In my last blog post, I briefly described a major issue building up under LSS palms of West New Britain, especially at PNG's oldest oil palm project, Hoskins.
Population and demographic changes over the last four decades contributed to intense social and economic pressures experienced today. Added with uncertain and fluctuating oil palm incomes, LSS smallholders' living standard has decreased considerably. Also associated with socio-economic problems, are high incidences of social breakdown and issues over environmental impacts.
In response, most farming families have adopted new oil palm "labour and production strategies" to maintain household economic security and social stability. This post will elaborate further on this.
The changing patterns of household production and livelihood strategies in oil palm Land Settlement Schemes (LSS) of Papua New Guinea is an interesting study at Hoskins (PNG’s oldest and premier oil palm project). This trend is spreading rapidly.
Population and demographic changes over the last four decades contributed to intense social and economic pressures experienced today. Added with uncertain and fluctuating oil palm incomes, LSS smallholders' living standard has decreased considerably. Also associated with socio-economic problems, are high incidences of social breakdown and issues over environmental impacts.
In response, most farming families have adopted new oil palm "labour and production strategies" to maintain household economic security and social stability. This post will elaborate further on this.
Coping With Overcrowding Under The Palms
The changing patterns of household production and livelihood strategies in oil palm Land Settlement Schemes (LSS) of Papua New Guinea is an interesting study at Hoskins (PNG’s oldest and premier oil palm project). This trend is spreading rapidly.
