2020 Smallholder Oil Palm Growers Field Day Begins for Hoskins Project.

On the 3rd of March 2020,  the Hoskins Oil Palm project begins its first field day of the year at the Salelubu division.  A total of 170 growers attended the field day.  There were seven (7) stations and were presented by presenters from PNGOPRA, OPIC, NBPOL Sustainability Quality Management, NBPOL Smallholder Affairs,  Nasfund, and Nambawan Savings and Loans Society. 

Field Day is an avenue for the exchange of technical information between Smallholder Oil Palm Growers and the Oil Palm Stakeholders (Milling Companies, Oil Palm Industry Corporation, and Papua New Guinea Oil Palm Research Association).  Since the introduction of Field Day in 2014, the Hoskins project had adapted the event to its annual working calendar. 

Topics presented by each stakeholder shown below;

StakeholderDepartmentTopic cover
Papua New Guinea Oil Palm Research Association (PNGOPRA)Smallholder and Socioeconomic ResearchFeriliser Management (4 rights) and Social Issues/Problem faced by smallholder growers.
Plant Pathology Ganoderma and other related diseases of Oil Palm and reporting format.
EntomologyPest, Beneficial Insect of Oil Palm and reporting format
New Britain Palm Oil Limited (NBPOL)Sustainable Quality Management (SQM)Environment, Pricing Formula, Grievance process and Financial Literacy Training
Smallholder AffairsThe Grievances and Crop Quality Assurance.
Oil Palm Industry Corperation (OPIC)Field ServicesBlock Upkeep (Best Management)
NasfundMarketingAwareness of their Products
Nambawan Savings and Loans SocietyMarketingAwareness of their Products

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