In line with IFPRI’s capacity strengthening mission, IFPRI-PNG conducted two half-day mentoring sessions in Lae on February 12th and March 26th, 2026. The sessions focused on how to turn simulated food and nutrition security results of the Food Security Simulator – Papua New Guinea (FSS-PNG) into relevant research papers that inform policy and decision-making in […]
Workshop for the PNG Vegetable Value Chain Survey: Sharing Capacity for Quantitative Value Chain Research in PNG
November 10-21, 2025 IFPRI and NARI ran a two-week, hands-on kick-off workshop to launch the PNG Vegetable Value Chain Survey Project. The workshop was designed to strengthen practical, end-to-end survey implementation capacity, moving from research questions and sampling design through instrument drafting, tablet programming, pretesting, revision, and initial data checks. Partners: National Agricultural Research Institute […]
CGE Modelling Workshop with PNG’s Department of National Planning and Monitoring and Department of Treasury
From July 28th to August 6th, 2025, the International Food Policy Research Institute conducted a one-week hands on training on Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modelling in Washington D.C, USA. This workshop, which built on the first session held in March 2025 in Brisbane, was attended by five delegates from Papua New Guinea’s Department of National […]
Simulating Food Security Outcomes: A Series of Hands-On Workshops in Papua New Guinea
In April and May 2025, IFPRI and its partners conducted a series of validation workshops aimed at testing, refining, and expanding the reach of the Food Security Simulator Papua New Guinea (FSS-PNG). In Port Moresby, Lae, and Goroka, hands-on workshops were conducted with twenty-four local researchers, academics, and policymakers. Organizations represented by attendees included DAL, […]
Evaluating policy trade-offs using a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model
Staff from the Department of Prime Minister & National Executive Council (PMNEC), Department of National Planning and Monitoring (DNPM), Department of Treasury (DoT), the PNG National Research Institute (NRI) and the National Statistics Office (NSO) participated in a one week training, which equipped the participants with the skills and knowledge to run a series of economic […]
