Support to Rural Entrepreneurship, Investment and Trade in Papua New Guinea (EU-STREIT PNG)
EU-STREIT PNG Programme Adopted Sustainable Plans to Ensure Sustainability and Lasting Impacts of Interventions: Programme Coordinator Explains
20/03/2024
The EU-STREIT PNG Programme is a 5 year development Programme that focuses on the three value chains of cocoa, vanilla and fishery. The Programme is into its 4th year running and they already have good sustainable plans in place when the Programme comes to an end. Mr Ali Said Yesuf the Programme Coordinator of the EU-STREIT PNG shares with us their sustainable plans.
Advice to Farmers not to be Price Takers: Programme Coordinator for the EU-STREIT PNG Programme Explains
27/03/2024
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.
Vanilla Curing Process Being Introduced and Promoted by the EU-STREIT PNG Programme
04/04/2024
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.
Balkum Intergrated Cocoa Farming Group Feature - being supported by the EU-STREIT PBG Programme
29/04/2024
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.
Standard Cocoa Fermentation Steps set by PNG Cocoa Board promoted by the EU-STREIT PNG Programme
25/04/2024
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.
Women Group Embraces New Fish Drying Technique - FTT
07/08/2024
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.
EU-STREIT PNG Innovations in the Sepik Provinces
27/01/2025
Innovation is a key driver of the work of EU-STREIT PNG Program along the cocoa, vanilla and fisheries value chains. To learn more on the innovations that the program is rolling out in East and West Sepik Provinces, we join the Programme Coordinator Ali Said Yesuf to elaborate more on the innovations.
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.