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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…
