This paper by Duncan Overfield is a reprint of a chapter in Agricultural Development Strategies for Melanesia: Tough Choices edited by Fleming, E.M. and Hardaker, J.B to be published by ANU Press, Canberra, Australia. It discusses household objectives and constraints over the development of smallholder coffee farming systems in Papua New Guinea. It covers household objectives on producing enough to eat, cash income generation, risk management, complimentary roles, internal and external constraints as well policy implications for the 21st Century.

This paper discusses proposal for economic evaluation of scientific research in the coffee sector. Included in the study are (1) priority setting methods and their critical factors (2) further considerations in the economic evaluation of scientific research (3) the proposed evaluation systems and its application and (4) its establishment of priorities. Overall, the paper reviews the appropriate methods at the research level to help identify the most effective method.

This paper is on coffee and smallholder households in Benabena District, Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea with its economic issues and interim results. It discusses (1) smallholder coffee production: household statistics, (2) Coffee as part of rural livelihood systems, (3) Determinants of household coffee production and income levels, and (4) Policy implications.

This paper discusses the study of smallholder research and monitoring, and it is designed to collect reliable data on factors that affect and influence coffee production and to disentangle the individual factors and quantify their impact. This paper contains material on methodological considerations, data analysis and preliminary monitoring results of this study. It can be useful in areas related to rural development in Papua New Guinea.The study lasted until the end of 1993.

Micro economist Duncan Overfield and Economist Kessy Kufinale wrote this paper as an economic assessment of coffee research and research priorities. It includes discussion on economic context of research, economic value of coffee research and research priorities. This paper also presents proposals for future monitoring and evaluation.

This quarterly report provide a summary update of the coffee industry through the Industry Affairs Division and contains important data and statistic on coffee development market prices, world coffee supply and exports, world production and stocks, domestic trend and developments, provincial production, exports and prices, coffee industry fund, market share and performance by exporters.

This coffee report provides an updated summary report of the PNG coffee industry and ICO news. This report contains data on market price developments, world and domestic coffee supply and exports, domestic trends and developments, provincial production, market share and performance of the exporters, and the coffee industry fund and bounty and coffee prices.

This paper reports on the challenge of the coffee market and industry such and on the new management team for the corporation. It discusses review and renewal of licenses for the different coffee exporters and gives a general update on the coffee industry and ICO news. This paper further report on market price developments, word and domestic production and exports, provincial production, exports by destinations, grades, and prices. There are useful graphs and tables for the data provided above.

This paper is a report on the PNG Coffee Industry and ICO news. This report contains data on market developments, domestic and world production trends and forecasts, provincial production, exports by destination and grades, export and domestic prices, market share and performance by exporter, coffee industry fund and bounty and brief report on smallholder study.

This report gives a summary update of the PNG Coffee Industry and ICO news. It contains data on market developments, domestic and world production trends and forecasts, provincial production, exports by destination and grades, export and domestic prices, market share and performance by exporter and retail coffee margins. Included in this report are graphs and tables to support data.