By VICKY BAUNKE, Goroka.
EASTERN Highlands Province has elevated to a new level in Agriculture with the opening of the New Juncau Technology factory and Multi-Media studio in Goroka yesterday.
The Mushroom Project, was a brain child of former Governor Peti Lafanama established through a sister relationship with the Fujian Province in China in 2000 with the aim to transform the lives of Eastern Highlands through agriculture, unlocking technical, financial, and institutional cooperation, through the introduction of Juncao and upland rice technologies.
This vision came to fruition yesterday after almost 25 years with the completion of the Juncau Technology Mushroom factory, which is located at Komiufa, outside Goroka town.
The Former Governor and Mushroom Farmer Mr Lafanama acknowledged past Governor’s Madam Julie Soso including Peter Numu and the current Governor Simon Sia for their leadership and support behind the Mushroom project in Eastern Highlands Province.
He also thanked the Chinese government and for the people’s persistence in the project and capitalising on the Fujian Province and China Relationship with Eastern Highlands Province and PNG.
He said the heart of mushroom production in PNG is in the Eastern Highlands Province and it will take every Eastern Highlander to be engaged in the Mushroom farming to meet the market demands of mushroom.
Meantime, Eastern Highlands Governor Simon Sia thanked the Fujian Province, the Chinese government and the PNG government for its partnership in the project that would generate more into the economy not only through mushroom production, but also in livestock through the Juncau Technology partnership.
Governor Sia said the project is set to generate more income into the economy of Eastern Highlands and put money into the pockets of farmers at the village level and improve the living standards of many rural farmers in the province.
The mushroom factory and facility was officially handed over to the Eastern Highlands Governor Simon Sia by Juncau Technology Inventor Professor Lin Zhanxi and representatives from the Fujian Province and Chinese Embassy yesterday.
A delegation from the Chinese Embassy including Charged Affairs of Chinese Embassy Councellor Pang Hanzhao, Deputy Director General Foreign Affairs Office of Fujian government Mr Chen Guoquan and Juncau Technology Inventor Professor Lin Zhanxi were present to witness the ground breaking of the Fujian (China) aided Multi-Media Education centre studio and the completion of the Juncau Technology factory.
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