AGRICULTURAL INNOVATIONS GRANT FACILITY (AIGF) PNG

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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

 

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

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Last updated: Monday, 08 May 2006, hosted by Global Technologies, PNG