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Staff promote galip products in Kokopo

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;…

NARI and UNITECH research to find sweetpotato weevil control

Researchers from NARI and the PNG University of Technology are investigating ways to control weevils in sweetpotato apart from chemicals use. This collective research is part of a project supported by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) “Developing…

Huon farmers growing pathogen tested sweetpotato

Many farmers in the highlands areas have been using pathogen tested (PT) sweet potato materials supplied by NARI. This technology has now found its way to the lowlands at Gabsongkec Village in the Huon Gulf District of Morobe province, through…

Agriculture students visit galip facility

It is galip season in East New Britain, and every day, farmers arrive in truck loads at NARI Kerevat to sell their galip nuts in pulp. The increase in galip has prompted the management at Kerevat to obtain extra nut…

Galip processing, a good agribusiness model: UNRE students

Final year Tropical Agriculture students from the University of Natural Resources and Environment have believe that galip processing is a good agribusiness model, following a short visit to the galip factory at Kerevat, East New Britain recently. Over 100 students…