Papua New Guineans are paying 100% more for rice than they should be, according to a local commercial rice company, Rigo Rice. Rigo Rice has been growing and selling rice for the last five years in their small commercial farm at Rigo in Central Province. They sell their rice to wholesalers for K3 plus GST. Owner of Rigo Rice, Mr. Jeffery Kennedy said the ...
Live cattle import is not the best option to develop the cattle industry in Papua New Guinea; It is a risk rather than good, says the Minister for International Trade and Investment, Hon. Richard Maru. Minister Maru was making a reference to a news article published by Post Courier (Tuesday, June 27, 2023) on the Livestock Development Corporation’s (LD...
Papua New Guinea continues to work towards achieving the development sustainable goals of being self-reliant in meat production by 2025. As part of this vision, officials from the Livestock Development Corporation and the minister responsible for livestock, Segie Agiso, recently travelled to North Queensland in Australia to visit Sugarbag Cattle company, ...
Photo: Recent Visit by Fijian PM and Delegation to Ilimo Farm Papua New Guinea has a warm and rainy climate, rich soil, and abundant water resources, and is blessed with naturally adaptable conditions for farming a wide variety of crops. Despite these favourable factors, the country still relies on imports to feed its population. Among the top impor...
The Marape-Rosso government will very soon announce “special incentives” to support loyal players in the manufacturing, agriculture, forestry and fisheries sectors focused on serious downstream processing in the country, Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has said. PM Marape announced this to members of Lae Chamber of Commerce & Industry on Thursday,...
Fishing Industry Association of PNG's Tuna Purse Seine Fishery rated the largest global tuna source of MSC-certified tuna The Fishing Industry Association of Papua New Guinea (FIA PNG) has once more gone beyond its expected boundaries to achieve another milestone for the fishing industry relating to the association’s purse seine fishing method. Purs...
The Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) announced on the 18th of April 2023 that the Fishing Industry Association of Papua New Guinea's (FIA PNG) version of Fisheries Information Management System (iFIMS) software has successfully passed the GDST Capability Test. [1] The GDST Capability Test is an online platform that allows businesses invol...
British American Tobacco PNG (BAT PNG) and Fresh Produce Development Agency (FPDA) have joined hands to aid rural bulb onion farmers in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The partnership aims to provide financial assistance to the farmers and increase the quality and quantity of their produce. As a part of this initiative, BAT PNG will contribute K1 million for the ...
Photo Credit: USCG Press CC BY 2.0 International Trade and Investment Minister Richard Maru is urging for more fish caught in Papua New Guinea's waters to be processed in the country, with a target of processing all of it. At present, only about 10 to 15 per cent of the fish caught in PNG is processed domestically, while over 80% is sent abroad for pro...
Photo: Mr. Sylvester Pokajam, President & Chairman of Fishing Industry Association (PNG) Inc. In response to a recent media publication regarding the scaling down of operations of one of the country's major fish processing operators, the Fishing Industry Association (PNG) Inc. has clarified and maintained that the country's tuna stock is still in a...
Photo courtesy of New Guinea Highlands Coffee The agriculture sector in the country has been experiencing an upswing in production activities, as noted by the Minister for Agriculture, Aiye Tambua. Notably, coffee, coconut, and oil palm have been the major commodities that have seen a significant increase in their production. According to the Coffee...
Photo credit: PNG Forest Industries Association Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has called on logging companies, landowners and the National Forest Authority (NFA) to be involved in reforestation of areas that have been logged. He made the call on Friday, March 10, 2023, at remote Kurindal in Lasul-Baining Local Level Government (LLG), Gazelle, Eas...
Statistics in 2022 have proven that the return of the Government’s investment in subsidizing price and freight for local coffee farmers is working. Coffee Industry Corporation (CIC) Acting Chief Executive Officer Charles Dambui said the K1 million price and subsidy funding generated K7 million last year, and the Government’s intervention of K30 million...
Photo credit: Paga Hill Estate The Yangoru-Saussia District in the East Sepik Province is undergoing a phase of significant and progressive transformation as local farmers will benefit from a direct cash injection that will see a new revolution in cocoa production. Currently, the Cocoa Board has reported that the district produced 9,000 metric tons ...
Papua New Guinea has ceased issuing import permits for Australian and Asian raw poultry in a trade move some viewed as political maneuvering. A blanket ban was imposed on the importation of frozen chickens into the country to protect the billion-kina local poultry industry. PNG's Agriculture Minister Aiye Tambua announced that the ban will take effe...
Photo: Minister for Agriculture Aiya Tambua. Credit: Aiya Tambua LinkedIn Page Minister for Agriculture Aiya Tambua has announced the new price support for copra or coconut farmers in the country. Mr Tambua said brown coconut will now be bought at a price of K2, which is an increase of K1.1, while white coconut will be bought at K2.50, he said when ...
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