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The first FTT fish processing site established in Papua New Guinea, introduced by FAO.
01/06/2023
EU-funded STREIT Programme introduces innovative fish post-harvest processing to Papua New Guinea, supporting the fisherwomen to own and operate profitable fish businesses by diversifying their products, reducing post-harvest losses, extending fish shelf-life, and increasing the competitiveness of their fish products. 
Participants attending the EU-STREIT PNG Programme's Technical Working Group
26/05/2023

EU-STREIT PNG Programme’s Technical Working Groups reviewed the accomplishments, challenges and next steps envisaged to support the sustainable development of cocoa, vanilla and fisheries value chains in the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea. 

Stakeholders participated in the Inception workshop on Women in Agriculture Policy
14/05/2023
FAO-led STREIT Programme is partnering with PNG stakeholders to promote gender-sensitive and gender-responsive approaches for policy, planning and programming in the agriculture sector.  
Jemmi Kivori, a rural businesswoman and mother of 7.
09/05/2023

EU-funded STREIT Programme helps improve the lives, livelihoods, and wellbeing of farmers in tropical Papua New Guinea. 

A woman from Poro Village in West Sepik participate in cocoa upskilling training organised by the EU-STREIT PNG Programme
09/05/2023
EU Funded UN Joint STREIT Programme commemorates the EU Day 2023 by emphasising its commitment to promote mainstreaming gender perspectives for women’s economic empowerment through the recognition and valuation of the quality-determinant role they already play in agrifood value chains.
Ground-breaking ceremony for Cocoa and Vanilla Export Depot in Vanimo, West Sepik Province
29/03/2023
EU-funded STREIT Programme commenced infrastructure works to establish a cocoa and vanilla export depot and rehabilitate two more farm-to-market roads in the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea.
FAP treats vanilla vines before distribution among farmers in Papua New Guinea
23/03/2023
FAO-led EU-STREIT PNG provides 60,000 healthy vanilla cuttings from selected disease-free zones to increase production and improve quality of vanilla to support rural farming communities who depend on this crop for their income and wellbeing.