The assessment of the effectiveness of a private sector extension model for smallholder men and women in Papua New Guinea

The Cocoa Pod Borer (CPB) (Conopomorpha cramerella) currently threatens PNG's cocoa industry. Traditional extension approaches have been unable to stop the decline in smallholder production. The thesis argues that effective management of CPB requires new and more holistic extension approaches...

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Main Author: Peter, Esley Tiale
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2021
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88816
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description The Cocoa Pod Borer (CPB) (Conopomorpha cramerella) currently threatens PNG's cocoa industry. Traditional extension approaches have been unable to stop the decline in smallholder production. The thesis argues that effective management of CPB requires new and more holistic extension approaches to encourage cocoa farming families to continue with cocoa. his study examined a new private sector-smallholder partnership initiated by a major cocoa Texporter, which was found to provide several benefits to smallholder farmers.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-888162022-06-30T07:07:27Z The assessment of the effectiveness of a private sector extension model for smallholder men and women in Papua New Guinea Peter, Esley Tiale The Cocoa Pod Borer (CPB) (Conopomorpha cramerella) currently threatens PNG's cocoa industry. Traditional extension approaches have been unable to stop the decline in smallholder production. The thesis argues that effective management of CPB requires new and more holistic extension approaches to encourage cocoa farming families to continue with cocoa. his study examined a new private sector-smallholder partnership initiated by a major cocoa Texporter, which was found to provide several benefits to smallholder farmers. 2021 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88816 Curtin University fulltext
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The assessment of the effectiveness of a private sector extension model for smallholder men and women in Papua New Guinea
title The assessment of the effectiveness of a private sector extension model for smallholder men and women in Papua New Guinea
title_full The assessment of the effectiveness of a private sector extension model for smallholder men and women in Papua New Guinea
title_fullStr The assessment of the effectiveness of a private sector extension model for smallholder men and women in Papua New Guinea
title_full_unstemmed The assessment of the effectiveness of a private sector extension model for smallholder men and women in Papua New Guinea
title_short The assessment of the effectiveness of a private sector extension model for smallholder men and women in Papua New Guinea
title_sort assessment of the effectiveness of a private sector extension model for smallholder men and women in papua new guinea
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88816