The Marape-Rosso government has put in more resources and money into the agriculture sector.
In a statement, Prime Minister James Marape underlined that under his administration, the government has spent more than previous goverments in the the agriculture industry.
He pointed this out when speaking at the closing of a recent two day Department of Agriculture and subsector agencies meeting in Port Moresby.
He said his administration has been pushing towards delivering significant outcomes in line with the Medium-Term Development Plan 2023-2027.
“Other than my government, no government has provided and focused more on agriculture and SME’s in the last three to four years,” said Prime Minister Marape.
Present during the meeting were Agriculture Minister and Secretary John Boito and Dr, Sergie Bang, Oil Palm Minister Francis Maneke and heads of and representatives of agriculture commodity boards.
The Prime Minister, who is also holds the treasurer portfolio, discussed with leaders his aim for agriculture sector to excel to achieve tangible results.
“All of you know my line of thoughts and my conversations in agriculture which are not for me to repeat all the time.”
He stressed that they all needed to get out and do the work, and stop continuously having these repeat conversations on the same issue.
“All of us are not new to this conversation.”
“For me, going on five years now, I do not want continuous talking.”
“Let’s get out there and achieve outcomes.”
“May this be the last discussion.”
He now wants to see the results of progress towards achieving the goals outlined for the agriculture sector, specifically also on export figures in this space.
“The next time, I want results posted up on the board.”