NARI opens Coffee Shop

NARI’s Coffee Shop sold scooped ice cream like ‘hot cakes’ after opening for business in November. Apart from ice cream, the shop caters lunch for staff and other interested clients at reasonable prices. The shop is a convenient service for…

Livestock research seeing positive results feed making

A 20-year livestock research program by NARI has paved a way forward in realising the development of commercial livestock feed. In Papua New Guinea, the high cost of livestock feed re-mains a constraint for farmers who venture into the live-stock…

New weather stations set five sites

Three new automatic weather stations have been installed in Laloki, Central province; Bubia, Morobe province, and Kerevat in East New Britain. Stations at Aiyura and Tambul will be installed in the new year. The automatic weather stations come with in-built…

Staff take new roles kerevat

On 11 November, Mr Petilani officially handed over the Research and Development Coordinator role to Scientist Godfrey Hannet. In his parting remarks, Mr Petilani urged all staff to continue to promote the good spirit of working together and to put…

Tissue culture bananas bring short term relief

The biotechnology team at NARI’s Momase Regional Centre went into the festive season in a jolly mood, after the first harvest of four tissue culture bananas in December 2020. It was a big haul, much to the delight of Gou…