Improving agricultural productivity in Papua New Guinea: Strategic and policy considerations
If smallholder farming households in Papua New Guinea achieve higher crop productivity levels, progress will be made along several dimensions of the development vision for PNG – increasing GDP for the agricultural sector and the overall economy; driving growth, diversification, and transformation of...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Benny, Dickson Benson, Todd Ivekolia, Mark Kedir Jemal, Mekamu Ovah, Raywin |
| author_browse | Benny, Dickson Benson, Todd Ivekolia, Mark Kedir Jemal, Mekamu Ovah, Raywin |
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| description | If smallholder farming households in Papua New Guinea achieve higher crop productivity levels, progress will be made along several dimensions of the development vision for PNG – increasing GDP for the agricultural sector and the overall economy; driving growth, diversification, and transformation of local rural economies; improving food consumption; and reducing poverty. In this paper, we examine recent data on yields for the most important crops grown in PNG, assess what yields might be achieved based on productivity data from areas of Indonesia with similar growing conditions, and sketch where policy reforms could provide incentives and access to technologies to achieve higher crop yields by all farmers across PNG. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1409902025-12-08T10:11:39Z Improving agricultural productivity in Papua New Guinea: Strategic and policy considerations Benny, Dickson Benson, Todd Ivekolia, Mark Kedir Jemal, Mekamu Ovah, Raywin policies poverty alleviation capacity development crop yield agriculture cash crops smallholders productivity food security If smallholder farming households in Papua New Guinea achieve higher crop productivity levels, progress will be made along several dimensions of the development vision for PNG – increasing GDP for the agricultural sector and the overall economy; driving growth, diversification, and transformation of local rural economies; improving food consumption; and reducing poverty. In this paper, we examine recent data on yields for the most important crops grown in PNG, assess what yields might be achieved based on productivity data from areas of Indonesia with similar growing conditions, and sketch where policy reforms could provide incentives and access to technologies to achieve higher crop yields by all farmers across PNG. 2022-02-10 2024-04-12T13:37:02Z 2024-04-12T13:37:02Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140990 en https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-021-00787-0 https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12625 https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8489.12404 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2020.101964 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136347 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136350 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Benny, Dickson; Benson, Todd; Ivekolia, Mark; Kedir Jemal, Mekamu; and Ovah, Raywin. 2022. Improving agricultural productivity in Papua New Guinea: Strategic and policy considerations. Papua New Guinea Food Policy Strengthening Working Paper 1. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134987. |
| spellingShingle | policies poverty alleviation capacity development crop yield agriculture cash crops smallholders productivity food security Benny, Dickson Benson, Todd Ivekolia, Mark Kedir Jemal, Mekamu Ovah, Raywin Improving agricultural productivity in Papua New Guinea: Strategic and policy considerations |
| title | Improving agricultural productivity in Papua New Guinea: Strategic and policy considerations |
| title_full | Improving agricultural productivity in Papua New Guinea: Strategic and policy considerations |
| title_fullStr | Improving agricultural productivity in Papua New Guinea: Strategic and policy considerations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improving agricultural productivity in Papua New Guinea: Strategic and policy considerations |
| title_short | Improving agricultural productivity in Papua New Guinea: Strategic and policy considerations |
| title_sort | improving agricultural productivity in papua new guinea strategic and policy considerations |
| topic | policies poverty alleviation capacity development crop yield agriculture cash crops smallholders productivity food security |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140990 |
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