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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…
Image Caption: Members of the public tasting samples of Galip in Kokopo. A team of six officers from Kerevat was led by Business and Marketing Officer Whellance Mollo to display and promote packaged galip products in Kokopo town. Galip products;…
Image Caption: Gall fly larvae inside Chromolaena stem. The gall fly (Cecidochares connexa) has been observed to causing damage to Chromolaena, an invasive weed in the Inland Baining area of East New Britain. Gall fly is feeding on the stem…
Image Caption: Mauro Okrupa checks the air filter of the power tiller. Three officers based at the regional centre in Aiyura Eastern Highlands can now operate and carry out basic maintenance on farm machinery. Mauro, Okrupa, Rodney Aku and Jerry…
Image Caption: NARI Acting Director General Warea Orapa (right) receiving cheque from First Secretary Department of National Planning and Monitoring Mrs Rose Koyama as Project Manager Henry Vuia from the PNG Science and Technology Secratariat looks on at Lae International…
There is still plenty of work to do in the field of invasive plants and insects in Papua New Guinea. These were Pascal Pandau’s parting words when he retired at the age of 62 after serving the National Agricultural…
Shem Noah is a local farmer from Amy Village in the Kome local level government area of Menyamya district. Mr Noah was learnt food processing skills through the European Union supported Climate Change Resilience project recently. He is pleased that…
Most rural communities rely on their rich natural resource base for basic requirements such as food and their overall livelihood. While many are better off with access to what their natural resources could provide, others are not so fortunate, particularly…
Provincial agricultural advisors and other key partners in the highlands region have reaffirmed their commitment to work together with NARI to strengthen food and income security in the region in the face of climate change-driven events and other natural disasters.…
