By JAMES LARAKI of NARI
THE Japanese
government has been commended for its continuous support to human resource
development in developing countries, including Papua New Guinea through a
number of training programmes.
The training, sponsored by the Japanese
government through the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), has
provided vital hands-on trainings to participants in a number of fields.
Julie Sip, a
research officer with National Agriculture Research Institute (NARI), who has
been a beneficiary of one such training, has acknowledged JICA for facilitating
the training programme, saying such training continues to provide useful skills
that are beneficial to participants and to organisations they work for.
Julie Sip having a go with a rice harvester under close supervision by a Japanese expert |
Julie Sip (left) and two other participants going through hands-on training on the use of pudding machine during their training
Julie Sip (left) and two other participants going through hands-on training on the use of pudding machine during their training |
She said many
people had benefited from this programme and suggested that it be further strengthened
and continued in the long run.
Sip, who recently completed nine-months
training on rice cultivation techniques, said she was able learn many new things
in all aspects of rice research and cultivation.
“The training
enabled us to learn the fundamentals of rice cultivation techniques and methods
of experiments,” she said.
“We were
introduced to the Japanese agriculture system and how to achieve sustainable
rice cultivation.
“We were
fortunate to learn the different experimental designs, observation techniques
in research trials, data analysis, writing technical report and general
presentation of results.”
Sip, who works
with the rice and grain project of NARI, said the training was very useful as
many aspects of rice production research and technology learned were applicable
to PNG conditions to improve rice production.
She said it was
important for us to improve rice production locally and work towards self-reliance
on rice, especially in line with our efforts to improve food security in the
country.
The training, undertaken
at Tsukuba Science City, Ibaraki Prefecture, attracted more than 10
participants from various countries from Africa, Asia, Caribbean and the Pacific.
NARI has
benefited through this training programme with many research and technical
staff having attended similar training in the past.
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