About

Foundational History and Leadership

The farm’s transition from a family-owned, small-scale operation to a commercial entity was led by Mr. James Yalo, the Founder & owner and Farm Manager. Mr. Yalo gained extensive farming skills over a decade in North Queensland, Australia, where he participated in various farming groups, including the Townsville Goat Club and Mini-animal farming groups, obtaining experience in Goat Dairy, Meat Goat, Poultry, and other livestock and produce.

Key personnel include:

• James Yalo: Founder, Owner, and President of the farm.
• Racheal Tei Yalo: Admin Officer, overseeing administration, bookkeeping, tax payments, and payroll.
• Tei Gagma: Sales & Marketing Manager and Transport.

Core Mission and Objectives

The establishment of EPNGAF is motivated by the significant reliance on imported meats and milk in Papua New Guinea. The primary goal is to upgrade the farm to commercial scale to enhance the availability of locally sourced and affordable agricultural products across both rural and urban regions.

The goals and objectives include:

• To generate income and employment opportunities and solve poverty and unemployment issues in Papua New Guinea.
• To promote health with home-grown organic products.
• To provide easy access to quality meat and Milk nationwide.
• To establish the farm as a good breeding centre for local farmers to acquire improved breeds of all kinds of livestock.
• To become a site of observation for young entrepreneurs and farmers as well and students.
• To use unused customary lands to solve law and order issues, urban migration, drugs, alcohol, and many illegal activities.

Current Products and Operational Philosophy

EPNGAF produces a variety of organic products:

• Livestock & Meat: Fresh Goat Meat, Awesome Turkey, Premium Beef, Gooses & Rosters, and Live Pigs and Pork meats. They also produce Rainbow Trout.
• Produce & Dairy: Organic meat, vegetables, fruits, fish, eggs, milk, cheese, and they also bake breads. Specific products include Elite Duck’s Eggs and Goat Chesse.

The farm operates on a principle of integration of farming operations.

• They use the native technique to grow and feed their livestock.
• Crop remains feed animals, and animal wastes are utilized: manure from cattle and the poultry maintains soil fertility, and pig droppings provide biogas.
• The farm engages local youths, women groups, and local church groups in feeding production.

Commercial Upgrade and Vision

EPNGAF is currently in an improvement state toward a commercial standard, planning to achieve this within 12 months once the required support funds are released.

The commercial expansion plan is ambitious:

• The farm has a total land mass of 300 hectares and is subdivided into five different zones (Zone 3 includes Piggery and Chicken; Zone 4 is for Milking Goats Only).
• The planned livestock inventory includes 100 pigs, 3,000 chickens, 500 turkeys, 200 Meat goats, 50 Milking Goats, 50 Queen Bees, 5,000 Rainbow trout fingerlings, and 50 cows.
• The farm aims to supply their products nationwide and abroad and become a major wholesale supply of meat and milk to all shopping centres, freezers, and other retail shops.

Competitive Advantages and Technology

The farm’s strengths include:

• Having healthy relationships with major players (agriculture merchants) in the livestock farming industry.
• Possessing some of the latest livestock farming machines, tools, and equipment.
• Offering prices 50% lower than that of imported and other monopoly commercial farm industries in PNG.
• The planned incorporation of new technology for meat and milk preservation and packaging.