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Farmers & Settlers Association 70th Anniversary Agriculture and Trade Festival update. 9 Jul 2026The event scheduled for...
10/07/2026

Farmers & Settlers Association

70th Anniversary Agriculture and Trade Festival update. 9 Jul 2026

The event scheduled for 28, 29 and 30th August at Goroka Showground. NSI, EHP.

Those government entities and business indicated or confirmed to participate, to date are .

1. DAL
2. NARI
3. Rumion Farms
4. Farmset
5. Poultry Industry Association
6. New Guinea Fruits
7. International Container Terminal Ltd
8. Brian Bell Ltd
9. Agmark and
10. Agmark Machinery
11. Chemica
12. Air Niugini
13. Goroka Technical College
14. EH Agriculture Society
15. Mi Bank
16. Hardware Haus
17. NDB
18. Cape Rodney Farmers and Settler's Association
19. EH Cultural Centre
20. Finschhafen Farmers Association
21. Barlow Industries
22. National Research Institute
23. Mainland Holdings Ltd
24. Homestate
25. Moniplus
26. Small Medium Enterprise Corporation
27. PNG Biosecurity Authority
28. NISIT
29. Colbran Coffee
30. HFSA Goroka Branch

Sponsors are. CHEMICA, PNG Biosecurity Authority (NAQIA), International Container Terminal Ltd, Colbran Coffee, Rumion Farms.

Those interested to participate with stalls are welcome.

For exhibitor bookings, sponsorship opportunities and further information, please contact:
📞 7196 9891 75995107
📱 WhatsApp: 75250823 or 7062 2138
E: [email protected] or jemmimacolbran or [email protected]

08/04/2026

Farmers and Settlers Association.

The ongoing crisis in Ukraine was affecting price of grains but now the Middle East war will see rise in global fuel prices and impact on fertilisers.

We use fuel for vehicles and factory and also more reliance in PNG on fuel generated power stations and so it would impact on the increase in production costs..

Whatever that is produced will be shipped by trucks, planes or ships so the freight charges will apply that will increase the price of goods and services.

At present, the impact will be seen when the ICCC releases the fuel price for April for PNG.

However, the price increase and fuel shortage have started in Sri Lanka, India and East Asia and their exports to PNG will see the impact as it flows to us in the Pacific.

The ICCC has released the prices that is like doubled and it is likely to create a wave of increase across the country in the price of goods and services.

We will see the impact affecting farmers and traders across the country starting in April.

Also hydrocarbon produces fertilisers and fuel that is important in agriculture production and food processing.

The increased fuel costs and fertiliser will greatly impact agriculture sector overseas and in PNG that will double in food production.

Transport and transportation costs of fresh produce from rural areas to markets will be immediate.

The farmers and vast majority of the population are not cushioned that their income will not increase but as they would be faced with increased transport costs and also paying high costs for imported items such as rice, grains and tinned foods and clothes.

In PNG we must be conscious that cocoa and coffee price is coming down whilst fuel and fertiliser prices going up, the smallholder farmers would have transport issues as well as high food prices and reduced profits too.

Our emphasis is on maintaining smallholder farmers for sustenance, the Government needs to step up into commercial agriculture and mechanised farming to get the volumes to feed the country and to encourage downstream processing and manufacturing.

The government needs to review the SME Loans and focus on getting loans to cooperatives and groups to engage in 5 to 10 hectares farming and getting more extension and training to model groups and selected districts.

The government through DAL and National Planning and Monitoring should be working to mitigate the impacts of the crisis in the event it prolongs by providing new interventions in accessing transport.

We need urgent interventions from government and stakeholders to be prepared for the food and energy needs of the country.

Wilson Orlegge Thompson
President

Farmers and Settlers Association. The ongoing crisis in Ukraine was affecting price of grains but now the Middle East wa...
03/04/2026

Farmers and Settlers Association.

The ongoing crisis in Ukraine was affecting price of grains but now the Middle East war will see rise in global fuel prices..

We use fuel for vehicles and factory and also more reliance in PNG on fuel generated power and so it would impact on the increase in production costs.. Whatever that is produced will be shipped by trucks or ships so the price of goods and services will increase.

At present, the impact will be seen when the ICCC releases the fuel price for April and also the impact of the fuel seen in India, Sri Lanka and Asia as it flows to us in the Pacific.

We will see the impact affecting farmers and traders across the country in April. Also hydrocarbon produces fertilisers and fuel that is important in agriculture production and food processing.

The increased fuel costs and fertiliser will impact agriculture sector and also food production and also transportation costs of fresh produce from rural areas to markets.

Whilst food prices will increase , the farmers are not cushioned that their income will increase as they would be faced with increased transport costs and also paying high costs for imported items such as rice, grains and tinned foods and clothes.

We see cocoa and coffee price coming down and fuel prices and fertiliser prices going up, the smallholder farmers would have transport issues as well as high food prices and reduced profits too.

Our emphasis is on maintaining smallholder farmers for sustenance, the Government needs to step up into commercial agriculture and mechanised farming to get the volumes to feed the country and to encourage downstream processing and manufacturing.

The government needs to review the SME Loans and focus on getting loans to cooperatives and groups to engage in 5 to 10 hectares farming and getting more extension and training to model groups and selected districts.

The government through DAL and National Planning and Monitoring should be working to mitigate the impacts of the crisis in the event it prolongs by providing new interventions in accessing transport.

We need urgent interventions from government and stakeholders to be prepared for the food and energy needs of the country.

Wilson Orlegge Thompson
President

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