The Tree Growers Tool Kit currently contains booklets, pamphlets, training videos, research papers and project reports that show farmers & field workers how to:
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Collect and handle seeds
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Test seed viability
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Treat seeds before planting
- Establish a village nursery
Booklets:
Kamarere
The A5 Nursery Guidelines are written in Tok-Pisin with illustrations that describe 10 simple steps for establishing a village nursery supplying Acacia and Eucalyptus spp. seedlings:
10 Step Viles Neseri Teknik (Kamarere na Akasia)
Sandalwood
These A4 Technical Notes for Sandalwood are designed for field workers with step-by-step notes and accompanying photos:
Teak
This A4 Technical Note for Teak is designed for field workers with step-by-step notes and accompanying photos:
Cocoa
This A4 Manual is designed for smallholder cocoa farmers in the Pacific region with clear guidelines and colour drawings:
Pamphlets:
These A5 Tree Factsheets are written in Tok-Pisin with illustrations for double-sided printing on single A4 sheet (folded to A5):
- Bukubuk (Burckella obovata)
- Bukubuk (ENB Province)
- Bus Kalapulim (Calophyllum inophyllum)
- Bus Kalapulim (ENB Province)
- Galip (Canarium indica)
- Galip (ENB Province)
- Kamarere (Eucalyptus spp.)
- Kamarere (ENB Province)
- Kwila (Intsia bijuga)
- Kwila (ENB Province)
- Malas (Homalium foetidum)
- Malas (ENB Province)
- Rosewood (Pterocarpus indicus)
- Rosewood (ENB Province)
- Teak (Tectona grandis)
- Teak (ENB Province)
These A5 Tree Factsheets are written in simple English with Tok-Pisin or Motu illustrations for double-sided printing on single A4 sheet (folded to A5):
- Balsa (Ochroma pyramidale)
- Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla)
- Mahogany (Central Province)
- Mango (Mangifera indica)
- Mango (Central Province)
- Rosewood (Pterocarpus indicus)
- Rosewood (Central Province)
- Sandalwood (Santalum macregorii)
- Sandalwood (Central Province)
- Teak (Tectona grandis)
- Teak (Central Province)
- Terminalia (Terminalia microcarpa)
- Terminalia (Central Province)
These Tree Growers Packs contain essential information about growing the best trees, including germinating seeds and raising seedlings:
Balsa Growers Pack
Videos:
Planting-out teak truncheons
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In this 30 minute Training Video, staff at OISCA-PNG introduce their tried and tested techniques for teak seed germination, nursery propagation, uprooting and cutting, site preparation, and transplanting.
Seed Collection:
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Noland and Mau, of Santo Island in Vanuatu, speak together of their adventures and persistence in sourcing seed from the sandalwood trees, which are very rare in their region. They speak about the benefits this effort has had in establishing woodlots that collectively generate an income from the seeds they produce. Click here to download.
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Tony Bong, of Malekula Island in Vanuatu, talks about how his planting, nurturing and protection of two productive 'mother' trees, has given many people in his area and island access to seed that would otherwise be very difficult to find. Click here to download.
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Joseph, of PNG Forest Authority in Goroka, talks about collecting seeds from individual trees. Click here to download.
Seed Viability:
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John Rabi and Inter Vinarut, of OISCA in East New Britain Province of PNG demonstrate a simple cut test of Teak seed to determine the percentage viability. Click here to download.
Seed Treatment:
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Inter Vinarut, of OISCA in East New Britain Province of PNG, demonstrates the process of teak seed pre-treatment to break its dormancy before sowing into germination beds. Click here to download.
Further Reading:
Research papers
- Domestication of indigenous fruit and nut trees for agroforestry in the Solomon Islands
- PNG sandalwood survey
- Community sandalwood initiatives in Central and Gulf Provinces
- Prospects for marketing PNG sandalwood
Nursery booklets
Tree factsheets
- 30 Multipurpose trees for agroforestry in the pacific islands
- Calophyllum
- Kwila (1)
- Kwila (2)
- Pometia pinnata
- Rosewood
- Sandalwood (1)
- Sandalwood (2)
- Terminalia catappa