Papua Targets 3,800 Hectares of New Rice Fields
The Papua provincial government is racing to complete a programme to open 3,800 hectares of new rice fields by the end of November, part of a wider effort to strengthen…
The Papua provincial government is racing to complete a programme to open 3,800 hectares of new rice fields by the end of November, part of a wider effort to strengthen…
The Papua rice self-sufficiency programme is gaining momentum as the provincial government prepares about 6,500 hectares of new rice fields by the end of 2026, alongside the rehabilitation of previously…
For a rice seed that has long been associated with the agricultural heritage of Kalimantan Selatan (South Kalimantan), the journey to Papua represents something larger than a transfer of agricultural…
Papua’s push for rice self-sufficiency by 2028 is taking shape through a combination of new farmland, higher productivity and modern agricultural technology. The provincial government is targeting 6,500 hectares of…
For farmers joining the Senggi rice program, planting is only the beginning. The harder question comes later: who will buy the harvest? In Senggi District, Keerom Regency, Papua, Governor Mathius…
Chritoforus A. Mahuse could hardly contain his excitement when the first rice harvest came to the long idle land. The Indigenous Papuan customary landowner stood in the newly harvested fields…