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

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

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

Lae, 16 April 2025 – At the heart of Butibam village in Lae, lives a man whose life and leadership have touched countless Papua New Guineans—Bart Philemon, former Lae MP, former Minister of Finance, and proud son of Morobe. As he celebrates his 80th birthday today, Bart’s story stands as a powerful reminder of what

Lae, Friday 11 April 2025 – Department of Agriculture Secretary Dr Sergie Bang has announced sweeping policy moves to remove import taxes on critical agricultural inputs, in a major step towards revitalising Papua New Guinea’s agriculture sector and supporting commercialisation. Speaking at the conclusion of the National Agriculture Industry Public-Private Sector Partnership Conference in Lae—attended