New taro variety offers the ‘best of both worlds’ amid climate change

9 Apr 2026
Dr Bradley Campbell checking a taro crop. 

A breakthrough in breeding hybrids of one of Papua New Guinea’s most culturally significant crops could solve growing problems caused by climate change in the Pacific nation.

The University of Queensland-led project, funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), is investigating taro, a starchy, tuberous staple food grown in PNG for more than 9,000 years.

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