe Poser, Technical Expert on sugarcane production (TE) and Dr. Régis Goebel, Technical Expert on sugarcane protection . Nine terms of reference were requested into the SRIF - CIRAD contract. The CIRAD contributions in each of them are summarized in Table 1, and followed by recommendations extracted from the technical agronomic support visit to SRIF realize between 8 and 14 October 2015. CIRAD recommends that SRIF does a very applicable research directly with farmers using a participative approach. All the young staff should be involved in it. Supervision must b e done jointly by FSC and SRIF with a collaboration of Fairtrade Cooperation. The SAG is the good instance to manage the coordination of the activities between stakeholders. SRIF is the relevant institution to s

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