Clarence Kina (Centre) from Halia Village, on Buka island, Bougainville, talks to other community members who completed the Family Farm Teams trainnig about his cabbage business. Since participating in the training, Clarence and his family have started growing a less common cabbage than that mostly found in the local market, this means he can his for 10 kina per piece.

Wasi Waukawe (red hat) along with his relatives and fellow sweet potato farmers pick clean kaukau from one of his fields while Johnny Wemin from the Fresh Produce Development Agency makes a visit. Wasi has been a key farmer in the sweet potato project and has received one the screen houses to grow clean sweet potato roots or kaukau as it's more commonly known in Papua New Guinea. The sweet potato project is one of five under the TADEP initiative which is supported by ACIAR and DFAT.

George Tonai collects harvested cocoa pods from in Manetai village, Central Province of Bougainville. George Tonai is the lead farmer in his community cocoa group that was established under the Bougainville cocoa project. As a lead farmer, George helps extension officers to introduce better pre and post harvest practices to the other farmers in the group. Recently George started selling his higher quality fermented cocoa beans to Peter Joyce for a premium price compared to the regularl amount given to most cocoa farmers. A key part of the project is trying to support farmers to increase the quality of their fermented beans which will be worth money when they sell them meaning more income for the d, one of five under the TADEP initiative supported by ACIAR and DFAT.

Stanis Kitz demonstrates how he delivers the modules to communities across Bougainville as part of the Family Farms Team project. Stanis has emerged as a community leader as a result of his involvement in the Farms Team training program in Halia village. The Family Farm Teams project, one of the five supported by the ACIAR and DFAT funded TADEP initiative. The Family Farm Teams project seeks to train families in a number of key areas which lead to more inclusive decision making by families about income earnings and expenditure.

Johnny Wemin (hat) from the Fresh Produce Development Agency visits Wasi and Lina Waukawe's screen house and inspects the clean kaukau they are growing inside. Wasi has been a key farmer in the sweet potato project and has received one of the screen houses from the project to grow clean kaukau (Sweet potato) roots. The sweet potato is one of five under the TADEP initiative which is supported by ACIAR and DFAT.

Tinganagalip Women Cooperative Group Chairwoman Caroline Misiel (right) sits with group members as they discuss the value added canarium products they can make. The group are all from Tinganagalip village, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. ACIAR has been supporting research into the development of a canarium industry in Papua New Guinea. The group has been planting new canarium trees as well as exploring new value-added canarium products they can make such as canarium cakes and scones.

Julius and Felicitas Wilomdemonstrate the traditional way they would crack the canarium nut to eat. Julius and Felicitas are subsistence farmers who in the last few years have begun to regularly sell their canarium to the canarium factory on the NARI research station in Kerevat. The income they've been earning from the canarium sales have been very helpful for the family especially with large annual costs such as the school fees for their three sons. In three years the project has progressed from buying just 11 tonnes to this year 80 tonnes of canarium nuts. ACIAR has been supporting research into the development of a canarium industry in Papua New Guinea.

Albert Nongkas and Trevor Clarke walk through a solar dryer at the Cocoa Coconut Institute (CCI) in Kerevant, East New Britain Province of Papua New Guinea. CCI partners on the PNG cocoa development project which comes under the TADEP program.

Grace Enoch (black & white striped shirt) demonstrates to other female farmers how to correctly graft cocoa seedlings. Grace Enoch is the lead farmer for the cocoa group from Damakoo Village in Central Bougainvile which is part of Bougainville Cocoa Project. The cocoa farming group has up to 60 members many of whom are women. Last year during the chocolate festival held in Arawa, two women from the group received awards for the high quality of their cocoa beans. A key part of the project is trying to support farmers to increase the quality of their fermented beans which will be worth money when they sell them meaning more income for the d, one of five under the TADEP initiative supported by ACIAR and DFAT.