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The importance of plant genetic resources
Nari is the custodian of the Papua New Guinea’s collection of primary varieties of staple crop breeds known as plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. Nari’s JANET PAOFA explains […]
Trainer of trainers’ role through the farmer resource centres
Rodney Aku from Nari explains the importance of the trainer of trainers programme to help farmers in rural communities. A LARGE segment of Papua New Guinea smallholder sector still remains […]
Plant tissue culture and its implications
m Regeneration Pathways…continued from last week… Shoot regeneration efficiency in tissue culture is usually a quantitative trait that often varies between plant species and within a plant species among subspecies, […]
Value chain of high value crops
Pt 2: Last week we discussed some challenges in the value chain of bulb onion, Irish potato and sweet potato (kaukau) in the Highlands. Today, we present some opportunities identified […]
Climate is changing, agriculture must too
By Seniorl Anzu Climate change and its negative impact pose much challenges on the environment, economy and population. The world’s many farmers, fishers and pastoralists are the worst affected by […]
Bringing kaukau to the markets
By Anton Mais Crops such as kaukau are an important source of income for many farmers. This means when producers bring in their kaukau from rural areas to urban areas, […]
Potentials of NERICA rice in PNG
Source: The National,Tuesday June 21st, 2016 By Chesly Kobua and Peter Gendua Severe droughts have occurred and more are expected in the near future in Papua New Guinea due to the […]
Look after our banana resources
Source: The National,Tuesday June 14th, 2016 PNG has a rich diversity of banana, both as edible and wild species. It is important that our rural farmers, who are the owners […]
Understanding inflow water, soil water storage
Source: The National, Tuesday April 12th, 2016 By Tai Kui The issue of soil-water extraction and utilisation by plants is based on the recognition that the field, with all its […]
Addressing climate change issues
Source: The National,Tuesday April 5th, 2016 By Seniorl Anzu Household food security continues to be at risk in many smallholder farming communities in PNG and other Pacific Island Countries. This […]