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Examining women's business acumen in Papua New Guinea: Working with women smallholders in...
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Examining women's business acumen in Papua New Guinea: Working with women smallholders in horticulture Katja Mikhailovich, Barbara Pamphilon, Lalen Simeon, Barbara Chambers, Julio Romero University of Canberra, Pacific Adventist University, NARI, Baptist Union Funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research http://pngwomen.estem-uc.edu.au/
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Examining women's business acumen in Papua New Guinea: Working with women smallholders in
horticulture
Katja Mikhailovich, Barbara Pamphilon, Lalen Simeon, Barbara Chambers, Julio Romero
University of Canberra, Pacific Adventist University, NARI, Baptist UnionFunded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
http://pngwomen.estem-uc.edu.au/
Project activities
Baseline Activities
Baseline survey
Participatory community workshops
Interviews
Needs analysis
Implementation Development
Activities
Capacity building
Exploring family roles workshops
Basic financial literacy training
Horticulture training
Continuous Research and
Evaluation
Annual village studies
Evaluation of training activities
Ethnographic case studies
Trialing new training processes
Baseline methods and participation
• Interviews: 48 community leaders
• Participatory community workshops: 333 men and women
• Capacity building: 62 local community educators
• Households survey: 329 women heads of households
• Family teams training: 440 male and female heads of household
• Needs assessment: 77 youth
Kumbareta Kwinkya Tinganagalip Vunapalading0
100
200
300
400
500
600
120 100
280233
155200
500465
Median income
Food cropsAll sources
Village
Kina
Kumbareta Kwinkya Tinganagalip Vunapalading0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Education (women)
ElementaryPrimarySecondaryCollege/tertiary
Village
Perc
ent
Kumbareta Kwinkya Tinganagalip Vunapalading0%
10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
100%
42%
16%
91%
74%
Sell mostly at main market
Village
Perc
ent
Gender
Economic
CulturalSocial/Family
Regional/geographic Contextual factors
impacting upon women smallholders
Opportunities and ChallengesIssue Challenges OpportunitiesKumbareta
Western Highlands
Road to main marketLimited agricultural trainingLow levels education and Low literacyLimited financial literacy
High schoolImproved roadTraining centreIncome diversification (New coffee and rice projects) Value adding to food cropsTechnology uptake (mobile banking)
Tinganagalip
East New Britain
Distance to main marketLand pressureImpact of CPBReturn to cocoa productionAttitudes to planning
Women’s cooperativesDiversification of income (CPB resistant plants)Value adding to food cropsGroup loans/ micro-credit
