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The Vanilla Market in Crisis: Oversupply, and the Road Ahead
1+ week, 2+ day ago (347+ words) The global vanilla market continues to struggle with unsustainably low prices and large-scale overproduction. Despite positive developments in late 2025 " namely the elimination of Madagascar's USD 4. 00/kg vanilla export tax and the removal of U. S. import tariffs on vanilla, the global market…...
Henagaru cooperative links coffee and honey to lift village incomes
1+ week, 5+ day ago (70+ words) Post Courier A village cooperative in Okapa District, Eastern Highlands, is using honey and coffee farming together to help rural families earn more money. The Henagaru Village Development Cooperative (HVDC) is leading the project in Ward 3, Okapa West LLG. Choose…...
The nine-month wait: Building a Vanilla Business in Papua New Guinea
1+ week, 6+ day ago (125+ words) Post Courier Nancy Fale's family grew vanilla for nearly 30 years, through a boom that lifted them and a collapse that pushed many farmers away from the crop. Now, with support from the EU-STREIT PNG Programme, she is rebuilding the business…...
Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages are major contributors to CPI
1+ week, 6+ day ago (112+ words) Post Courier The major contributors to the increase in the Consumer Price Index for the March Quarter 2026 are the Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverage Group, the Transport Group and the Education Group. According to the Consumer Price Index by the National…...
Enga aims to become Top Coffee Province
2+ week, 4+ day ago (94+ words) Post Courier The Enga Provincial Government has started to work with coffee growers, cooperative leaders, farmers, and all those who share a passion for coffee development in Enga Province with work progressing well throughout the province. Deputy Provincial Administrator (Economic…...
Langimar Fresh-Field Farm
4+ week, 2+ day ago (82+ words) Post Courier Langimar Fresh-Field Farm located in Menyamya District, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea is a community-based agricultural initiative focused on improving livelihood via sustainable farming and local empowerment. The farm is founded by Hamsron Kennedy, a passionate and determined…...
Lagaip coffee boom: Farmers call for Provincial Government support
4+ week, 2+ day ago (87+ words) Post Courier Cultivation and planting of coffee seedlings are progressing well in the new Lagaip District of Enga Province. Tony Sulupin of Wanepap village in the Lagaip Rural LLG of Lagaip District highlighted the cultivation of coffee seedlings by smallholder…...
Fiji and Kiribati sign landmark agreement to boost Pacific sandfish aquaculture
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (309+ words) By FIJI FISHERIES MINISTRY The regional landscape of the Pacific Blue Economy marked a historic milestone Wednesday as Fiji and Kiribati officially solidified a new era of aquaculture collaboration. " Locally known in Fiji as Dairo, this highly valuable sea cucumber…...
Lae Biscuit donates food supplies to help Buk Bilong Pikinini replace stolen learning equipment
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (73+ words) Post Courier Lae Biscuit Company has donated 90 cartons of biscuits and noodles to Buk Bilong Pikinini at Lae Showground to support fundraising efforts for children's learning equipment. The donation was made by Lae Biscuit Managing Director Ian Chow after the…...
Road access enables women farmers to sell fresh produce in Wabag
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (117+ words) Post Courier The Birip-Lukitap Road Project, built by the Wabag District Development Authority (WDDA), has now enabled women farmers in Aiyel Valley of both the Wabag and Wapenamanda Districts to bring their fresh produce to local markets and sell for…...