Farmers in Markham District in Morobe will soon have clean banana seeds to plant following a devastation by a wilting problem (banana wilt associated phytoplasma) in parts of the valley. Over the past few years farmers in the Markham District…
A former teacher turned farmer wants to package her home grown rice and sell it. This ambition to make domestic rice production a reality, is what Eileen Daniels, from Atupan village of Markham aims to achieve. She has managed to…
Organic fertilizers such as chicken manure, dried coffee pulp, dried leaves of wild daka; Mexican sunflower and fish poison bean are proving to be improving sweetpotato yields. These fertilizers contain nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus which are essential in improving soil…
Project activities at the Pobuma LLG are now being led by a recently established farmer group. The group, Pobuma NARI Farmers Association, endorsed recently by the Pobuma LLG is taking the lead in rolling out project activities to the 9…
