The agrifood system in PNG: Structure and drivers of transformation

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.contributor.initiativeForesight
cg.contributor.initiativeNational Policies and Strategies
cg.coverage.countryPapua New Guinea
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2PG
cg.coverage.regionOceania
cg.coverage.regionMelanesia
cg.creator.identifierXinshen Diao: 0000-0003-4843-1670
cg.creator.identifierPaul Dorosh: 0000-0001-6049-6018
cg.creator.identifierLuis Enrique Escalante: 0000-0001-6599-9730
cg.creator.identifierAngga Pradesha: 0000-0002-7969-7335
cg.creator.identifierJames Thurlow: 0000-0003-3414-374X
cg.creator.identifierJunyan Tian: 0000-0001-8879-5466
cg.howPublishedGrey Literatureen
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategies and Governance Unit
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Papua New Guinea Strategy Support Program
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.numberAugust 2024en
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformation
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.impactAreaPoverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs
dc.contributor.authorDiao, Xinshenen
dc.contributor.authorDorosh, Paul A.en
dc.contributor.authorEscalante, Luis Enriqueen
dc.contributor.authorPradesha, Anggaen
dc.contributor.authorThurlow, Jamesen
dc.contributor.authorJunyan, Tianen
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-26T15:16:54Zen
dc.date.available2024-08-26T15:16:54Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/151858
dc.titleThe agrifood system in PNG: Structure and drivers of transformationen
dcterms.abstractAlthough the economy of Papua New Guinea is heavily influenced by the oil and natural gas sector, which accounts for 30 percent of GDP and most of the country’s foreign exchange earnings, small-scale agriculture continues to be the major source of livelihoods for most of the population. Much of the food crop production (particularly starchy staples such as sweet potatoes, cassava, yams and sago) is not traded internationally; however, oil palm, coffee and cocoa are major exports. A large share of agricultural production undergoes little value-added through processing and much of it is consumed by farm households themselves. Thus, there would appear to be substantial scope for increases in employment and incomes through further development of the broader agrifood system, including agroprocessing, trade and transport, and food services. Subsistence farming typically dominates agriculture during the earliest stages of development; as agricultural productivity rises; however, farmers start to supply surplus production to markets, thus creating job opportunities for workers in the nonfarm economy both within and outside of agrifood sectors (Haggblade, Hazell, and Dorosh 2007). Rising rural incomes generate demand for more diverse products, leading to more processing, packaging, transporting, trading, and other nonfarm activities. In the early stages of agricultural transformation, the agriculture sector serves as an engine of rural and national economic growth. Eventually, urbanization, the nonfarm economy, and nonagricultural incomes play more dominant roles in propelling agrifood system development, with urban and rural nonfarm consumers creating most of the demand for agricultural outputs via value chains connecting rural areas to towns and cities (Dorosh and Thurlow 2013). The exact nature of this transformation process varies across countries because of the diverse structure of their economies and the unique growth trajectories of their various agrifood and nonfood subsectors. This paper describes the current and changing structure of PNG’s agrifood system (AFS) and evaluates the potential contribution of different value chains to accelerate agricultural transformation and inclusiveness. We start by offering a simple conceptual framework of the AFS and then compare PNG’s AFS to that of other countries at different stages of development. We go on to disaggregate PNG’s AFS across agricultural value chains, taking into consideration their different market structures and historical contribution to economic growth and transformation. Finally, we use a forward-looking economywide model to assess the diverse contributions that specific value chains can make to each of a set of broad development outcomes. We conclude by summarizing our main findings.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationDiao, Xinshen; Dorosh, Paul A.; Escalante, Luis Enrique; Pradesha, Angga; and Junyan, Tian. 2024. The agrifood system in PNG: Structure and drivers of transformation. IFPRI Working Paper August 2024. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151858en
dcterms.extent23 p.en
dcterms.isPartOfIFPRI Working Paperen
dcterms.issued2024-08-23
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.subjectagrifood systemsen
dcterms.subjectcrop productionen
dcterms.subjecthouseholdsen
dcterms.subjectlivelihoodsen
dcterms.subjectvalue chainsen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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