Saturday May 1st 2021 by MALUM NALU At Gurakor Village, in the Mumeng LLG of Bulolo, Morobe, villagers are taking to growing cocoa like never before.Their interest has been ignited by a 20,000-seedling cocoa nursery set up in the village by the PNG Cocoa Board. Seedlings are now being distributed to villagers in Gurakor and […]
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Friday April 30th 2021 PNG Cocoa Board CEO Boto Gaupu predicts a “bumper crop” in Morobe this year on the back of the Marape Government’s Price Support Programme. He made the bold prediction at Munum Village in the Markham Valley on Monday (April 26th 2021) after launching the price support programme for Morobe. Morobe’s current
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Thursday April 28th 2021 At “Esso Mountain”, a community living in the high hills of 9-Mile outside Lae, a cocoa revolution spearheaded by women is taking place. The 100-plus women, who are all members of the Awilunga Mama Agric Project, have taken to growing cocoa like ducks to water. It’s an amazing story about how
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April 28th 2021 Leading cocoa stakeholder Wafi-Golpu Joint Venture (WGJV) has commended the Marape Government for introducing the Cocoa Price Support Programme in Morobe. WGJV Head of External Affairs Sustainability and Development, David Wissink (pictured left with PNG Cocoa Board CEO Boto Gaupu and Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock EO Jack Akike), made the commendation
Tuesday April 27th 2021 The Marape Government’s Cocoa Price Support Programme will increase cocoa production in Morobe, says PNG Cocoa Board CEO Boto Gaupu. He said this on Monday (April 26th2021) when launching the programme in Morobe at Munum Village, Markham Valley, on behalf of Agriculture and Livestock Minister Hon. John Simon. As of Monday,
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OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER PNG COVID-19 National Pandemic Response Joint Agency Task Force Media Statement Sunday April 4th 2021 Papua New Guinea has recorded 181 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours ending 12 midday today (Sunday April 4th), increasing the country’s total to 7038. Western Province reported 135 new cases of which 111 are males,
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Sunday March 28th 2021 By MALUM NALU Six more COVID-19 deaths have been reported over the last 24 hours as the total number of cases increased to 5205, according to Health Secretary Dr Osborne Liko (click to watch video below). This brings to 51 the total number of deaths from the 45 he reported yesterday.
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Saturday March 27th 2021 By MALUM NALU Health Secretary Dr Osborne Liko today announced an alarming 2394 new COVID-19 cases over the last seven days (click to watch video below). Dr Liko, at a joint press conference with Pandemic Controller David Manning, said the number of COVID-19 cases had almost doubled from 2790 last Saturday.
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March 7th 2021 The Marape Government’s Agriculture Price Support Scheme is having a marked impact on rural cocoa growers, according to PNG Agriculture Company (PNGAC) CEO Brad Jackson. PNGAC, owned by cocoa growers, is the vehicle in East New Britain through which price support is paid to growers. Jackson revealed this during a recent visit
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March 7th 2021 The Marape Government has so far pumped in K19 million for price support to cocoa, says Agriculture and Livestock Minister Hon. John Simon. He announced this when addressing growers during a recent visit (on Saturday, February 27, 2021) to remote Kadaulung in Inland Baining, East New Britain, to see for himself how
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