Focus for Agricultural Research in PNG.

Abstract

In Papua New Guinea, agriculture remains the mam source of livelihood, employment and income for eighty percent of about 4 million people. In fact, agriculture is the way of life in rural PNG. Many forums and consultations over the past 25 years have clearly established that the agricultural development is the key to the socio-economic development and hence to the overall human welfare in PNG This does not need any more emphasis.