Boardroom briefing: the best places in the world for startups, the dreaded performance review and pigs on blockchain

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Top places in the world for startups, how to avoid an annual review and a traceability system for the livestock industry in Papua New Guinea. Readings from around the world on business, leadership and management.

Galip nut a global opportunity for Papua New Guinea agriculture

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The commercial potential of PNG’s galip nut could soon be realised. Helen Wallace, Project Leader at the Transformative Agriculture and Enterprise Development program tells Business Advantage PNG that the strong growth in the nut industry indicates it is the right time to develop the sector.

Five questions for: Boto Gaupu, CEO of the Cocoa Board of Papua New Guinea

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Papua New Guinea’s Cocoa Board has launched a new farmers’ company to move small farmers from subsistence farming to running a small profitable business. The long-term aim of the new PNG Agriculture Company is to boost output, quality and farmer incomes, as Cocoa Board CEO Boto Gaupu explains.

The secret to fixing PNG’s coffee industry

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‘Six month farmers’ are a big problem in Papua New Guinea’s coffee industry Tom Kukhang, the Coffee Industry Corporation’s (CIC’s) Chief Scientist tells Business Advantage PNG. But there is a solution.

Coffee farmers plan to capitalise on global demand for Papua New Guinea Arabica

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Coffee farmers in the Papua New Guinea’s Western Highlands and Jiwaka provinces are planning to capitalise on the growing global demand for sustainable Arabica coffee. With the help of a young entrepreneur who grew up on plantations in the region, they have an ambitious plan to double annual production within two years.