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Building social resilience through understandng capacities of smallholder farming in Papua New Guinea
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Palaniappan, G and Chambers, B and Bonney, L and Simeon, L and Hope, S and Birch, C, Building social resilience through understandng capacities of smallholder farming in Papua New Guinea, Proceedings of the 5th World Congress of Conservation Agriculture incorporating 3rd Farming Sytems Design Conference, September 2011, Brisbane, Queensland, pp. 1-4. (2011) [Conference Extract]
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Abstract
The Papua New Guinea economy is in transition to a semi-commercial/commercial farming system. However, the majority of the population of PNG practice subsistence farming (Mopafi 2004). To accommodate change, understanding the capacity of farming communities to adapt and be socially resilient is essential (Adger 2000). We are implementing a project to increase vegetable production in Central Province (CP) for Port Moresby (PoM) markets (ACIAR 2010, Birch et al 2009) in partnership with Fresh Produce Development Agency (FPDA), National Agriculture Research Institute (NARI), Pacific Adventist University (PAU), Central Province Administration (CPA) and Greenfresh (GF), of PNG. Here, we discuss strengths and weakness of smallholder farming in several locations in CP in terms of adaptation to change and social resilience.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Conference Extract |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | smallholder farmers, appreciative inquiry, rapid supply chain appraisal, community |
| Research Division: | Information and Computing Sciences |
| Research Group: | Computer Software |
| Research Field: | Computer System Security |
| Objective Division: | Plant Production and Plant Primary Products |
| Objective Group: | Horticultural Crops |
| Objective Field: | Ornamentals, Natives, Flowers and Nursery Plants |
| UTAS Author: | Palaniappan, G (Dr Gomathy Palaniappan) |
| UTAS Author: | Bonney, L (Associate Professor Laurie Bonney) |
| UTAS Author: | Birch, C (Associate Professor Colin Birch) |
| ID Code: | 71681 |
| Year Published: | 2011 |
| Deposited By: | Agricultural Science |
| Deposited On: | 2011-07-31 |
| Last Modified: | 2018-03-30 |
| Downloads: | 211 View Download Statistics |
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