Making a living: Land pressures and changing livelihood strategies among oil palm settlers in Papua New Guinea

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Making a living: Land pressures and changing livelihood strategies among oil palm settlers in Papua New Guinea

Since the establishment of oil palm land settlement schemes (LSSs) in West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea, the settler population has increased significantly as secondgeneration settlers marry and raise families on their parents blocks. We explore how settlers are responding to demographic a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Koczberski, Gina, Curry, George
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	2005
Subjects:	Melanesia Rural development policy Income diversification Smallholder production Agricultural change
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9666

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