This discussion paper attempts to quantify smallholder responses to changes in prices using historical time-series data and assesses the value of the economic, social and cultural factors that influence price movements showing that there is a relation between prices and supply. The study also includes qualitative approach. This paper then offers policy implications as well as future areas for policy research on coffee sector.

This paper is presented for the a workshop organised by National Centre for Development Studies at the Australian National University in Brisbane 5-8 February 1991. It provides some background information on the size marketing margins at the processing and export stage for the last five years and presents a simple analysis o the prices series.

This paper is on the results of the Group Assessment survey that was carried out with the coffee plantation managers from the Eastern Highlands Province. The finding shows that with the increasing production costs, Papua New Guinea plantations could hardly cover their operating costs. It includes graphs of their monthly export costs and other operational costs.

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

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

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

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

This item includes three sets of leaflet papers that provide general information on the PNG Coffee Industry. One is a second edition of the ‘Papua New Guinea Coffee Exporters Directory’, which includes lists of exporters and export countries or locations. