Dei Council, Western Highlands Province, Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – Papua New Guinea’s coffee industry received a fresh boost this week with the opening of a new coffee storage and processing shed at Nunga Plantation in Dei Council, Western Highlands Province. The new facility — which will be equipped to handle premium Honey Processed Coffee […]
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South Wiru, Ialibu Pangia District, Southern Highlands Province, 13 May 2025 – A vital feeder road linking coffee-growing communities from Kamborini to Wala in the South Wiru LLG of Ialibu Pangia District is undergoing rehabilitation under the PNG Agriculture Commercialization and Diversification (PACD) Project, supported by the World Bank and the Government of Papua New
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Lae, 4 May 2025: The Livestock Development Corporation Limited (LDC) has issued an official eviction notice to all illegal settlers occupying Portion 234 at 3 Mile, Lae, directing them to vacate the land by 30 June 2025 or face forced removal. The notice, signed by LDC Managing Director Mr Terry Koim and dated 1 May,
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Lae, Morobe Province, Sunday, 27 April 2025 – The Livestock Development Corporation (LDC) has launched a determined operation to reclaim State land at 3-Mile, Lae, starting with Portion 234, following years of illegal occupation and dubious title transfers. After visiting the affected land during Easter, LDC Managing Director Mr Terry Koim said the facts were
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Lae, Monday 21 April 2025 – The Livestock Development Corporation (LDC) is set to begin evicting settlers from its long-abandoned Three Mile Livestock Training Centre in Lae, with Managing Director Terry Koim announcing plans to reclaim and redevelop the strategic government asset in line with national agriculture revitalisation efforts. The move, Koim said, follows a
Lae, Tuesday, April 8, 2025 – Papua New Guinea’s leading agricultural research body, the National Agriculture Research Institute (NARI), is spearheading a quiet transformation in the nation’s rice sector, aimed at reducing dependence on costly imports and building a resilient, homegrown rice industry. Addressing the National Agriculture Industry Public-Private Sector Partnership Conference in Lae, NARI
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Port Moresby, Thursday 17 April 2025 – General Secretary of the Oil Palm Industry Corporation (OPIC), Mr Kepson Pupita, has applauded the Madang Provincial Government for its decisive leadership in becoming the first provincial administration to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with OPIC under a renewed national effort to grow Papua New Guinea’s oil
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Port Moresby, Thursday, April 17, 2025 – The Madang Provincial Government has formally signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Oil Palm Industry Corporation (OPIC), signalling a transformative step towards expanding the oil palm sector in the province. The MoU, signed on Thursday, April 17 in Port Moresby, was officiated by Minister for Oil
Port Moresby, Thursday 17 April 2025 – In a significant milestone for Papua New Guinea’s agriculture sector, the Madang Provincial Government and the Oil Palm Industry Corporation (OPIC) have signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Port Moresby that sets the foundation for a new era of inclusive, regulated, and sustainable oil palm development.
Lae, Tuesday, 8 April 2025 – The Executive Director of the Institute of National Affairs (INA), Paul Barker, has called for well-targeted and balanced regulation of Papua New Guinea’s oil palm industry, cautioning against efforts that could undermine the sector’s progress or penalise responsible operators. Speaking at the National Agriculture Industry Public-Private Sector Partnership Conference
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