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Cassava as good as wheat for pigs, poultry
Source: The National, Tuesday July 28th, 2015 By Michael Dom CASSAVA is the third most important staple crop for Papua New Guinea village farmers, with total production of over 270,000 […]
Strategies to reducing feed costs
Source: The National, Tuesday July 21st, 2015 FEED is the most important single cost component of livestock production, and especially for poultry and pig production. It accounts up to 80 […]
Using local resources to feed livestock
By Pikah Kohun Developing low-cost feeding systems by making effective use of local feed resources and agro-industrial byproducts to reduce feed cost for smallholder, semi-commercial and commercial livestock farmers […]
Intellectual property rights – galip challenges
Source: The National, Tuesday July 7th, 2015 By Godfrey Hannet THIS article highlights issues and challenges in relation to Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and the vulnerability of Papua New […]
Introducing galip into new system
Source: The National, Tuesday June 23rd, 2015 By Matthew Poienou THE National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) is currently conducting research to understand the effects of integrating galip into cocoa and […]
Preserving plant genetic resources
Source: The National, Tuesday June 16th, 2015 By Toshiro Shigaki With ongoing climate change, urbanisation, and the trend toward cultivating only a few select varieties, crop diversity is being lost […]
The traditional importance of galip
Source: The National, Wednesday June 3rd, 2015 By Godfrey Hannet PAPUA New Guinea has over 200 plants used as foods of which 65 are cultivated, 48 both cultivated and wild […]
Quality food standards for a galip industry
Source: The National, Tuesday May 26th, 2015 By Dalsie Hannett The driving force behind commercial agriculture in Papua New Guinea has always been export crops. This trend will no doubt […]
Opportunity for adding value to galip nut
Source: The National, Tuesday May 19th, 2015 By Dalsie Hannet THE export of agricultural commodities in Papua New Guinea is based on raw produce, which are value added elsewhere. […]
Developing a galip market chain
Source: The National, Tuesday May 12th, 2015 By Tio Nevenimo One of the biggest issues facing the Galip industry is that the product is virtually unknown outside Melanesia. Creating sufficient […]