Social, technical and institutional innovation: oil palm smallholders’ responses to rising land and income pressures in Papua New Guinea
This paper discusses how smallholder settlers on government-sponsored oil palm land settlement schemes in West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea, have responded to rising land pressures since the late 1960s when the settlement schemes were established. After providing an overview of the oil pal...
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| author | Nake Steven Curry George N. Koczberski Gina Germis Emmanuel Bue Veronica Tilden Geraldine M. Koia Merolyn Pileng Linus Ryan Sean |
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| description | This paper discusses how smallholder settlers on government-sponsored oil palm land settlement schemes in West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea, have responded to rising land pressures since the late 1960s when the settlement schemes were established. After providing an overview of the oil palm industry in Papua New Guinea and key smallholder groups, the paper focuses on how settlers responded to land and income pressures through technical, social and institutional innovations. It is argued that while smallholders have experienced significant constraints and threats to their livelihoods, most have been able to exercise a fair degree of agency to improve their livelihoods. Institutional factors have also been critical to enhancing smallholders’ adaptive capacity in responding to rising land and economic pressures. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0242f0b4cf4a464784b019d5f0ca0aca2025-08-20T03:28:09ZengEDP SciencesCahiers Agricultures1166-76991777-59492025-01-01342410.1051/cagri/2025025cagri240212Social, technical and institutional innovation: oil palm smallholders’ responses to rising land and income pressures in Papua New GuineaNake Steven0Curry George N.1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5528-3122Koczberski Gina2Germis Emmanuel3Bue Veronica4Tilden Geraldine M.5Koia Merolyn6Pileng Linus7Ryan Sean8https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4836-7313PNG Oil Palm Research Association, Dami Research StationCurtin UniversityCurtin UniversityPNG Oil Palm Industry CorporationPNG University of TechnologyCurtin UniversityPNG Oil Palm Research Association, Dami Research StationPNG Oil Palm Research Association, Dami Research StationCurtin UniversityThis paper discusses how smallholder settlers on government-sponsored oil palm land settlement schemes in West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea, have responded to rising land pressures since the late 1960s when the settlement schemes were established. After providing an overview of the oil palm industry in Papua New Guinea and key smallholder groups, the paper focuses on how settlers responded to land and income pressures through technical, social and institutional innovations. It is argued that while smallholders have experienced significant constraints and threats to their livelihoods, most have been able to exercise a fair degree of agency to improve their livelihoods. Institutional factors have also been critical to enhancing smallholders’ adaptive capacity in responding to rising land and economic pressures.https://www.cahiersagricultures.fr/articles/cagri/full_html/2025/01/cagri240212/cagri240212.htmladaptive capacityresiliencesocial innovationtechnology adoptionrural livelihoodssustainable developmentgendersmallholders |
| spellingShingle | Nake Steven Curry George N. Koczberski Gina Germis Emmanuel Bue Veronica Tilden Geraldine M. Koia Merolyn Pileng Linus Ryan Sean Social, technical and institutional innovation: oil palm smallholders’ responses to rising land and income pressures in Papua New Guinea Cahiers Agricultures adaptive capacity resilience social innovation technology adoption rural livelihoods sustainable development gender smallholders |
| title | Social, technical and institutional innovation: oil palm smallholders’ responses to rising land and income pressures in Papua New Guinea |
| title_full | Social, technical and institutional innovation: oil palm smallholders’ responses to rising land and income pressures in Papua New Guinea |
| title_fullStr | Social, technical and institutional innovation: oil palm smallholders’ responses to rising land and income pressures in Papua New Guinea |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social, technical and institutional innovation: oil palm smallholders’ responses to rising land and income pressures in Papua New Guinea |
| title_short | Social, technical and institutional innovation: oil palm smallholders’ responses to rising land and income pressures in Papua New Guinea |
| title_sort | social technical and institutional innovation oil palm smallholders responses to rising land and income pressures in papua new guinea |
| topic | adaptive capacity resilience social innovation technology adoption rural livelihoods sustainable development gender smallholders |
| url | https://www.cahiersagricultures.fr/articles/cagri/full_html/2025/01/cagri240212/cagri240212.html |
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