Category: Focus
New ways to grow sweet potato
Article Views: 337 Sweet potato production in the Highlands had been affected by pest and disease. The National Agricultural Institute with partners sought ways to improve sweet potatoes production, writes […]
Raising tree crops from cuttings
Article Views: 443 National Agricultural Research Institute research officer MATHEW POIENOU writes about the non-mist method of growing crops from cuttings instead of using seeds and off soots PAPUA NEW […]
Food productive plan needed
Article Views: 265 FOOD and nutrition security is a critical challenge for every nation around the world. There are many efforts to drive dialogue and collaborative action at the global, […]
B’ville referendum & beyond
Article Views: 736 Today we conclude Ben Bohane’s feature on Bougainville in the lead up to the much-anticipated referendum Continued from yesterday… Economic viability Bougainville is well endowed with mineral […]
Is B’ville referendum ready?
Article Views: 468 We continue Ben Bohane’s feature on Bougainville continuing our section on peace and how referendum ready the region is. They are unlikely to be a threat to […]
Shift to autonomy, war & peace
Article Views: 179 We continue Ben Bohane’s feature on Bougainville in the lead-up to referendum. In this part of the series, we cover autonomy, the Bougainville Crisis, peace and the […]
B’ville referendum & beyond
Article Views: 125 As Bougainville prepares for a referendum on independence, Australia must navigate a policy response that acknowledges the history of conflict and colonialism there, Bougainville nationalism, PNG sensitivities, […]
Supporting local rice farming
Article Views: 395 The National Agricultural Research Institute (Nari) has been working on a solar rice mill pilot project to increase capacity of local rice production, Nari’s SAMUEL TOPOSONA writes […]
Farmer training can enhance rural rice farming
Article Views: 320 By JEROMY KAVI PAPUA New Guinea is blessed with many renewable resources. However, this abundance of wealth is not benefitting the majority of our citizens despite 93 […]
Soybean can improve soil fertility and crop yield
Article Views: 482 SOYBEAN is an important legume crop that is widely cultivated and consumed around the world. It has been introduced into Papua New Guinea but its uses and […]

















