By R. Bourdeix, XXXX and XXXX.
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The Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) in the country work closely with the landowners in agriculture, livestock and forest projects. The Kandrian Glouster Integrated Development Project (KGIDP) is a good example of an NGO group who worked with the landowners to develop their timber resources. This group received their funding from the Australian Aid (AUSTAID), to assist the local landowners in conserving and replanting the indigenous timber tree species. The group is based in Kimbe, West New Britain Province and covers the Kimbe, Kandrian and Glouster areas, some of the rich timber growing areas in the country.
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The Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) in the country work closely with the landowners in agriculture, livestock and forest projects. The Kandrian Glouster Integrated Development Project (KGIDP) is a good example of an NGO group who worked with the landowners to develop their timber resources. This group received their funding from the Australian Aid (AUSTAID), to assist the local landowners in conserving and replanting the indigenous timber tree species. The group is based in Kimbe, West New Britain Province and covers the Kimbe, Kandrian and Glouster areas, some of the rich timber growing areas in the country.
The Fresh Produce Development Agency (FPDA) is a national government agency responsible for facilitating the development of the horticulture and fresh produce industry in PNG. From production to marketing, FPDA’s primary function is to be a source of information relating to commercial horticultural activities across the country. FPDA activities are supported by its vision, mission and core values.
FPDA has its origins in the Marketing Fruit and Vegetable Project (MFVP) funded by the New Zealand government in the late 1980’s. A single desk was established as a project under the Department of Agriculture & Livestock in order to promote marketed fruits and vegetables in PNG.This Public Investment Project (PIP) focused on the collation and dissemination of market-related and technical information on fruit and vegetables.
The MFVP evolved into the Fresh Produce Development Company Limited (FPDC) and was registered under the Companies Act in 1988, starting operations in 1989.
The FPDC’s mandate was to disseminate information on fruit and vegetable production, assist with technical information, and provide advice on improving the fruit and vegetable industry and, help PNG achieve self-sufficiency in production and processing.
In 2002 the FPDC came under the recurrent budget of the government of PNG, with operational funding support from the National Planning and Treasury Departments, and in 2005 the FPDC name was changed to Fresh Produce Development Agency (FPDA).
Contact
HEAD OFFICE-GOROKA
Makinono Street, West Goroka, Goroka 441, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
Post Office Box 958, Goroka 441 Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
Phone: +675b 532 3356
Fax: +675 532 3357
Email: info@fpda.com.pg
https://fpda.com.pg/
Genesys
Genesys is a database which allows users to explore the world’s crop diversity conserved in genebanks through a single website.
First launched in 2008, it contains about 4 million genebank accessions, which is around a half of the estimated total number in the world.
Genesys allows breeders and other genebank users to quickly search for – and request – crop samples located in 459 institutes around the globe. Instead of trawling through numerous separate databases, users find in Genesys a single entry-point to information about genebank accessions.
Genesys serves two distinct but connected groups of people. There are the genebanks, institutes and research centers who use Genesys to publish accession data on the portal. Then, there are those – breeders, researchers, and policymakers – who use Genesys to inform their own work.
Genesys is supported by CGIAR donors via the Genebank Platform. We would like to thank all donors who supported this work through their contributions to the CGIAR Fund.
Genesys makes it easy for organizations with a collection of crop diversity to make their data publicly available. Users can then explore this vast resource using a variety of strategies. Once they have found what they are looking for, users can request seeds and other planting materials from many of the genebanks holding them.
To protect the future of the world’s food supply, researchers strive to increase crop productivity under increasingly difficult environmental and biological challenges. Breeders develop new, better adapted and nutritious cultivars by delving into the vast crop diversity found in genebanks, wherein they find plant genetic resources that will provide the genetic characteristics required for the crops of the future.
Contact
Mail: helpdesk@genesys-pgr.org
https://www.genesys-pgr.org/fr/geo/PNG
Genesys allows breeders and other genebank users to quickly search for – and request – crop samples located in 459 institutes around the globe. Instead of trawling through numerous separate databases, users find in Genesys a single entry-point to information about genebank accessions.
Genesys serves two distinct but connected groups of people. There are the genebanks, institutes and research centers who use Genesys to publish accession data on the portal. Then, there are those – breeders, researchers, and policymakers – who use Genesys to inform their own work.
Genesys is supported by CGIAR donors via the Genebank Platform. We would like to thank all donors who supported this work through their contributions to the CGIAR Fund.
Genesys makes it easy for organizations with a collection of crop diversity to make their data publicly available. Users can then explore this vast resource using a variety of strategies. Once they have found what they are looking for, users can request seeds and other planting materials from many of the genebanks holding them.
To protect the future of the world’s food supply, researchers strive to increase crop productivity under increasingly difficult environmental and biological challenges. Breeders develop new, better adapted and nutritious cultivars by delving into the vast crop diversity found in genebanks, wherein they find plant genetic resources that will provide the genetic characteristics required for the crops of the future.
Contact
Mail: helpdesk@genesys-pgr.org
https://www.genesys-pgr.org/fr/geo/PNG
The Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) was established in 1985 and vested with the powers to protect the environmental values of air, water, soil and biodiversity and the sustainable use of natural resources as mandated by the Fourth Goal of the National Constitution:“Papua New Guinea’s natural resources and environment to be conserved and used for the collective benefit of all and are replenished for the benefit of future generations”.
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