Under the EU-STREIT PNG Programme, the FAO has equipped 10 Sepik fishing groups with cooler boxes, impacting around 1,000 fishers. This initiative enhances seafood quality and market efficiency, reduces transportation costs, and forms part of a broader effort to support over 14,500 individuals in sustainable fishing practices in Papua New Guinea.

FAO's 3-day training in Wewak empowered local fishers with sustainable fishing practices, focusing on ecosystem management and climate resilience. Part of a larger effort, it's a key step in FAO's commitment to sustainable development and community empowerment in Papua New Guinea.

With support from the EU-funded FAO-led STREIT PNG Programme in Papua New Guinea, Sperian Kapia’s cocoa cooperative has been connected to a chocolate company that pays a higher price for their cocoa beans, increasing the incomes of local cocoa farmers.

FAO, under EU-STREIT PNG, supports Sepik cocoa farmers in gaining valuable insights and expertise from a week-long study tour to the cocoa-rich region of Bougainville.

A recent visit by the FAO team saw the successful distribution of Cocoa Pod Borer tolerant seedlings distributed evenly to farmers and vanilla blocks, in remote areas of the Sepik, being managed better than in the past. 

On the summit of a hill, where access roads often succumbed to heavy rains, Hambini Village in Papua New Guinea stands as a symbol of resilience and community spirit. Its 9,000 residents, spread across 1,500 cocoa farming households, faced formidable challenges. Their cocoa farms were less productive due to pest invasion, incomes were meagre, and their educational and health facilities were in disrepair. Yet, amidst these challenges, a steady transformation has been taking place, led by the villagers of Hambini.

FAO, under EU-STREIT PNG, coordinates an exposure visit for stakeholders in the Vanilla Value Chain Development in Papua New Guinea to the world's leading country in vanilla production and export.