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Climate change articles.

Farming families learn how to conserve sweetpotato

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…

Teptep farmers buy mini mills to process wheat

Growing of wheat in Teptep, Yus local level government area of Rai Coast district in Madang is being embraced by farmers in the area. After wheat seeds were distributed through the Lutheran parish members, who bulked up seeds and distributed…

Bio-sand water filtration workshop

Many communities are challenged with safe drinking water sources, and could worsen in the event of natural disasters such droughts and floods. To address such scenarios along with food security issues associated such hazards; we (NARI) have been promoting the…

Fitting into island life: Out fishing on Bali island

FISH is an integral part of the livelihood in many coastal communities, particularly among small islands and atolls communities. It is no different to the Bali and Vitu islanders; the two together constitutes the Bali-Vitu LLG in the Talasia district,…

Infrastructure development completed at Watut

After some delays due to various constraints beyond our control, infrastructure development at the Watut site was finally completed during mid-February. With the full-time commitment and support of our Facilities Team, work on infrastructure development at all pilot sites is…

Multiplication plots set up in Rigo

Crop multiplication plots established at Kalo, Kamali and Gamoga villages will be the centre point of multiplying crop varieties in bulk and distributing it to communities along the Rigo Coast.A team from NARI’s Southern Regional Centre led by Gena Kawali,…

Activities picking up at Teptep

After being delayed due to the COVID19 lockdown coupled with logistic difficulties, project activities are slowly picking up at the Teptep project site. Infrastructure development including the constructions of a nursery and poultry sheds started last month following the shipment…

Project looks at multi-skilling staff

Forty technical support staff In NARI participated in an in-house capacity building Workshop to not only develop their skills but also to address the challenges of staff capacity and delivery of projects in an effective and sustainable manner. The project,…