Month January 2021

Agriculture students visit galip facility

It is galip season in East New Britain, and every day, farmers arrive in truck loads at NARI Kerevat to sell their galip nuts in pulp. The increase in galip has prompted the management at Kerevat to obtain extra nut…

Huon farmers growing pathogen tested sweetpotato

Many farmers in the highlands areas have been using pathogen tested (PT) sweet potato materials supplied by NARI. This technology has now found its way to the lowlands at Gabsongkec Village in the Huon Gulf District of Morobe province, through…

NARI opens Coffee Shop

NARI’s Coffee Shop sold scooped ice cream like ‘hot cakes’ after opening for business in November. Apart from ice cream, the shop caters lunch for staff and other interested clients at reasonable prices. The shop is a convenient service for…

Livestock research seeing positive results feed making

A 20-year livestock research program by NARI has paved a way forward in realising the development of commercial livestock feed. In Papua New Guinea, the high cost of livestock feed re-mains a constraint for farmers who venture into the live-stock…

New weather stations set five sites

Three new automatic weather stations have been installed in Laloki, Central province; Bubia, Morobe province, and Kerevat in East New Britain. Stations at Aiyura and Tambul will be installed in the new year. The automatic weather stations come with in-built…