Public Sector

"Functions of the Department are:

• Administer all legislation relating to Agriculture and Livestock.
• Promote agricultural development and productive employment generation.
• Assist Provincial Governments to increase their agricultural capacity.
• Prepare and implement appropriate investment programmes for major commodities and livestock.
• Liaise with the Rural Development Bank and the National Plantation Managment Authority.
• Operate Experimental Stations and Laboratories conducting adoptive research into the production and preparation for market of primary production.
• Provide advisory and technical services to Provincial Government as required.
• Advise on policies and plan of international and extra-territorial bodies dealing with agriculture and livestock organisations.
• Provide public extension services and scientific information.
• Provide services to standing and ad hoc organisations relating to the functions of the Department." (retrieved 5/18/2011)

Private Sector Organizations or Firms

• Coffee Industry Corporation, Ltd.
  (34 extension staff in 2009)
  www.coffeecorp.org.pg

• Public Research Institutions with Extension Unit

• Semi-autonomous Governmental Extension Organizations

• Non-Governmental Organizations

• Farmer Based Organizations

• Private Sector Companies