NARI Nuis

Vol. 10 No. 3 (July - September 2007)

Agricultural Innovations Show for Development in PNG
by Seniorl Anzu and Raghunath Ghodake

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Knowledge creation and information exchange are the basic ingredients of agricultural research for development. Appropriate and innovative avenues are of paramount importance for the exchange of information and transfer of new knowledge and for receiving feedbacks from immediate and end users so that technologies can be appropriately modified and adapted to target environments.

The “Agricultural Innovations Show” introduced recently by the Papua New Guinea National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) is one such important avenue. The Institute staged the show on 9 May 2007 at its Sir Alkan Tololo Research Centre near Lae to recognise and value the importance of innovations in agricultural development.  Besides, the show was to create awareness on the significant role that research, science and technology play in innovative agricultural and rural development in PNG. The event coincided with the completion of a decade of NARI’s dedicated contribution to innovative agricultural development. 

The show was unique and the first of its kind in the country. Over 30 organisations; including research and development institutions, extensions providers, the private sector, NGOs, women groups, businesses, farmers and rural communities participated.  These organisations exhibited and displayed their improved technologies and innovations, and demonstrated their innovative ways of improving and developing agriculture. To keep with the importance of modern agriculture and with NARI’s mandate, this event was organised around the theme ‘Science and Technology for Innovative Agricultural Development in PNG’.

Visitors and participants from all walks of life had the first-hand opportunity to see these innovations; whether based on scientific research, indigenous knowledge, or farmer practice.  This show became an avenue for technology transfer and information exchange and for bringing scientific research closer to farming communities and development partners. It also paved the way for experience sharing, training and enhancing mutual partnerships and collaborations.

The innovations show also set the stage for integration of different levels and kinds of innovations.  Such integration is vital for a national innovation system in which scientific research, improved technologies and new knowledge can be effectively integrated with policies to create a knowledge-based economy. Institutions and organisations in research and technology development, higher education and training, and quality assurance have a vital role in such an innovation system.

Following the successful staging of the inaugural show, NARI will make it an annual event. The Bubia showground and the recently developed Alan Quartermain muli-purpose facility will be the venue for all partners and organisations to participate.

This concept needs to be promoted in the country at community, district, provincial, regional and national levels so that many rural communities are able to participate and benefit. This will also provide opportunities for very many innovations and innovative ideas to be shared and promoted.

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