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Post-drought preparation
Source: The National, Wednesday October 21st, 2015 The October-December forecast of the current El Nino drought is that the situation is likely to peak towards the end of the year […]
Strategies to reduce the impact of frost
Source: The National, Tuesday October 13th, 2015 Prolonged dry seasons eventually result in frosts, especially in high altitude areas. When there is frost, food crops are severely destroyed. Research undertaken […]
Management strategies for tubers, livestock
Source: The National, Tuesday October 6th, 2015 Strategies for sustaining food supply Diets of Papua New Guineans mainly consist of root crop staples like sweet potato, yam, taro and cassava. […]
Water, fire management during a drought
Source: The National, Tuesday September 22nd, 2015 During severe drought conditions, two things become critical – water and fire. Their management is important during the extreme periods to avoid the […]
Simple irrigation systems for PNG
Source: The National, Tuesday September 15th, 2015 Irrigation simply means the supplying of water to land and crops, especially by means of specially constructed channels or pipes. It includes the […]
Sweet potato weevil management in drought
Source: The National, Tuesday September 1st, 2015 During “mid-drought”, when there is complete crop failure, it is important to manage the limited and available food resources such as sweet potato […]
Managing a drought at its peak
Source: The National, Tuesday August 25th, 2015 Papua New Guinea is presently into the peak of an intensified drought scenario ever witnessed in recent times. In the past month, communities […]
Sweet potato silage as pig feed
Source: The National,Tuesday August 18th, 2015 By Michael Dom ALTHOUGH sweet potato is the predominant livestock feed grown and used by village farmers in PNG, the tubers, vine and […]
Sweet potatoes and pigs in the nation
Source: The National,Tuesday August 11th, 2015 By Michael Dom and Workneh Ayalew Sweet potato is our most important food crop and pigs are our most popular livestock. Pig keeping is […]
Promoting sweet potato as animal feed
Source: The National, Tuesday August 4th, 2015 By Janet Pandi SWEET potato production in Papua New Guinea is estimated to be around three million tonnes annually, three quarters of which […]