Gender equitable agricultural extension through institutions and youth engagement in Papua New Guinea
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This project is a joint collaboration between the University of Canberra, Australia, the Pacific Adventist University, PNG, and East New Britain Women and Youth in Agriculture Cooperative Societies Association (WiYA), PNG. The project is funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR).

Overview

To help build sustainable local farm food systems, this gender-based project is designed to strengthen the engagement of Papua New Guinea (PNG) youth and women farmers in their family farm, particularly in relation to developing equitable workloads and engagement in decision-making. The project is specifically designed to explore challenges and successes in building gender-equitable approaches within PNG religious institutions (churches), and to further understand the future agricultural aspirations of PNG youth.

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The project has two objectives

 

  • Objective 1: To explore and develop the capacity of PNG churches to work in a gender-inclusive way to engage rural agricultural communities in smallholder farm development

 

  • Objective 2: To explore and develop pathways for increasing PNG youth involvement in family farm teams and sustainable farming futures

 

Project Trial Areas

Where we work

 

Continuous red circle - Obj 1 current trail area

Continuous blue circle - Obj 2 current trail area

Dotted red circle - Obj 1 next trail area

Dotted blue circle - Obj 2 next trail area

Collaborating projects
Solomon Islands
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Strengthening agricultural resilience in Western Province: Mapping place-based strengths and assets

This project aims to map (conceptually and geographically) the place-based strengths and assets of Western Province, thus producing a knowledge base to inform agricultural resilience-building strategies.

Strengthening agricultural resilience in Western Province: Mapping place-based strengths and assets
Strengthening agricultural resilience in Western Province: Developing methods for strengths-based livelihoods approach

This project aims to identify locally appropriate livelihood development practices for the agricultural development sector working across the diverse regions of Western Province in PNG (SFRP, church-based groups, rangers, NGOs, local government officers and others).