Participants to a weeklong training on making Kisar, a wooden milling technology were challenged to become custodians of climate smart farming. Kisar an adapted technology from Indonesia is comprised of male and female components, are used to husk rice. Farmer…
A rice farmer group in the fringes of Lae City recently harvested their biggest crop, estimated at 2.5 tonnes per hectare. In their 8th year of growing the crop, the Ucapu Rice Farmer Group’s success is attributed to NARI and…
Interest in egg production and consumption is creating a stir in Kome local level government of Menyamya. Women and young children have stirred a demand for egg that is creating an income opportunity for raising village chicken. Menyamya’s Rural Development…
Wheat is a very important crop on the world stage. However, in PNG, its value is slowly being recognised largely due to the high cost of imported feed and food that contain ingredients such as wheat. One of NARI’s research…
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…
