

A 2026 cocoa expo in the Sepik region brought local farmers face-to-face with international buyers and chocolatiers. Those direct meetings led to new...
Angela Gossiba is local Sepik woman and a government officer who uses the Gender Action Learning System to shift household decisions and boost cocoa...
Cocoa is doing more than feeding export markets, it’s sending Sepik youth to tertiary institutions. In Ambunti-Drekikier District, the EU-STREIT PNG...
People residing on Mushu Island of East Sepik Province have benefited from an innovative fish processing technology to efficiently smoke and market their fish. The technology is being introduced and demonstrated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) under the EU-funded STREIT PNG Programme.
With the support of EU-STREIT PNG Programme, cocoa farmers in Nuku district of West Sepik Province have improved cocoa quality, expanded market access and uplifted their livelihood.
A women group in Angoram District of East Sepik Province has embraced a fish drying technique called the FAO-Thiaroye Technique or FTT. In this video we visit the Kandagapma Womens Business Group to find out more on how they are utilizing FTT to get quality dried fish for sale and also for their own consumption.
The Yawasoro-Niewanjie Road in Wewak, East Sepik Province was officially inaugurated under the EU-funded UN-joint STREIT PNG Programme, marked a significant milestone in improving rural connectivity for over 2,000 residents, promoting economic growth and better access to markets and essential services.
While farmers are enjoying the hike in the price of cocoa, we are happy to feature the Balkum Intergrated Cocoa Farming Group, being supported by the EU-STREIT PNG Programme.
While the cocoa farmers are enjoying the good buying price of cocoa around the country (PNG), the EU-STREIT PNG program is reminding farmers to maintain quality during the fermentation process. The National Cocoa Production Officer of EU-STREIT PNG Michael Lames says maintaining quality through the cocoa fermentation process will result in good benefits for the farmers.
Vanilla is a commercial crop that requires careful farming management skills together with the right curing process in order to get the maximum benefit. In this video we learn more on the Vanilla Curing Process that is being used currently in East and West Sepik Provinces. This process was introduced to the vanilla farmers in the mentioned provinces by the EU STREIT PNG program.
Most PNG local farmers are price takers. When they see that the market for certain crop or agricultural produce is good they tend to shift their attention to that crop. Mr Ali Said Yesuf the Programme Coordinator of the EU-STREIT PNG Programme shares his advice to the farming communities in PNG and this is what he had to say to the farmers not to be price takers.