Stop Selling Raw Taro. Start Selling Packaged Taro Products.

Are you a taro grower looking to earn more from your harvest? A community cooperative seeking better income and job creation? This Taro Processing Course equips you with modern techniques to transform taro into high-demand, profitable food products.

Taro is a staple food across PNG and the Pacific, but its true value is unlocked only when it is processed. This training takes you through every step of taro processing—turning roots into flour, snacks, and premium baked products that can be sold locally or exported.

This Course Is Your Pathway to Success:

🛠️ Skill Development: Practical, step-by-step guidance on taro processing.
💰 Income Diversification: Generate multiple products and revenue streams from taro.
🌱 Food Security: Learn preservation methods that extend taro’s shelf life.
📈 Business Growth: Move beyond informal sales into structured, branded businesses.

What You Will Learn:

Product Transformation: How to process taro into:
– Taro Flour (for baking and gluten-free products).
– Taro Chips & Crisps (snack industry).
– Taro Noodles (health-focused markets).
– Taro-Based Baked Goods (bread, biscuits, muffins).
– Taro Mash & Packaged Frozen Foods.
Quality & Safety: Learn packaging, labeling, hygiene, and quality standards to meet retail and export markets.
Costing & Pricing: Master costing methods and profitable pricing strategies.
The PNGFE Advantage: Discover how this course links directly to PNGFE’s support ecosystem.

Your Training Is the Key to Unlocking PNGFE Support:

🚀 Funding Eligibility: Completing this course qualifies you for PNGFE’s hybrid funding (donations, loans, equity) to invest in flour mills, chip-making machines, or bakeries.
🛒 Marketplace Access: Sell your certified taro flour, noodles, and snacks on the PNGFE Marketplace.
📜 Certification: Earn a PNGFE certificate of completion, giving your products instant credibility.

Choose Your Learning Plan:

– Individual Course Access: Get the Taro Processing Course for K150.
– The Ultimate Advantage: Enroll once and access all PNGFE courses (Cocoa, Kaukau, Coconut, Pigs, Bees, Aquaponics, and more) for a full year with the PNGFE Annual Membership for just K390.

Turn Roots Into Riches. Start Processing Taro Today!