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With research staff from more than 60 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

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Liangzhi You

Liangzhi You is a Senior Research Fellow and theme leader in the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit, based in Washington, DC. His research focuses on climate resilience, spatial data and analytics, agroecosystems, and agricultural science policy. Gridded crop production data of the world (SPAM) and the agricultural technology evaluation model (DREAM) are among his research contributions. 

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IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

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The Australia High Commission (AHC) in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (PNG) works closely with PNG on a range of bilateral interests across public and private partnerships. It works directly with the Government of PNG to assist in the achievement of PNG’s key development goals.

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Papua New Guinea Food Policy Strengthening Project

Papua New Guinea Food Policy Strengthening Project

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Papua New Guinea National Agriculture Research Institute (NARI) have teamed up to support data-driven policy dialogue……

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Papua New Guinea rural household survey (2023): Synopsis of selected results

2024Schmidt, Emily; Yadav, Shweta
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Papua New Guinea rural household survey (2023): Synopsis of selected results

From May to December 2023, IFPRI implemented the 2023 PNG Rural Household Survey which was designed to understand rural livelihoods and welfare across different areas of PNG (Schmidt et al., 2024). Given the rural nature of the survey sample, almost all surveyed households depend on their own-farm production (predominantly starchy roots and tubers) to meet daily caloric needs. On average, households reported utilizing about 1.6 hectares of land for agriculture cultivation at the time of the survey. The survey collected a detailed account of the quantity of food types consumed by the household in order to estimate the average caloric intake per adult equivalent. Comparing the estimated caloric intake reported by surveyed households, with a recommended calorie intake suggests that only 45 per cent of individuals in surveyed households meet the recommended daily caloric intake for a lightly active individual. The survey also collected anthropometry data for children under five years of age and found that 36 percent of surveyed children were stunted in their growth. The 2023 Rural Household Survey represents an important effort in collecting a wide breadth of information about rural livelihoods. However, greater investments of in-depth data collection and analysis should be undertaken to examine specific components of PNG household livelihood strategies.

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2024

Authors

Schmidt, Emily; Yadav, Shweta

Citation

Schmidt, Emily; and Yadav, Shweta. 2024. Papua New Guinea rural household survey (2023): Synopsis of selected results. Papua New Guinea Project Note 15. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149341

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Papua New Guinea

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Melanesia; Oceania; Rural Population; Livelihoods; Welfare; Agricultural Production; Food; Anthropometry; Stunting

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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Papua New Guinea Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Policy Support Program

2024International Food Policy Research Institute
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Papua New Guinea Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Policy Support Program

In Papua New Guinea (PNG), more than 80 percent of the population depends on agriculture for their livelihoods, with a vast majority working as smallholder farmers. Recognizing the need to revitalize and transform its agriculture sector, PNG’s government has set ambitious growth targets for agricultural exports and domestic agricultural production. It considers strategic investment in agricultural research and food security fundamental to overall economic growth and structural transformation. The Papua New Guinea Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Policy Support Program (PNG-AFNP), supported by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) through the Australian High Commission (AHC) in Port Moresby, and the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), will support PNG’s forward-looking strategy for economic growth and transformation through data-driven policy analysis, capability development, and strategic partnerships to inform policy dialogue and investment opportunities.

Year published

2024

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International Food Policy Research Institute

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International Food Policy Research Institute. 2024. Papua New Guinea Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Policy Support Program. IFPRI Program Brochure. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149282

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Papua New Guinea

Keywords

Melanesia; Policies; Agriculture; Food Policies; Nutrition; Gender; Climate Change; Food Security

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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Working Paper

The impacts of production and price shocks on the coffee industry in PNG

2024Arua, Stanley; Gondo, Rober; Kinau, Adrian; Kotto, Aaron; Dorosh, Paul A.; Schmidt, Emily; Tian, Junyan
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The impacts of production and price shocks on the coffee industry in PNG

Coffee is one of Papua New Guinea’s leading agricultural export in value terms, accounting for 156 million USD of export earnings in 2021 (FAOSTAT, 2023), 13 percent of agricultural export revenues and 1.4 percent of total export revenues. The coffee industry is a major source of income for some 2.5 million people, mainly in farm households, and is cultivated in 17 out of 22 provinces (ACIAR, 2021). Coffee exports and incomes are threatened, however, by a number of supply side factors such as ageing coffee trees, outbreaks of coffee berry borer, poor production practices and challenges in reaching markets (i.e. transport and post-harvest handling), as well as by demand-side fluctuations in the world price of coffee (World Bank, 2022; Dorum et al., 2023). This research note first presents an overview of PNG’s coffee sector, including a discussion of production trends and structure of the coffee value chain. We then utilize a simple partial equilibrium model of coffee supply and demand, along with data on coffee production and household consumption from the PNG Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) of 2009/10, FAOSTAT and the World Bank, to simulate the impacts of potential production and price shocks on the coffee industry in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Finally, we present an analysis of price movements in recent years and the potential costs and benefits of a price stabilization policy for coffee producers.

Year published

2024

Authors

Arua, Stanley; Gondo, Rober; Kinau, Adrian; Kotto, Aaron; Dorosh, Paul A.; Schmidt, Emily; Tian, Junyan

Citation

Arua, Stanley; Gondo, Robert; Kinau, Adrian; Kotto, Aaron; Dorosh, Paul; Schmidt, Emily; and Tian, Junyan. 2024. The impacts of production and price shocks on the coffee industry in PNG. Papua New Guinea Project Note 14. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140479

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Papua New Guinea

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Oceania; Coffee; Agriculture; Income; Households

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English

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Open Access

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Blogs

Survey: Rural Papua New Guinea faces an array of food security challenges
IFPRI Blog
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October 18, 2024

Survey: Rural Papua New Guinea faces an array of food security challenges

By Emily Schmidt and Rishabh Mukerjee

Starch-heavy diets, the reach of extension instruction, and other issues.

Improving agricultural value chain coordination and gender inclusiveness in Papua New Guinea
IFPRI Blog
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December 20, 2022

Improving agricultural value chain coordination and gender inclusiveness in Papua New Guinea

By Lucia Carrillo, Peixun Fang, Katrina Kosec, and Emily Schmidt

Challenges and opportunities for women to engage in more profitable work.