Support to Rural Enterpreneurship, Investment and Trade in Papua New Guinea (EU-STREIT PNG)
FAO under STREIT PNG Programme empowers Women's business group with new FFT fish dryer
25/01/2024
The FAO through the EU-funded UN Joint STREIT PNG Programme continues to provide technical support to Women's Business Groups throughout the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea, especially in the fisheries value chain, by introducing innovation technologies and effiecient practices.
FAO Empowers Youth Voices in the Sepik Provinces
21/09/2023
FAO's Gender & Youth component of the EU-STREIT PNG Programme, in close collaboration with the Community Development Division in East and West Sepik provinces, provides technical support in mobilizing and upskilling youth representatives for the 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 in the Sepik provinces.
New Vanilla Solar dryers empower farmers to achieve high-quality beans
10/10/2023
FAO is supporting vanilla farmers in the Sepik Region to achieve high-quality beans with the introduction of 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗩𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗗𝗿𝘆𝗲𝗿. In this video, Saki Waiet - a successful vanilla farmer in Nuku shares his experience of working alongside the programme and how the new vanilla solar dryer improved their vanilla drying process in the village.
FAO Supports Papua New Guinea Delegation to Learn from Madagascar's Vanilla Industry
31/10/2023
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.
Young Farmer shares experience on exposure study visit with EU-STREIT PNG to AROB
07/11/2023
Nimrod Wangu, a young vibrant leader of 'SultOngo Cooperative Group' in Nuku, WSP, Spoke about his experience during an exposure study visit to the Autonomous Region of Bougainville recently with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) cocoa team, partners and stakeholders of the European Union in Papua New Guinea funded STREIT PNG Programme
HEAR FROM THE PARTNERS - ENTRY #13
22/05/2023
Gerald O'Nneil Nakunawe, the Programme Manager of Nuku District Division of Agriculture and Livestock in West Sepik Province, explains how the support provided by the EU-funded STREIT Programme helps cocoa farmers groups to upgrade cocoa nurseries.
Women and Youth Empowerment (EU DAY 2023)
09/05/2023
The European Union in Papua New Guinea Funded STREIT PNG Programme in Commemoration of the EU DAY 2023 emphasizes on promoting and acknowledging the essential role women and youth play in agri-food value chains, especially in the Sepik Region where the EU-STREIT PNG Programme is being implemented. HAPPY EU DAY 2023
HEAR FROM THE BENEFICIARIES - ENTRY #13
25/04/2023
Don Bosco Technical Secondary School (DBTSS) teacher Celine Wanga expressed gratitude for UNDP in Papua New Guinea's recent solar power installation in DBTSS Vanimo. The support is provided with the financial support of the European Union in Papua New Guinea through the United Nations in Papua New Guinea joint STREIT PNG Programme.
KARAWANBO WOMEN'S GROUP EMBRACED NEW TECHNOLOGY IN FISH SMOKING
19/04/2023
The Karawambo Women's Business Group has embraced a new technology for smoking fish that offers a more viable option for fishing communities in Papua New Guinea. The existing traditional open-type fish smoking method has posed several challenges, such as high energy inefficiency, the release of contaminants, and being labour-intensive for women fish processors. Read more bit.ly/3mE9EwR
COCOA FARMER EXPERIENCED SUCCESS AFTER RECEIVING THE STREIT SUPPORT
18/04/2023
Raphael Wani is a dedicated cocoa farmer in Blamda Village of North Wosera LLG in East Sepik Province who did exceptionally well in practicing and making use of the technical skills, knowledge, and resources provided to him through the programme's ongoing support.
FAO TREATED AND DISTRIBUTED 10K VANILLA VINES TO FARMERS IN WOSERA, East Sepik Province
14/04/2023
To assist address vanilla fungal diseases in the Sepik Region of Papua New Guinea, the STREIT PNG Programme is rolling out healthy treated vanilla vines to its vanilla beneficiaries in the region.
UNDP SOLAR POWER INSTALLATION IN DON BOSCO TECH SCHOOL VANIMO, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
05/04/2023
Power outage is a major concern for schools in the Sepik Region and throughout Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬 which the UNDP in Papua New Guinea under the European Union in Papua New Guinea-funded United Nations in Papua New Guinea joint STREIT PNG Programme seeks to address with the intervention of renewable energy through solar power installation.
HEAR FROM THE PARTNERS - ENTRY #12
04/04/2023
Local Ward Member Andrew Sapuko shares his people's struggle for accessibility during the ILO's launch of their rural feeder road rehabilitation as part of the STREIT PNG Programme.
HEAR FROM THE PARTNERS - ENTRY #11
30/03/2023
LLG Manager for Ambunti Drekikier Bena Patrick expresses gratitude and acknowledges the programme's support towards a feeder road rehabilitation in his district.
HEAR FROM THE PARTNERS - ENTRY #10
29/03/2023
Ms Nicole Isifu, Managing Director of AgBook Agribusiness Training Advisory Ltd shares Agbook's inputs through the UN Capital Development Fund as part of the 🇪🇺 #EU-funded 🇺🇳 #UN joint STREIT PNG Programme being implemented in the #Sepik Region of Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬
HEAR FROM THE PARTNERS - ENTRY #9
29/03/2023
Acting Maprik District Administrator Stanley Mangulik spoke about the Taunages-Asanokar feeder road rehabilitation by the #ILO under the #EU-funded STREIT PNG Programme that is connecting his district with the neighboring Ambunti Drekikier District, enabling farmers' access to markets and essential services.
HEAR FROM THE PARTNERS - ENTRY #8
23/03/2023
Mr Conrad Tilau, the West Sepik Provincial Administrator, explains how the partnership between the #EU-STREIT PNG Programme and the West Sepik Provincial Administration in implementing agri-rural development infrastructure projects, strengthens the cocoa, vanilla and fisheries farmers, value chains actors, and the rural population.
International Women's Day 2023
17/03/2023
This Year's International Women's Day celebrations at Vanimo Town in West Sepik Province was epic. Over 300 men, women and youth joined our Gender & Youth Inclusion team with our partners and stakeholders to commemorate the day.
HEAR FROM THE BENEFICIARY - ENTRY #12
17/03/2023
Kathistha Mathew is a trained Road Maintenance worker under the ILO Routine Maintenance Group (RMG) program, focusing on upskilling the rural road construction workforce and creation of decent employment opportunities in the Sepik.
HEAR FROM THE PARTNERS - ENTRY #7
14/03/2023
De Villiers Korave, a Senior Trade Mark Examiner with the Intellectual Property Office of PNG (IPO) explains the importance of Geographical Indication and the Investment Promotion Authority's partnership with the STREIT PNG Programme to establish GI in piloted provinces of Sepik and Papua New Guinea as a nation.