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Papua New Guinea - Current Projects

  1. Overview
  2. Country Strategy
  3. Priorities
  4. Key Program Managers
  5. Current Projects
  6. Concluded Projects
  7. Achievements
  8. Relevant Publications
  9. Country News and Stories
  10. Project Locations
  11. Country Office
  12. Country Portfolio
  13. AusAid and Other Briefs
  14. Fellowship Statistics

Current Projects

AH/2006/157 - Animal health surveillance systems for Papua New Guinea

ASEM/2004/017 - Assessment and improvement of quality management during postharvest processing and storage of coffee in Papua New Guinea

ASEM/2005/094 - Improving the profitability of village broiler production in Papua New Guinea

ASEM/2006/023 - Re-commercialisation of the Papua New Guinea pyrethrum industry and improving harvested yields in Australia

ASEM/2006/035 - Improving marketing efficiency, postharvest management and value addition of sweet potato in Papua New Guinea

ASEM/2006/127 - Commercial sector/smallholder partnerships for improving incomes in the oil palm and cocoa industries in Papua New Guinea

ASEM/2006/129 - Early warning and drought preparedness for improved management of crop production in Papua New Guinea

ASEM/2008/036 - Improving livelihoods of smallholder families through increased productivity of coffee-based farming systems in the highlands of Papua New Guinea

ASEM/2008/042 - Postgraduate scholarship scheme at the University of Technology Lae, Papua New Guinea - Phase 2

ASEM/2009/042 - Improving women's business acumen in Papua New Guinea: working with women smallholders in horticulture

FIS/2005/096 - Assessment of the impact of the PNG purse seine fishery on tuna stocks, with special focus on the impact of fish aggregation devices (FADs)

FIS/2006/138 - Developing aquaculture-based livelihoods in the Pacific islands region and tropical Australia

FIS/2008/031 - An assessment of the extent of genetic introgression in exotic culture stocks of tilapia in the Pacific

FST/2004/050 - Value-adding to Papua New Guinea agroforestry systems

FST/2004/055 - Domestication and commercialisation of Canarium indicum in Papua New Guinea

FST/2004/061 - Assessment, management and marketing of goods and services from cutover native forests in Papua New Guinea

FST/2006/048 - Processing of Canarium indicum nuts: adapting and refining techniques to benefit farmers in the South Pacific

FST/2006/088 - Promoting diverse fuelwood production systems in Papua New Guinea

FST/2006/120 - Increasing downstream value adding in Papua New Guinea's forest and wood products industry

FST/2007/078 - Development of a Papua New Guinea timber industry based on community-based planted forests: design and implementation of a national germplasm delivery system

PC/2003/029 - Management of potato late blight in Papua New Guinea

PC/2003/042 - Fruit fly management in Papua New Guinea

PC/2004/064 - Biological control of "mile-a-minute" (Mikania micrantha) in Papua New Guinea and Fiji

PC/2005/134 - The use of pathogen tested planting materials to improve sustainable sweet potato production in Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea

PC/2006/063 - Integrated pest management for Finschhafen disorder of oil palm in Papua New Guinea

PC/2006/114 - Managing cocoa pod borer in Papua New Guinea through improved risk incursion management capabilities, IPM strategies and stakeholder participatory training

PC/2007/039 - The control of basal stem rot of oil palm caused by Ganoderma in Solomon Islands

PC/2007/111 - Incursion prevention and management of coffee berry borer (CBB) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Indonesia (South Sulawesi and Papua)

PC/2010/026 - Validating and documenting a strategy for producing virus-free sweetpotato planting material in Papua New Guinea

SMCN/2004/067 - Soil fertility management in the Papua New Guinea highlands for sweet potato based cropping systems

SMCN/2004/071 - Reducing pest and disease impact on yield in selected Papua New Guinea sweet potato production systems

SMCN/2008/008 - Increasing vegetable production in Central Province, Papua New Guinea to supply Port Moresby markets

SMCN/2009/013 - Sustainable management of soil and water resources for oil palm production systems in Papua New Guinea