PIFON signed a ground-breaking declaration of commitment with IFAD to enhance its engagement with farmers’ organizations in the region. The declaration was signed at a ceremony in November 2016, by Afamasaga Toleafoa, PIFON Chairman, and Ronald Hartman, IFAD Country Programme Manager. “This is the first official declaration of this type between IFAD and farmers’ organizations […]
“If you are educating a man, you are educating an individual. If you are educating a woman, you are educating an entire family,” Maria Linibi says to end her presentation about the initiatives of the women group PNGWiADF. Maria says that in Papua New Guinea, they do not communicate much as they have many languages, […]
Papua New Guinea – Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Julie Bishop and Honorable Vice-Minister Senator Concetta Ferrivantti–Wells, Minister for Development for the Pacific officially launched the Solar Rice Mill Project on 9 March 2017 in Lae, PNG in partnership with PIFON’s member–PNG Women in Agriculture (PNG WiA). The “Solar Rice Mill Project” is […]