News Stories
NARI Director General to serve on CGIAR Fund Council
NARI Director General Dr Raghunath Ghodake has been appointed as a member of the CGIAR Fund Council. The Fund Council of CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research) is a 22 member apex body responsible for allocating research funds to international agricultural research centers and national research and development organisations. In making this announcement, NARI Council Chairman Dr John Kola congratulated Dr Ghodake on his well deserved and internationally recognised appointment. Dr Kola said Dr Ghodake has contributed immensely in different forums and networks, including at the global arena, which has placed PNG on the world map in the field of agricultural science and technology, and his appointment means a lot to NARI, PNG and the Pacific. Read more.... 12/02/18
Partnership in rice extension
A smallholder rice development initiative, promoted through the “model farmer” concept by the Department of Agriculture and Livestock (DAL) and the Japanese International Corporation Agency (JICA) is set to start in the Manus and Milne Bay provinces next year. This will be an extension of the village-based rice development programme to rice growing provinces of PNG following its success in Madang and East Sepik provinces when it was first implemented between 2003-2008. But this extension phase would involve greater collaborations with other technically oriented organisations such as NARI in order to address technical problems (such as pest and disease) which were encountered during the initial phase. Read more.... 12/02/10
Heat causes chicken death
Heat stress can cause sudden death to broiler chicken if farmers are not careful in their attitudes towards raising chicken under village conditions in the lowlands of PNG, according to NARI's Livestock Programme in Lae, Morobe Province. An assessment report by the programme states that the comfortable ambient temperature range, or the thermal comfort zone, for chicken should be between 4ºC to 27 ºC with relative humidity below 50%. When the temperature exceeds 27 ºC, chicken typically react to the emerging heat stress conditions by eating less food and increasing their respiration rate and panting. The assessment was made following reports of an unusually very high sudden death of large numbers of broiler chicken in a commercial broiler farm in the Gobari area outside Lae city. Read more.... 26/01/10
Biocontrol strategy for invasive species
The biological control of invasive species in the Pacific was the agenda of a strategic workshop held in New Zealand recently. Plant protection experts and quarantine specialists from the Pacific and international community were taken to task to address issues of adopting biological control or biocontrol as a tool to fight invasive pests and weeds in agriculture, forestry and important ecosystems in the region. ‘The Regional Biocontrol Strategy Development Workshop’ was held at Auckland from November 16-18 2009. Read more... 06/01/10
Dr Ghodake re-appointed Director General of NARI
The National Executive Council (NEC) has re-appointed Dr Raghunath Ghodake as the Director General of NARI for another term of four years commencing December 9 2009. In announcing the appointment on Christmas Eve, NARI Council Chairman Dr John Kola said Dr Ghodake’s appointment was based on his performance as NARI CEO for the last seven years and his contributions to the Institute’s establishment, development and progress. “Dr Ghodake has a wide experience and in-depth understanding and knowledge of agricultural research for development issues at the national and international level. “His proven leadership in the Institute since its establishment 13 years ago has helped NARI progress on all fronts,” Dr Kola said. Read more... 29/12/09
NARI wins three EU-ACP grant awards
NARI has successfully worn three major ‘capacity development’ projects from the European Union, totaling EURO 2.8 million (K11.5 million). The projects under the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Science and Technology (S&T) Programme will be implemented in three Western Pacific Countries - PNG, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu - over three years starting in early 2010. The ACP S&T Programme is an ACP-EU co-operation programme to support ACP countries in strengthening research, development and innovation as well as in formulating and implementing S&T policies for sustainable development and poverty reduction. A total of nine research and development organisations will benefit from these sub-regional projects. Read more... 28/12/09
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Call for transparency and commitment
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