Impact assessment: smallholder coffee agronomy and Postharvest trainings in the highlands of Papua New Guinea

The study examined the impact of trainings on coffee farmers in PNG looking at needs, processes and outcomes. One hundred smallholder farmers were randomly selected from six groups. The training programs were found to be suitable in facilitating acquisition of required knowledge; however, training n...

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Main Author: Kepa, Leo Aroga
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1795
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description The study examined the impact of trainings on coffee farmers in PNG looking at needs, processes and outcomes. One hundred smallholder farmers were randomly selected from six groups. The training programs were found to be suitable in facilitating acquisition of required knowledge; however, training needs analysis and follow-up exercises were not necessary as farmers were able to learn without them. The key impediment to innovation adoption was lack of price incentives for quality.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-17952017-02-20T06:38:22Z Impact assessment: smallholder coffee agronomy and Postharvest trainings in the highlands of Papua New Guinea Kepa, Leo Aroga The study examined the impact of trainings on coffee farmers in PNG looking at needs, processes and outcomes. One hundred smallholder farmers were randomly selected from six groups. The training programs were found to be suitable in facilitating acquisition of required knowledge; however, training needs analysis and follow-up exercises were not necessary as farmers were able to learn without them. The key impediment to innovation adoption was lack of price incentives for quality. 2015 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1795 en Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Kepa, Leo Aroga
Impact assessment: smallholder coffee agronomy and Postharvest trainings in the highlands of Papua New Guinea
title Impact assessment: smallholder coffee agronomy and Postharvest trainings in the highlands of Papua New Guinea
title_full Impact assessment: smallholder coffee agronomy and Postharvest trainings in the highlands of Papua New Guinea
title_fullStr Impact assessment: smallholder coffee agronomy and Postharvest trainings in the highlands of Papua New Guinea
title_full_unstemmed Impact assessment: smallholder coffee agronomy and Postharvest trainings in the highlands of Papua New Guinea
title_short Impact assessment: smallholder coffee agronomy and Postharvest trainings in the highlands of Papua New Guinea
title_sort impact assessment: smallholder coffee agronomy and postharvest trainings in the highlands of papua new guinea
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1795