

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, itβs sending Sepik youth to tertiary institutions. In Ambunti-Drekikier District, the EU-STREIT PNG...
The EU-funded UN-joint STREIT PNG Programme is supporting the introduction of Geographic Indication (GI) in Papua New Guinea π΅π¬ The programme in close collaboration with the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) under the PNG Investment Promotion Authority (IPA) are working towards introducing GI to support the genuinely produced products in the country.
In the Asia-Pacific region, FAO is working with its Member Nations to help them advance to the 2030 Agenda by achieving the Four Betters: better production, better nutrition, better environment and a better life β leaving no one behind.
The #FAO Gender and Youth Inclusion team as part of the STREIT PNG Programme continues to train rural farmers on βπππ‘πππ₯ ππ‘ πππ₯πππ¨π¦ππ‘ππ¦π¦, ππ₯π’π¨π£ ππππππ₯π¦πππ£ ππ‘π ππ¨π¦ππ‘ππ¦π¦ π ππ‘ππππ ππ‘π§ ππ§ ππ‘πππ©πππ¨ππ ππ‘π π’π₯πππ‘ππ¦ππ§ππ’π‘ππ πππ©πππ¦'.
The EU-Funded STREIT PNG Programme in its efforts of supporting rural cocoa farmers in the Sepik region, empowered 14 cocoa communities, consisting of over 2000 households in rural Aitape, Saundaun Province with tools and materials to improve cocoa production. bit.ly/3Anw09a
The EU-STREIT PNG Programme conducted an intensive training on βπππ‘πππ₯ ππ‘ πππ₯πππ¨π¦ππ‘ππ¦π¦, ππ₯π’π¨π£ ππππππ₯π¦πππ£ ππ‘π ππ¨π¦ππ‘ππ¦π¦ π ππ‘ππππ ππ‘π§ ππ§ ππ‘πππ©πππ¨ππ ππ‘π π’π₯πππ‘ππ¦ππ§ππ’π‘ππ πππ©πππ¦' with the cocoa, vanilla and fish farmers along the East Coast villages of East Sepik.
The UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) under the European Union-Funded UN Joint STREIT PNG Programme is collaborating with MiBank PNG to provide accessible banking services to rural farmers in the Sepik region of PNG π΅π¬. Here, the Programme's UNCDF team visits its agents GIICO Investment LTD Wewak town for a brief on business as usual.
"Hear from the Partners" The EU-Funded πΊπ³ UN Joint STREIT PNG Programme in close partnership with the Cocoa Board of PNG introduces new solar combination cocoa dryer to be established across the Sepik Region. The solar combination dryer aims to improve and maintain uniformity in the quality of cocoa produced as well as consistency in the supply.
"Hear from the Beneficiaries" 35-year-old Jacklyn Yatawi is a hardworking cocoa farmer from Aunilup village in Maprik District, East Sepik Province π΅π¬. She is a mother of 5 who depends on cocoa, vanilla, and food crops for income to support her family.