This paper examines how oil palm migrant farmers in Papua New Guinea are responding to
shortages of land for food gardening. Despite rapid population growth and planting nearly …

This paper outlines some of the ways Mengen speakers have positioned Ulawun volcano,
its inhabitants and outputs as beneficial features of daily life. By way of contrast, volcanology …

Understanding vulnerabilities, resilience, and adaptive capacities of different groups of
people under social, economic and environmental conditions is less understood for many …

Reselling of fresh produce is an increasing trend in the current fresh produce industry in
Papua New Guinea where more women and men are getting involved to generate some …

Smallholders who cultivate oil palm under Land Settlement Schemes in PNG are suffering
from low income and over-population. Under an oil palm project, introduced in 1967 …

This thesis examines resource allocation among co-resident households in three oil palm
growing regions of Papua New Guinea to better understand status hierarchies that control …

This paper presents an overview of the broad characteristics of coffee farming households
and the main livelihoods they pursue. To date most coffee research has neglected to …

2 Executive summary This project addressed rising food insecurity amongst smallholder
cocoa and oil palm households in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Amongst oil palm growers …

The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of smallholder Village Oil Palm
(VOP) farmers on the impact of oil palm production on their livelihoods in terms of household …