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A total of 42 projects with a value of approximately 3.83 million Kina have been approved
for funding by the Advisory Committee. A total of 3.64 million
Kina has
been paid to
date. Table 1 provides details.
The AIGF database provides access to information of all projects and assists
with management; follow link
here.
The same link also
provides access to the contacts database. Visitors can access
information on people and the organisations they work for in the
Agriculture Sector in PNG. Institutions can update details of their
staff through a log-on process (please contact
Linda to obtain
username and password).
A third database has recently gone on line -
http://www.pngnais.org/ (a
searchable facility to locate information on Agriculture research and library
holdings in PNG). This database has been developed under the ACNARS
project by Peter Walton; librarians in PNG (NARI, CCI, Ramu Sugar, NBPOL, OPRA,
DAL and CIC) contribute records to the system.
Thanks to the keen group of developers who are working on these databases;
Dave Askin, Laurie Fooks, Peter Walton and Anthony Brown (see
contact page).
Table 1. Projects funded under AIGF to January 2007
|
Project No. |
Primary Institution |
Title |
Paid to date
(PNG K) |
Total Project
(PNG K) |
Status |
|
1001 |
NARI Bubia |
Training on Vanilla curing methods and quality management |
114,284 |
114,284 |
Completed |
|
1004 |
NARI Labu |
Demonstration and
extension of Pig Feeding Technologies using local feeds |
41,501 |
41,465 |
Completed |
|
1006 |
NARI Labu |
Testing and
delivering of technologies to improve village poultry production in
Papua New Guinea – Pilot project |
81,400 |
81,400 |
Completed |
|
1007 |
NARI – Keravat |
Training of Vanilla
extension officers in the Islands region |
110,272 |
110,272 |
Completed |
|
1009 |
NAQIA |
Awareness and
training for exotic pests in the villages along the PNG/Indonesian
boarder – Sandaun Province |
103,985 |
103,985 |
Completed |
|
1012 |
NARI – Aiyura |
Multiplication and distribution of
improved food crop varieties |
78,602 |
78,602 |
Completed |
|
1013 |
NARI – Aiyura |
Potato
micro-propagation and elite seed production (1) |
90,890 |
90,890 |
Completed |
|
1015 |
CIC |
Coffee
Growers/farmers production and marketing groups |
120,648 |
120,648 |
Completed |
|
1017 |
CIC |
Publication &
Dissemination of Extension materials |
106,647 |
106,647 |
Completed |
|
1028 |
NARI – Keravat |
Introduced vegetable
programme for mid-altitude areas of PNG |
132,261 |
132,261 |
Completed |
|
1034 |
NARI Bubia |
Dissemination of
Improved Agricultural Technologies in Morobe and Madang |
131,132 |
131,132 |
Completed |
|
1035 |
NARI – Kilakila |
Peanuts: Aflatoxin
contamination and public awareness program on better handling practices |
86,841 |
86,841 |
Completed |
|
1038 |
CCI |
Production and
distribution of Hybrid Cocoa Clone planting material in New Ireland
Province |
116,112 |
116,112 |
Completed |
|
1040 |
NARI – Keravat |
Agricultural field
days for the Islands region |
111,462 |
111,462 |
Completed |
|
1041 |
FPDA |
Potato
micro-propagation and elite seed production (2) |
79,931 |
79,931 |
Completed |
|
1048 |
CCI |
Demonstration and
adoption of cocoa clone cultivation best practice in Madang and ENB
Province |
80,653 |
84,493 |
Ongoing |
|
1050 |
University of
Vudal |
Extension of the
Integrated Agricultural Training Programme (IATP) farmer training in
ENBP on Livelihood and Basic Book Keeping to selected sites in WNBP |
83,582 |
83,582 |
Completed |
|
1057 |
CCI |
Extension, quality
control and marketing assistance to support existing direct
micro-expelling units for coconut oil extraction |
109,775 |
109,775 |
Completed |
|
1058 |
CCI |
Production &
Demonstration of Orthotropic budding or cutting in Farmer’s fields in
ENB |
48,300 |
50,715 |
Final Report Outstanding |
|
1064 |
CIC |
Printing of Robusta
booklet for Robusta Coffee Farmers in Pidgin & simple English |
58,628 |
58,628 |
Completed |
|
1066 |
CIC |
