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Fourteen officers received certificates and recognized as plant health doctors, through the support of the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI). As plant health doctors, the officers will play the role like a ‘medical’ doctor where symptoms are investigated…
Government agencies and departments are urged to deliver on the national government’s plan through agricultural commercialisation and livestock development. Agriculture Department Secretary Dr Sergie Bang made this challenge at the 12th NARI Agricultural Innovations Show, saying key players within the…
Being able to learn about indigenous knowledge from East New Britain, Morobe, and Eastern Highlands is the highlight of the video production team from Goroka University’s Centre for Social and Creative Media and NARI. CSCM’s Officer Dianne Singut says developing…
East New Britain hosted the first of regional consultation workshops facilitated by the National Research Institute in partnership with the agriculture sector agencies from August 10 to 11. Sector agencies, including NARI, converged to discuss and develop strategies to improve…
A team of five agriculture officers from Eastern Highlands, Jiwaka, Simbu, and Southern Highlands went through three days of training, as trainer of trainers, on how to operate farm machinery. The training was facilitated by Anton Beko and officers from…
Eight students from the University of Goroka completed six weeks of industrial training focused on crops and livestock with the Momase Regional Centre in Lae, Morobe province. Their industrial training looked at identifying pests and diseases on crops such as…
Research plays a very pivotal role in the development of the agriculture sector in Papua New Guinea. NARI Director General Dr Nelson Simbiken challenged staff during his welcome to have a new insight and progress with changes within the agriculture…
The use of indigenous knowledge is still the most important source of information in the everyday lives of people especially those in rural farming communities. Indigenous knowledge determines their agricultural activities as well as cultural events and it also prepares…
Fidelis Hela recently folded a colourful career in agriculture, serving the institute for 24 years after starting out with the Department of Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries in 1978. LAES (Lowland Agriculture Experimentation Station) was where Fidelis began his journey,…
Scientists involved in rice production are now challenged to address an incursion of the golden apple snail (GAS). Although it is not serious in nature, control measures need to be put in place and assessed for its effectiveness. Cultural control…
