Support to Rural Enterpreneurship, Investment and Trade in Papua New Guinea (EU-STREIT PNG)
HEAR FROM THE PARTNERS - ENTRY #6
03/03/2023
Patteson Elesi, a project engineer from Midway Pacific Ltd (a private contractor), explains how they work closely with local communities to rehabilitate Balif-Araseli Road in Maprik and Ambunti-Drekikier districts under the EU-funded STREIT PNG Programme, all to improve the access of farmers and villagers to markets, towns, schools, health centres and other public facilities.
HEAR FROM THE PARTNERS - ENTRY #5
02/03/2023
Derol Gambaro, a local banking agent in Angoram District of East Sepik Province, explains how he has been able to serve and help 4000+ farmers to get access to financial services, making the business, daily transactions and saving easy and conveniently accessible for rural women and men.
HEAR FROM THE BENEFICIARIES - ENTRY #11
22/02/2023
Philomena is the Medical Officer in charge of the Dagua Health Centre in East Sepik Province who shares the same sentiments as other medical staff in Health Stations and Schools across the Sepik Region, which UNDP in Papua New Guinea is assisting through the renewable energy component of the #EU-funded STREIT PNG Programme.
STREIT PNG PROGRAMME TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROMPTED CHANGE IN RURAL COCOA VILLAGE IN PNG
01/02/2023
Support from FAO, DAL, Coacoa Board ESP and MiBank through the EU-funded UN joint STREIT PNG Programme has prompted changes and motivated cocoa farmers in Porombe Village of Yangoru Sausia District in East Sepik Province.
EU STREIT PNG PROGRAMME COCOA VALUE CHAIN SUPPORT IN THE SEPIK REGION OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA
17/01/2023
The #FAO cocoa value chain team under the EU-funded UN Joint STREIT PNG Programme continues.
HEAR FROM THE PARTNERS - ENTRY #4
23/12/2022
Mr. Russell Woruba, the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT), explains how the #EU funded #UN Joint STREIT PNG Programme, in close partnership with DICT and other national line departments and authorities, supports the country to develop and roll out e-agriculture strategies and to digitise agri-food value chains in Papua New Guinea.
EU-STREIT PNG Supports rural cocoa farmers in Aitape, West Sepik Province with cocoa materials
18/11/2022
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
HEAR FROM THE BENEFICIARIES - ENTRY #10
28/11/2022
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¦'.
Building better lives in Asia Pacific through women empowerment and leadership in agriculture
05/12/2022
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.
STREIT Support introduction of Geographical Indication in PNG
06/12/2022
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.
HEAR FROM THE PARTNERS - ENTRY #3
22/12/2022
Dr. Nelson Simbiken, the Acting Secretary of the Department of Agriculture & Livestock, explains how the #EU funded #UN Joint STREIT PNG Programme, in close partnership with the national line departments and authorities, supports transforming agri-food systems in Papua New Guinea.
PROPER VANILLA POLLINATION DEMONSTRATION IN LAITRE VILLAGE, VANIMO, SANDAUN, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
17/11/2021
Our technical assistance into rural and remote parts of Sepik attempts to educate and equip rural farmers with essential knowledge and skills to manage and produce the best quality in their farms. Here, we demonstrate the proper techniques of vanilla pollination which almost all vanilla farmers slightly lack knowledge in.
COCOA FARMER SPEAKS ABOUT LIFE IN RURAL LUMI
06/01/2022
EU-STREIT PNG Programme is working closely with Cocoa Board of PNG and DAL to provide support to rural farmers in West Sepik hinterlands through their organized cluster groups.
EU-FUNDED UN-JOINT STREIT PNG PROGRAMME ASSISTS SISIDA COOPERATIVE SOCIETY
16/02/2022
SISIDA COOPERATIVE SOCIETY is one of the model groups the EU Funded UN Joint PNG Programme is supporting in Turubu LLG, Wewak, East Sepik Province. Established in 2021.
Vanilla Cultivation, Husbandry and Processing Training in Mandigen village
24/02/2022
The EU-STREIT PNG Programme continues to provide support to vanilla farmers, even in hard-to-reach areas, assisting them to rehabilitate old vanilla blocks and improve cultivation of new vanilla blocks.
International Womenβs Day 2022
08/03/2022
#BreakTheBias and recognise how βGender Equality Todayβ is essential βfor a Sustainable Tomorrowβ Happy International Womenβs Day 2022
EU-STREIT collaborates with MiBank to create accessible banking services for rural farmers.
03/11/2022
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 BENEFICIARIES - ENTRY #9
14/11/2022
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.
Support to Inland Fish Farmers in Yangoru, ESP, Papua New Guinea
15/03/2022
The #EU-funded STREIT PNG Programme, in collaboration with National Fisheries Authority, works on providing technical assistance to inland fish farmers across the Sepik Region.
EU Funded UN Joint STREIT PNG Programme's Scope of Support
06/05/2022
The Support to Rural Entrepreneurship, Investment and Trade in Papua New Guinea (EU-STREIT PNG), is a UN Joint Programme funded by the European Union that assists agripreneurs to develop, rehabilitate and expand production and trade of Cocoa, Vanilla and Fisheries in PNG provinces of East Sepik and Sandaun.