FAO Supports Papua New Guinea Delegation to Learn from Madagascar's Vanilla Industry

FAO, under EU-STREIT PNG, coordinates an exposure visit for stakeholders in the Vanilla Value Chain Development in Papua New Guinea to the world's leading country in vanilla production and export.

A delegation from Papua New Guinea, including senior officers from central government agencies such as the Department of National Planning and Monitoring (DNPM), the Spice Industry Board (SIB) under the Department of Agriculture and Livestock (DAL), as well as Provincial Government and Administration Institutions in East and West Sepik, and a model vanilla farmer, visited Madagascar on an 11-day exposure visit, to learn from Madagascar's vanilla industry sector. The exposure visit was arranged and supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), as part of the European Union-funded STREIT PNG Programme, aimed at promoting the development of vanilla value chain in Papua New Guinea.