Rice experimentation in Papua New Guinea

Abstract

Rice research by the Department of Primary Industry was largely limited to Bereina, about 110 km north-west of Port Moresby, before 1970. Rainfall on the Bereina research station was of doubtful reliability, so the rice research was transferred to Bubia, a research station in the lower Markham Valley. Bubia, in fact, is much more central and able to serve all parts of the country. Currently, intensive research is being carried out in the Markham Valley and the East Sepik Province.