The influence of socio-economic factors in farm investment decisions and labour mobilisation in smallholder coffee production in Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
The thesis examines the socio-economic factors influencing household farm investment decisions and land mobilisation of coffee smallholder farmers in Eastern Highland Province, Papua New Guinea. Through the prism of coffee production and the adoption of large-scale commercial production of pineapple...
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Curtin University
2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1938 |
| Summary: | The thesis examines the socio-economic factors influencing household farm investment decisions and land mobilisation of coffee smallholder farmers in Eastern Highland Province, Papua New Guinea. Through the prism of coffee production and the adoption of large-scale commercial production of pineapple and broccoli, the thesis documents and explains the reasons for the dramatic changes in land use, land tenure, labour and gender relations over the last two decades. |
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