Submitted by
irvina
on Sun, 02/25/2018 - 01:32
General Information
Resolution
46506
IUCN Constituent
Oceania Regional Office
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Secretariat
Period covered
Geographic scope
Oceania
Pacific Ocean
Country/Territory
Papua New Guinea
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Secretariat
Yes
Other non-IUCN related organisations
PNG Women in Agriculture
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Capacity-building
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Training upon powered solar mills was conducted in Intoap (Backstreet) Village & Narusangiang Village, Umi Markham Valley, Morobe, PNG, for the women-led agricultural producers' groups in each community to improve productivity without additional fossil fuel inputs. This included operation of the solar systems to provide power to the mills, as well as occupational health & safety training on operation of the mills themselves.
Status
Completed
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
As a result of the pilot project in both villages, PNGWiAg has been able to use the demonstration as a foundation for requests to expand the project in a larger scale development cooperation arrangement with DFAT Australia.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Fundraising
Description
PNGWiAg is now interested in expanding coordination with IUCN ORO to collaborate with the government of PNG on developing a larger scale proposal to provide solar water pumps to agricultural communities where women have joined together to collectivize assets and increase agricultural diversity and productivity.
III. Additional Information
External link(s)
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Secretariat