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Livelihood diversification and its impact on cocoa production in Morobe and East New Britain provinces of Papua New Guinea449.39 kB
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Livelihood diversification and its impact on cocoa production in Morobe and East New Britain Provinces of Papua New Guinea
International Journal of Agricultural Extension, Vol.7(1), pp.117-124
2019
Abstract
Cocoa is an important cash crop of Papua New Guinea (PNG). Despite considerable Government investment, with its technical research, development, and extension (RD&E) focus, productivity remains less than potential. This study was carried out to establish the livelihood activities diversification and impact on cocoa production of selected areas of Morobe and East New Britain Provinces of PNG. The specific objective was to establish whether farmers’ livelihood diversification activities affected cocoa production of the study areas. A cross-sectional descriptive study, in the context of phenomenological reflection involving semi-structured interviews and discussions was used to study the livelihood diversity and its implications on cocoa production in the selected provinces. Data were analysed using NVivo software. It was found that the main causes of farmer engagement of diversified livelihood activities were due to: land shortage, land tenure, minimising risk, cultural factors, farming system practices, opportunities, comparative advantage, and with the effects of modern changes. The main rationale behind such diversified livelihood activities was to raise household’s income portfolio and to improved status in the community. Consequently, smallholder farmers do not put full effort into cocoa production.
Details
- Title
- Livelihood diversification and its impact on cocoa production in Morobe and East New Britain Provinces of Papua New Guinea
- Authors
- William Kerua (Corresponding Author) - Papua New Guinea University of Technology
- Publication details
- International Journal of Agricultural Extension, Vol.7(1), pp.117-124
- Publisher
- EScience Press
- Date published
- 2019
- DOI
- 10.33687/ijae.007.01.2793
- ISSN
- 2311-6110; 2311-8547
- Copyright note
- Copyright (c) 2019 William Kerua. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- Organisation Unit
- Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991011697502621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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