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PNG Agbook working with the PNG Cocoa Board, organized two sets of trainings for rural farmers in the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea.

Twenty-three (23) farmers who represented farmer groups and agribusinesses in the Sandaun and East Sepik provinces were eager participants in the trainings conducted recently over a two-week period at the PNG Cocoa Board nursery site in Hawain, Wewak District, East Sepik Province.

E-Didiman is an online Buy & Sell Marketplace that ‘Keeps Autonomous Region of Bougainville Farmers in Business in a COVID-19 era’.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) proudly announced two of the country’s rising business stars at the awards event on Saturday. 

The virtual information-sharing sessions was on the Request for Applications (RFA) on “Transitioning local micro and small enterprises to an aggregator e-commerce platform as a COVID-19 economic response strategy.”

The countries included in the programme are Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu.

UNCDF is an investment agency for the world’s 48 least developed countries.

UNCDF offers “last mile” finance models that unlock public and private resources, especially at the domestic level, to reduce poverty and support local economic development.

To mark this momentous milestone, the United Nations Papua New Guinea Office is hosting a celebration networking event with key stakeholders.

The event will be held at the Grand Papua Hotel.