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HEYUPE QUAZANGUE is a typical villager but has a somewhat innovative mindset. From Gua on the Kabwum side of Teptep, he has many things going on in his backyard. He grows everything that could grow there, food crops, cash crops,…
A study is underway to document indigenous knowledge and practices aimed at establishing a better understanding of it and how such could be integrated with resilience strategies for rural communities to better manage risk associated with prolonged dry periods. It…
Theresa Govara hails from Maiyanda in the Lower Watut area of Bulolo district, Morobe province. She is a mother of twelve children and plays a very busy role with daily house chores among other activities to help her family. On…
Effective sharing of knowledge is an essential building block for resilience among vulnerable farming communities. The challenge in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is more about how to best provide ideas generated through research so that they are very accessible for…
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…
