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The National Agricultural Research Institute warmly received the Minister for Higher Education Research Science and Technology, Honourable Wesley Raminai on 9 April, 2021 at the Sir Alkan Tololo Research Centre, Lae, Morobe province. With the position of Acting Director General…
Albert Aume and Enoch Siria are 3rd year agriculture students from the University of Natural Resources and Environment who spent two months doing their industrial training with NARI. They are pleased that they have gained practical skills and knowledge from…
Eddie Robin is a farmer from Kamanakam Ward of Inland Baining LLG in East New Britain is now enjoying benefits of an emerging galip nut market. Galip, Canarium indicum has been growing in his area for over 40 years. Mr…
At 32, Andrew Numa, is an inspiration of sorts. Andrew decided life in Port Moresby was not meant for him and returned to his native Kamali village, Rigo Coast, in the Central province. What is strange and there are not…
Heyupe Quazangue is a farmer from Teptep village in Rai Coast district of Madang province who loves farming crops and raising livestock. He grows coffee, wheat, rice, grapes, and keeps broiler chicken and pigs. He sells what he can in…
After some delays due to various constraints beyond our control, infrastructure development at the Watut site was finally completed during mid-February. With the full-time commitment and support of our Facilities Team, work on infrastructure development at all pilot sites is…
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…
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…
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…
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…
