Category ITPGR

Final ITPGR report highlights key strategies

The sweetpotato conservation and utilization project of the National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) has ended with the release of a concluding report in September. Among other things, the report highlighted innovative strategies that were employed to implement the project from…

International agency supports sweetpotato conservation

Project team displaying new sweetpotato breeding lines.

The National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) recently shipped a first batch of duplicated (back-up) true seeds of Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) sweetpotato varieties to Norway to be preserved at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. NARI accomplished this milestone on 30…

Farmer appreciates project potential

It is a privilege to work with committed farmers who rise above the odds to usher new agricultural technologies and interventions into their communities. The National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) has been supported by many productive farmers, over the years.…

Schools engaged in sweetpotato conservation project

National Agricultural Research Institute’s (NARI) sweetpotato conservation and utilization project is keen to inspire the interest of future farmers and agricultural scientists. This is realized through the engagement of selected schools in targeted communities, around the country. The project is…