Smallholder coffee processing improvement |
75,083 |
75,083 |
Completed |
|
1072 |
FPDA |
Enhancing the
capacity of village extension workers and contact farmers in the Wagih
Valley of WHP and selected EHP to improve income from production and
marketing of Horticulture crops |
86,411 |
86,411 |
Completed |
|
1078 |
CIC |
Coffee
Curriculum – Teaching Material Development (PP) – with the purpose of
developing curriculum materials for introduction to schools and
institutions and to train coffee skills educators |
25,886 |
138,432 |
Ongoing |
|
1090 |
CCI |
Cocoa
Booklet (PP) - with the aim of increasing production of better quality
cocoa by disseminating information about new production and processing
technologies in an accessible medium |
40,307 |
40,307 |
Completed |
|
1096 |
NARI HQ |
Farmer
Testing: Improvement and multiplication of selected NARI Publications
for PNG farmers |
79,745 |
79,745 |
Completed |
|
1097 |
Unitech Agriculture |
Farmer
participatory approach to selection of high yielding sweet potato,
Ipomoea Batatas varieties in Morobe Province |
91,798 |
91,798 |
Completed |
|
1102 |
FPDA |
Training
of fruit and vegetable farmers in the safe and efficient use of
pesticides |
83,165 |
83,165 |
Completed |
|
1103 |
Unitech Agriculture |
Training
of goat distribution centre staff and extension officers in supply of
quality breeding stock and pilot farmer training on farming goats for
income and food security. |
56,764 |
74,942 |
Reports
Outstanding |
|
1104 |
Unitech Agriculture |
Training
of livestock extension officers and Wampar Smallholder Beef Producers on
new and improved Leucaena Forage systems for substantially increased and
sustainable quality beef production. |
96,802 |
116,309 |
Reports
Outstanding |
|
1105 |
NARI Kerevat |
Poultry
Development for East New Britain and Bougainville Provinces in the
Islands Region of Papua New Guinea |
139,378 |
139,378 |
Completed |
|
1106 |
PNG OPRA |
Site
specific fertiliser recommendations to increase income of smallholder
oil palm producers in West New Britain Province |
108,930 |
108,930 |
Completed |
|
1107 |
PNG OPRA |
A visual
identification tool for major insect pests of Oil Palm in PNG |
67,316 |
67,316 |
Completed |
|
1108 |
PNG OPRA |
Diseases and disorders of oil palm in Papua New Guinea |
29,163 |
29,163 |
Completed |
|
1109 |
PNG OPIC |
Poster – pictorial effect of HIV/AIDS on an Oilpalm
grower’s family |
55,083 |
55,083 |
Completed |
|
1111 |
PNG OPIC |
Oil Palm grower’s family inheritance rights on state
owned land and legal will preparation training workshops |
98,679 |
105,188 |
Ongoing |
|
1112 |
University of Vudal |
Establishment of Landcare groups in three LLGs in East
New Britain Province |
20,295 |
33,485 |
Ongoing |
|
1113 |
NARI Kerevat |
Production of disease-free planting materials for
distribution to farmers |
91,195 |
91,195 |
Completed |
|
1115 |
NAQIA |
Awareness and training for exotic pests and diseases in
the villages along the PNG/Indonesia border – Western Province |
108,360 |
118,586 |
Final Report
Outstanding |
|
1116 |
FPDA |
Production and distribution of club root disease
awareness/training materials |
90,392 |
90,392 |
Completed |
|
1117 |
NARI Aiyura |
Field days for the highlands region |
103,545 |
103,544 |
Completed |
|
1121 |
FPDA |
The updating, reprinting and distribution of the Save
Bilong Kumu Technical Pamphlets (in simple English and Tok Pisin) |
147,434 |
147,434 |
Completed |
|
1125 |
NARI Tambul |
Management of Potato Late Blight in PNG |
64,649 |
64,649 |
Completed |
|
Total Funds (PNG Kina) |
3,646,994 |
3,833,273 |
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Key: FPDA - Fresh Produce Development Agency; NAQIA - National
Agricultural Quarantine Inspection Authority; OPRA - PNG Oil Palm Research
Association; OPIC - Oil Palm Industry Corporation (an extension agency); NARI - National Agricultural Research Institute
(food crops research); CCI - Coconut and
Cocoa Institute; CIC - Coffee Industry Corporation; Unitech Agriculture - PNG University of
Technology |