Indigenous Drought Coping Strategies and Risk Management against El Nino in Papua New Guinea

Sergie K. Bang and Kud Sitango

No 32687, Working Papers from United Nations Centre for Alleviation of Poverty Through Secondary Crops' Development in Asia and the Pacific (CAPSA)

Abstract: In this phase, a study was conducted on the institutional preparedness to cope with future el nino-induced risks on agriculture. Although people suffered shortages of food and water, each community had various coping strategies. This paper documents the indigenous coping strategies used by people in six worst affected districts in the highlands and lowlands of PNG.

Keywords: Environmental; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 47
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.32687

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