Fifty years after achieving independence from Australia, our nearest neighbour is looking towards a revolution.

Papua New Guinea's national cattle herd currently sits at around 40,000 head, but the government is driving a push to see that total return to the 150,000 head the country had in 1975.

Numbers have dwindled in the half-century since self-determination as cattle were slaughtered, breeding programs abandoned and properties left to go to seed.

"A lot of infrastructure had collapsed and the Livestock Development Corporation (LDC) has now had a remit to introduce cattle in small numbers," Australian Livestock Exporters' Council chairman David Galvin said.

"They're doing this across PNG, they're doing it slowly, they're doing it properly and they're just wanting to get more cattle

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