Papua New Guinea oil crops oregon state university

Land formalization turned land rush: The case of oil palm in Papua New

  • Papua New Guinea oil crops oregon state university
  • Papua New Guinea oil crops oregon state university
  • Papua New Guinea oil crops oregon state university
  • Papua New Guinea oil crops oregon state university

CHAPTER ONE BACKGROUND TO OIL PALM IN PAPUA

Oil Palm Development and Large-Scale Land

Changing Land Tenure and Informal Land Markets in the

Oil palm and deforestation in Papua New Guinea

  • Where is oil palm grown in Papua New Guinea?
  • Oil Palm is grown in five project areas in Papua New Guinea: Hoskins and Bialla in West New Britain (WNB), Popondetta, Milne Bay and New Ireland (Figure 1.1). All project areas operate on a nucleus estate-smallholder model whereby smallholders supply oil palm fruit to mills operated by the nucleus estate company.
  • Why is oil palm a major crop in PNG?
  • First, oil palm has been the most common crop proposed for large-scale agricultural development schemes in PNG, so oil palm schemes account for 2.2 million of the total of more than 5 million hectares of land that has been alienated through the grant of ‘special agricultural and business leases’ (SABLs).
  • Are oil palm land leases a root-cause of problems in PNG?
  • Smallholders who cultivate oil palm under Land Settlement Schemes in PNG are suffering from low income and over-population. Under an oil palm project, introduced in 1967, smallholders were granted 99-year leases for a 6.0 to 6.5 hectares block of government land. This paper argues that the existing land leasing-system is a root-cause of problems.
  • Can Papua New Guinea attract large-scale transnational investments for oil palm production?
  • This article uses a case study in Papua New Guinea (PNG), where the government seeks to attract large-scale transnational investments for oil palm production by formalizing large swathes of customary land.

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