Flowers as new source of income

WOMEN in East New Britain successfully hosted a two-day flower show last week to promote floriculture as a means of producing quality plants and flowers that could generate additional income for households.
As a result, a women’s group called the ENB Women and Youth in Agriculture Development (ENBWYIAD) was formed   through the collaboration of the National Agriculture Research Institute (NARI), a division of Primary Industries and local women farmers.
Other stakeholders supporting this programme included DAL, PNGCCI and University of National Resources and Environment which are disseminating information to the farmers.
Kiteni Kurika, a research associate scientist with NARI, said floriculture was one of the new endeavours to motivate women not only to plant but to make money out of it.
She said there hadbeen a lot of interest among women to plant flowers and this was a good sign in light of thee booming hotel industry, landscaping and tourism.