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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,…

Monica Mazi thanks NARI

Monica Mazi spent the last 20 years working with NARI and is thankful that she has so many skills and knowledge in livestock husbandry practices. Mrs Mazi was initially employed in early January, 2000, as a research technician. She was…

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,…