4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (488+ words) AN East New Britain entrepreneur is growing his small family business into a diversified livestock business, supplying pigs and chicken for customary events in the province despite rising input costs and water shortages linked to the dry season. Joel Bethel,…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (129+ words) RUTH Albert has discovered that grubs and weevils have bored into the kaukau (sweet potato) tubers she harvested from her garden. The prolonged dry period has encouraged weevils to cause damage to food crops, resulting in a loss of income…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (348+ words) THE Kerevat Market management in East New Britain’s Gazelle says there is a noticeable increase in the prices of food crops and a decline in the quantity of produce available since the onset of El Niño in June. Market and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (364+ words) A VEGETABLE farmer in Eastern Highlands has expressed joy at seeing rain pouring onto her gardens after prolonged months of the dry season. Cabbage vendor Ate Demos expressed overwhelming joy at experiencing rain seeing it falling onto their vegetables garden…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (240+ words) AS the El Niño-induced drought continues to affect the Highlands, a commercial livestock farmer in Jiwaka is urging the Government to provide financial assistance. Joseph Tep, a pig farmer from Kaip village in the new Anglimp-Kuli electorate, warned that the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (311+ words) GIBSON Kum, owner of Molga Lodge in Minj, South Waghi, has spent the past two months delivering 54,000 litres of water weekly to drought-stricken communities in Jiwaka. Kum transports 18,000 litres of water per run using two 9,000-litre tanks fitted with three…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (291+ words) HANOI: Vietnam’s Central Highlands produces around one-sixth of the world’s coffee, but farmers are switching their traditional crop for durian to cash in on surging Chinese demand for the pungent “king of fruits”. “You can live okay with coffee, but…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (236+ words) FROST in parts of Chimbu is destroying crops belonging to the Mauglwak tribe in Mitnande at the foot of Mt Wilhelm, says local farmer Daniel Kagl. Kagl said the Kegesuglo-Kekla villagers were affected after 50 to 60 gardens of potatoes, kaukau, cabbages,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (820+ words) THE term Global Syndemic was first coined in a 2019 Lancet Commission report by Swinburn et al., which described “obesity, undernutrition and climate change” as “three of the gravest threats to human health and survival”. Few regions illustrate this convergence more…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (162+ words) DROUGHT conditions are no longer seasonal. To stay productive, farmers are turning to drought-resistant crops that help them plan smarter, use water wisely, and protect their yields against climate volatility. Modern agriculture relies heavily on a narrow group of high…...