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Science, technology vital for development
Source: The National, Tuesday January 5th, 2016 By Seniorl Anzu THE roles of research, science and technology are important for overall prosperity of any developing economy. In agriculture, it is […]
It’s time for Aust to set refugees free
Source: The National, Wednesday December 30th, 2015 Not since the Second World War has there been displacement of people on the scale that occurred in 2015; nor it seems, since […]
Drought series summary
Source: The National, Tuesday December 29th, 2015 By Seniorl Anzu Year 2015 will go down the record as one that shocked the country with the devastating El Nino-induced drought event. […]
El Niño-Southern Oscillation and PNG
Source: The National, Tuesday December 22nd, 2015 SOME provinces received rains (despite amount not universal) in the past month, following the nation-wide El Nino-induced drought. Extremes of rainfall in PNG […]
Feeding costs for smallholder farmers
Source: The National, Tuesday December 15th, 2015 By Pikah Kohun IN PNG the major agro-industrial by-products in terms of quantities produced are millrun, palm kernel meal, copra meal, fishmeal, rice […]
Growing pig business in PNG
Source: The National, Tuesday December 8th, 2015 By Michael Dom & Workneh Ayalew SWEET potato and pigs are an essential part of subsistence living in PNG. Our sweet potato-pig feeding system […]
Early maturing sweet potato varieties
Source: The National, Tuesday November 17th, 2015 When normal rains return after a drought, food production must begin again as soon as possible. Planting of quick maturing crops is the […]
Drought-tolerant banana varieties
Source: The National, Tuesday November 10th, 2015 A drought mitigating strategy recommended for farmers is to plant the drought tolerant banana varieties. These include bananas that survived the 1997 drought, […]
Post harvest storage, use of beans
Source: The National, Tuesday November 3rd, 2015 Droughts in PNG present opportunities for Papua New Guineans to develop strategies in post harvest storage and use of food crops already cultivated […]
Post harvest storage and use of corn
Source: The National, Tuesday October 27th, 2015 Staple diets in Papua New Guinea are dominated by root crops like sweet potato, taro and yam. Other crops that significantly contribute to […]