The University of Natural Resources in Kerevat, East New Britain Province received a grant to pilot the Integrated Agriculture Training Program (IATP) and construct a training centre. The project also included facilitating access to credit for farmers and developing market information systems. This IATP course trained 5,000 farmers in the region in various elements of […]
Pilot the use of solar-powered rice mills with the aim of improving food security by training communities in rice cultivation, rice-mill operation and household financial management, including gender equality and social inclusion issues.
Increase and improve agricultural productivity, preparation, processing and preservation to help enhance food security, nutrition and cash income for farming and rural communities in Simbu and other provinces.
Training centre and tissue culture facility to produce clean, disease-free seed potato and sweet potato planting materials for men, women, girls and people with disability.
Phase 1 of the Rice Livelihood Development Package will support more than 2,000 interested growers, including women’s groups and schools in the Kaviananga and Bamu floodplains of the Middle Fly district of Western Province to produce dryland and irrigated rice for local consumption and trials for commercial-scale processing and marketing of four different rice varieties. […]
