This paper is a copy of Volume I, Five Year Strategy Development plan for the Coffee Industry of PNG, the Final Report June 1989, prepared by McGowan INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD and submitted to the Department of Agriculture and Livestock. It covers headings on a global imbalance between demand and supply, essential elements of domestic strategy, quota allocation, stabilisation fund, industry institutional reform, export tax and import duty on farm equipment and approach to international negotiations. Furthermore, it covers headings on factors influencing quality production, development plan components, the implementation, description, phasing and costs of industry proposals, the financial and economic analysis, and monitoring and evaluation. It contains figures, tables, and appendices of tables. Furthermore, it covers headings on factors influencing quality production, development plan components, the implementation, description, phasing and costs of industry proposals, the financial and economic analysis, and monitoring and evaluation. It also contains figures, tables, and appendices of tables.

This document is a Draft report and Volume 2 of the Five Year Strategy Development Plan for the Coffee Industry, January 1989, prepared by McGOWAN INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD and submitted to the Department of Agriculture and Livestock. It discusses the coffee background and production scenarios, processes of Arabica and Robusta coffee, costs of production, finance and credit and coffee research. It covers discussion on the coffee leaf rust problem, covering research, control and development, coffee extension and technical recommendations. This report contains maps, definitions, data sources, tables and other figures.

This paper is a response to the Prime Minister’s request to supplement earlier report and discusses some background information on the coffee international market. It contains some data figures on coffee exporters and prices.

This paper is a DRAFT implementation document on the Coffee Rehabilitation and Rust Control Project and it is divided into two chapters. Chapter 1 discusses the assessment of current circumstances and Chapter 2 discusses recommended adjustments to activity design and justification for change. It also contains useful figures on data provided.

This paper incorporates general reports, evaluation reports, and advisory circulars on the PNG coffee Industry.

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 is on the smallholder coffee system production costs, grower returns and economic sustainability and it is concerned with costs of production in the smallholder coffee sector and the associated economic returns to its labour. It contains (1) smallholder production levels and associated yields, (2) labour inputs and appropriate economic evaluation (3) Smallholder production costs, (4) prices and marketing patterns (5) grower returns, (6) Coffee production and labour inputs and (7) policy recommendations for sustainability.

Economist Kessy Kufinale writes this discussion paper on the case of Catimor in Papua New Guinea. This paper evaluates Catimor, a larger research project in PNG, to provide a justification for its introduction in PNG and to provide economic values and establishment in this field.

This paper describes plantation cost of production survey in 1995. It discusses the survey, its methodology, characteristics of respondent plantations and factories and discusses the results. It also refers to relevant issues of labour costs, profitability, competitiveness and yields.

This coffee report of January 1989 continues to report data on coffee market developments, global trends and quotas, exports and production, bounty rates and prices. It includes graphs on average export prices for both Arabica and Robusta coffee.