Oil Palm Industry Corporation Act 1992. Country/Territory Papua New Guinea Document type Legislation Date 1992 (2006) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Papua New Guinea Consolidated Legislation 2006. Long titleBeing an Act to provide for the establishment of the Oil Palm Industry Corporation, and to define its powers and functions and for related purposes. Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Agricultural development Institution Oleaginous plants Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Melanesia, Oceania, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific Abstract An Oil Palm Industry Corporation is established under section 3 as a body corporate and the Oil Palm Industry Corporation Board is established under section 7. The functions of the Corporation are: (a) to promote and encourage increase in productivity in the oil palm industry by the more efficient provision of extension services to small-holders; and (b) to promote the development of the oil palm industry, and in particular: (i) the implementation of improved husbandry technologies to increase production by small-holders; and (ii) the introduction of techniques for effective control and regulation of oil palm pests and diseases by small-holders; and (iii) the development of representative grower groups amongst small-holders; and (c) to promote the use of improved management techniques for the cultivation, harvesting and quality control techniques by small-holders; etc. There is established a Local Planning Committee for each Project Area (sect. 19) declared as such by the Minister pursuant to section 2. Functions the Committee are set out in section 25. Full text English Website www.paclii.org