Papua New Guinea

IPPC Official Contact Point

Mr. Kokoa Pere

Chief Plant Protection Officer

National Agriculture Quarantine and Inspection Authority
PO Box 741 Port Moresby Papua New Guinea

Phone: 675 311 2100

Mobile: 71328377

Fax: 675 325 1633

Email: pkokoa@naqia.gov.pg

Alternate Email: pkokoa5@gmail.com

Preferred languages: English

Website: http://www.naqia.gov.pg/

Date contact registration: 30 Jun 2014

Brief Biography Click to display

My name is Pere Kokoa. I was born in a village called Gogosiba, in Central Province, PNG on 24 November 1956. Married to a woman from Sewa in Oro Province, PNG. We have two biological and two adopted children. First from Abau District with BSC degree from UPNG in 1979 and first with MSc degree in Crop Protection from Bath University, UK in 1991. Been a research plant pathologist with PNG Government now with NAQIA (NPPO) as the Chief Plant Protection Officer.

Description/expertise Click to display

Research plant pathologist with PNG Government for well over 20 years. Specialised in crop diseases of vegetables and plant biosecurity in Papua New Guinea.