Seed production in Chimbu Province

Abstract

A programme in subsistence nutrition has been started. People are being encouraged to grow more, and it is becoming obvious that the demand for planting materials will become a serious problem. The question as to how and where to produce these planting materials could hamper our programmes as most farmers cannot afford to buy imported seeds. It was decided to establish a seed-production programme aimed at minimizing the problem of getting seed from other places, and for the province to be self-sufficient in seed distribution.