Oil palm, food security and adaptation among smallholder households in Papua New Guinea

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Oil palm, food security and adaptation among smallholder households in Papua New Guinea

This paper is concerned with food security and access to land for food crop gardening among first and second generation migrant oil palm producers in West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. We examine changes in food security due to the rapid population growth in the presence of growing demand...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Koczberski, Gina, Curry, George, Bue, Veronica
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia 2012
Subjects:	smallholder oil palm Papua New Guinea land intensification land use pressure food security
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43194

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