Presentation For the Science for Impact- Building The Critical Mass. Workshop Facilitated by CTA and Jointly Organized by UNRE, NARI and USP School of Agriculture and Food Technology, Samoa
Theme 1: What Kind of Graduates are Needed?
Four speakers represented the private sector support service, training of agriculturalteachers, the needs of conservation organization and oil palm research.
14. 1: 800 ha 1650 Agronomy 1:750 ha 1500 Plant Breeding ratio Area (ha) Trial areas 3 7 Total 1* 2 Seed Production 0 1 Precision Agriculture 1** 2 Agronomy 1 0 Biotechnology 1* 2 Breeding Department Scientists 3 17 Total 0 10 Research Assistants (Graduates) 0 5 Scientists 3 2 Senior Scientists Expatriate National Category Current Research Staffing- Dami
Good Day, Ladies and Gentlemen, My name is Thomas Betitis and I am the Head of Technical Services at Dami Oil Plm Research Station. Today I will be outlining to you NBPOLs perspective in as far as the Theme of this seminar is.
I begin by restating who and what NBPOL operations are and what our commitment is.
Plantation agriculture is our core and in doing so our core business are
In 2008, PNGOPRA conducted stakeholder workshops which concluded that there were some significant issues affecting OP development in the next 10 years. These are that ;
From 250 views expressed it was viewed that for oil palm to develop significant issues must be taken into considerations as they have a bearing on oil palm devlopment. These are
When these issues are further analysed it shows that