The advantage of this would be that the smallholder settlement will be located around and supported by a central nuclear estate system (NES) ▪ NES model provides to smallholders: • Seedlings • Collection and transporting of crop to the mills • FFB purchasing • Financial credit (usually interest free) • Pest & disease control operations • Extension & support services (direct) • Repair & maintenance. [...] • Non-for- profit organization • Part of National Agricultural Research System (NARS) 6 Membership Levy funded • Mosa Group (NBPOL) • RAIL • Kula Group Hargy Oil Palms Ltd Smallholder Growers (represented by OPIC) 7 Oil Palm Research in PNG Agronomy Entomology Plant pathology Small Holder and Socio-economics 8 Agronomy • The main task is to determine the optimum nutrient requirements for oil palm. [...] • In addition to nutrition trials, there are field activities in place to determine the long-term sustainability of the oil palm system. [...] It conducts applied research into understanding the biology and ecology of pests and their natural enemies, and the evaluation of different control options to be used in alleviating pest issues. [...] 2 1 3 17 Number of persons in the Primary household in LSS blocks 30 28 25 25 20 20 18 15 13 11 10 8 5 5 0 1970 1990 1994 2001 2010 2014 2017 2019 • Steady increase in number of persons in the primary households • Total number of block residents is determined by multiplying average number of HHs by average number of persons per HHs.
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Table of Contents
- Slide 1: PNG OPRA Research and its contribution to PNG Econonomic and Social Development ~Socioeconomic Impact~ 1
- Slide 2: History 2
- Slide 3: 3
- Slide 4: Significance of OP industry to PNG economy 4
- Slide 5: Benefits to smallholders (project) 5
- Slide 6: What is PNGOPRA? 6
- Slide 7: Membership 7
- Slide 8 8
- Slide 9 9
- Slide 10: Entomology 10
- Slide 11 11
- Slide 12: Plant Pathology 12
- Slide 13: Smallholder & Socioeconomics 13
- Slide 14: CHALLENGES/CONSTRAINTS 14
- Slide 15: 1.0 Low Yields (production) 15
- Slide 16: Contributing factors to low smallholder yields 16
- Slide 17: 2.0 Rapid changing block demographics 17
- Slide 18 18
- Slide 19 19
- Slide 20: Effect of Rapid population growth 20
- Slide 21: Changing harvesting strategies as a result of Population increase 21
- Slide 22: 3.0 Delayed Replanting (overaging palms) 22
- Slide 23: 4.0 Low Adoption Rate 23
- Slide 24: 5.0 Poor fertiliser uptake and application 24
- Slide 25: Low fert uptake can affect N leaf levels 25
- Slide 26: 6.0 Financial Literacy 26
- Slide 27: 7.0 Land Tenure (security) 27
- Slide 28: OPPORTUNITIES 28
- Slide 29: 1.0 Untapped yield potential (intensification and expansion) 29
- Slide 30: 2.0 Available Livelihood opportunities 30
- Slide 31: 3.0 Replant Phase – food basket for smallholders 31
- Slide 32: Other opportunities 32
- Slide 33: Achievements 33
- Slide 34 34
- Slide 35: Challenges 35
- Slide 36 36
