Subsistence Agriculture In Papua New Guinea
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Author | : R. Michael Bourke |
Publisher | : ANU E Press |
Total Pages | : 665 |
Release | : 2009-08-01 |
Genre | : Cooking |
ISBN | : 1921536616 |
Agriculture dominates the rural economy of Papua New Guinea (PNG). More than five million rural dwellers (80% of the population) earn a living from subsistence agriculture and selling crops in domestic and international markets. Many aspects of agriculture in PNG are described in this data-rich book. Topics include agricultural environments in which crops are grown; production of food crops, cash crops and animals; land use; soils; demography; migration; the macro-economic environment; gender issues; governance of agricultural institutions; and transport. The history of agriculture over the 50 000 years that PNG has been occupied by humans is summarised. Much of the information presented is not readily available within PNG. The book contains results of many new analyses, including a food budget for the entire nation. The text is supported by 165 tables and 215 maps and figures.
Author | : Benson, Todd |
Publisher | : Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 2021-05-24 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0896294056 |
Author | : James W. Wood |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 519 |
Release | : 2020-04-23 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1107033411 |
An exploration of preindustrial agriculture that applies insights from biodemography, physiological ecology, and household demography.
Author | : Hiroshi Ehara |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 317 |
Release | : 2018-01-15 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9811052697 |
This open access book addresses a wide variety of events and technologies concerning the sago palm, ranging from its botanical characteristics, culture and use to social conditions in the places where it is grown, in order to provide a record of research findings and to benefit society. It discusses various subjects, including the sago palm and related species; differentiation of species of starch-producing palm; habitat, morphological, physiological and growth characteristics; culture and management; productivity of carbon dioxide; starch extraction and manufacture; characteristics and utilization of starch; and cultural anthropological and folkloristic aspects. Problems such as food shortages due to increasing populations, global warming and climate change, and decreasing reserves of oil and other underground resources, have become more pressing in recent years. In the context of these problems, the book examines the role of the sago palm in sustainable food production, in the manufacture of other foodstuffs, as a raw material for ethanol and in the manufacture of biodegradable plastics. In addition to academics, this book will be useful to researchers and government officials working for international agencies, national governments, municipalities, and other research organizations; technicians, researchers, managers, entrepreneurs, and others working in industries such as agriculture, plant production, food production, manufacturing, chemical engineering, energy production, and distribution.
Author | : Colin Clark |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 1970-09-17 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 1349153907 |
Author | : R. M. Bourke |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 916 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : |
People have adequate food security when households have the capacity to access sufficient food at all times, either through self-production or through market purchases. Overall, food security is high in PNG as most rural people have access to land and can grow most of their food requirements. The food security situation is considerably better in PNG now than it was before the Pacific war. This is because high-yield staple crops have been adopted and people have access to cash income that can be used to purchase food. The adoption of new staple crops provided a once-off benefit, however, this phase is now ending in PNG. This proceedings contains the 120 papers presented at the Papua New Guinea Food and Nutrition 2000 Conference held at the PNG University of Technology in Lae from 26-30 June 2000.
Author | : Ingrid Gascoigne |
Publisher | : Marshall Cavendish |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780761434160 |
Celebrates the diversity of life through the exploration of cultures around the world.
Author | : Malcolm F. Cairns |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 1405 |
Release | : 2015-01-09 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1317750187 |
Shifting cultivation is one of the oldest forms of subsistence agriculture and is still practised by millions of poor people in the tropics. Typically it involves clearing land (often forest) for the growing of crops for a few years, and then moving on to new sites, leaving the earlier ground fallow to regain its soil fertility. This book brings together the best of science and farmer experimentation, vividly illustrating the enormous diversity of shifting cultivation systems as well as the power of human ingenuity. Some critics have tended to disparage shifting cultivation (sometimes called 'swidden cultivation' or 'slash-and-burn agriculture') as unsustainable due to its supposed role in deforestation and land degradation. However, the book shows that such indigenous practices, as they have evolved over time, can be highly adaptive to land and ecology. In contrast, 'scientific' agricultural solutions imposed from outside can be far more damaging to the environment and local communities. The book focuses on successful agricultural strategies of upland farmers, particularly in south and south-east Asia, and presents over 50 contributions by scholars from around the world and from various disciplines, including agricultural economics, ecology and anthropology. It is a sequel to the much praised "Voices from the Forest: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into Sustainable Upland Farming" (RFF Press, 2007), but all chapters are completely new and there is a greater emphasis on the contemporary challenges of climate change and biodiversity conservation.
Author | : Jr. Wharton |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 494 |
Release | : 2017-07-28 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1351487698 |
One of the more perplexing problems of economic development is helping subsistence farmers break away from production simply for home consumption to become commercial farmers, producing more and more for sale in the marketplace. Although subsistence farms occupy 40 percent of the worlds cultivated land and support half of mankind, facts about them and programs to increase their output are scattered. Subsistence Agriculture and Economic Development provides a unique overview of these difficulties and their significance to economic development. It is the first book to subject subsistence agriculture to rigorous multi-disciplinary examination and to bring to light new theory and empirical evidence directed toward solving the problem.This volume contains original chapters by forty leading social scientists and agricultural specialists who summarize contemporary theory, fact, and policy on the problems of developing agriculture from subsistence to a commercial basis. Each contributor speaks from one or more of the relevant standpoints of economics, sociology, agronomy, political science, anthropology, and social psychology. There emerges a clear, meaningful picture of the subsistence farmer and the problems involved in changing his attitudes, methods of production, and economic and social environment.Broad in scope, documented with pertinent case studies, and far-reaching in its guidelines for future research and policy, this work should be read by all concerned with increasing food production and with economic development. This is an area of special concern in the uses of food products as the basis for new energy resources - an issue of increasing importance in the advancing use of ethanol as a fuel drawn from corn products.
Author | : John Connell |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 2005-07-28 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1134938322 |
Since 1975 the economy of Papua New Guinea has focused on mineral, rather than agricultural production as previously. This is the first book to look at these changes in a complex, rapidly evolving nation from an economic perspective.