NARI is currently working on a project called the ‘On-station evaluation and selection of suitable 64 rice varieties in PNG’. The project aims to observe and collect important agronomical data like the tillering (flowering) ability of each rice variety in…
Participants to a weeklong training on making Kisar, a wooden milling technology were challenged to become custodians of climate smart farming. Kisar an adapted technology from Indonesia is comprised of male and female components, are used to husk rice. Farmer…
A rice farmer group in the fringes of Lae City recently harvested their biggest crop, estimated at 2.5 tonnes per hectare. In their 8th year of growing the crop, the Ucapu Rice Farmer Group’s success is attributed to NARI and…
Interest in egg production and consumption is creating a stir in Kome local level government of Menyamya. Women and young children have stirred a demand for egg that is creating an income opportunity for raising village chicken. Menyamya’s Rural Development…
Wheat is a very important crop on the world stage. However, in PNG, its value is slowly being recognised largely due to the high cost of imported feed and food that contain ingredients such as wheat. One of NARI’s research…
Remembering the late Grand Chief Sir Michael Thomas Somare On the first anniversary of Grand Chief Sir Michael Thomas Somare’s passing, on 26th February 2022, the National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) pay homage to his vision of a free and…
From the lush green rainforest jungles on the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea, stands the multi-purpose galip nut (Canarium Indicum) tree. The galip is an indigenous rainforest tree found throughout the Pacific Islands and parts of Indonesia.…
The Acting Director General Warea Orapa and Human Resource Manager Josaiah have launched the new Covid Rapid Test Kits for use by NARI centres. As part of its Covid Management plan, NARI has added the test kits to reduce the…
Image Caption: Staff of Frangipani Foods Limited. As part of the sustaining the galip industry, a local company based in East New Britain is buying fresh galip and supplying it to the processing facility at Kerevat. This young and thriving industry…
Caption: Conserving local sweetpotato varieties. A five-day training workshop was conducted on conserving sweetpotato varieties recently. Farming families were encouraged to work together through the Family Farm Team approach. Participants learnt how to promote nutrition and food security; decision making…
