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Strengthening livelihoods for food security amongst cocoa and oil palm farming communities in Papua New Guinea (ACIAR Funded: ASEM-2012-072)
- The objective of the project was to address rising food insecurity threats amongst cocoa and oil palm households in Papua New Guinea. Under the oil palm component, 3 major surveys (household, garden and dietary recall) were conducted to assess the status of food security in line with its 4 pillars; availability, access, quality and stability.
Identifying opportunities and constraints for rural women’s engagement in small-scale agricultural enterprises in Papua New Guinea (ACIAR Funden: ASEM- 2014-074)
- The aims of the project are to: i) develop new knowledge of the factors that explain women’s low level of engagement in small-scale agricultural enterprises; ii) identify the processes and pathways that facilitate their move into agribusiness; and iii) pilot/scale out identified pathways for women to move from Tier 2 to Tier 3. The research is conducted among rural women/households and private and public sector organizations across the four main cash crops in PNG where women’s participation rate is high: cocoa, coffee, oil palm and fresh food produce.