EU-STREIT PNG programme

🌊 In Lido village, West Sepik, Haii Entrepreneurship Coastal Fishing Group is fishing more often, keeping more fish fresh, and using its income to support family needs.

With support from the EU-STREIT PNG programme, the group received better fishing equipment, cooler boxes, practical training and technical support in fish handling, storage and marketing.

For Steven Tekwei, who manages the group, and his team, the change is practical: more fishing days, reduced losses, better sales, and income that is helping buy fishing gear to sustain and expand the business, build family homes, and add more variety to family meals.

Read the full story: https://www.fao.org/in-action/eu-streit-png/news/detail/more-fishing-days-less-waste-sustainable-fisheries-business-lido-papua-new-guinea/en



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🇹🇭 Thai vanilla scientists recently visited 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea’s Sepik region to exchange technical knowledge with local lead farmers and agripreneurs, and learn from their field experience in return.

The four-member delegation visited the Mongiong Business Group and Hambraure Group model vanilla sites in East Sepik, before leading a workshop on improved cultivation, farm management, post-harvest handling, quality improvement, value addition and market access.

Sepik farmers also shared their knowledge of local growing conditions, production constraints and practical adjustments they use in the field.

Facilitated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the EU-STREIT PNG programme, the visit contributed to wider South-South and triangular cooperation efforts to strengthen PNG’s vanilla sector.

Read the full story: https://www.fao.org/in-action/eu-streit-png/news/detail/thai-vanilla-experts-visit-sepik-exchange-knowledge-png-farmers/en

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🍫🌿 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐤 𝐂𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐍𝐆 𝐊𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬

Cocoa and vanilla from Papua New Guinea’s Sepik region are not only reaching overseas buyers. They can also bring new flavours to everyday cooking, baking and food preparation here at home.

Following their participation in the Greater Sepik Cocoa of Excellence Show and Trade Expo 2026 in Wewak, two renowned New Zealand-based chefs developed and demonstrated six new recipes using locally available ingredients, with Sepik cocoa and vanilla adding distinctive flavour and aroma.

The recipes show how these high-quality local products can add flavour, aroma and value to dishes prepared in PNG kitchens, while opening new ideas for farmers, families, food businesses and cocoa and vanilla entrepreneurs.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: https://shorturl.at/q9O79

You can also try the recipes at home by following the brochure and tasting how Sepik cocoa and vanilla bring new flavours to dishes prepared with locally available ingredients.

Through the EU-STREIT PNG programme, cocoa and vanilla farmers, MSMEs and producer groups in the Sepik are receiving support to improve product quality, promote value addition, strengthen market opportunities and increase income from agri-food value chains.



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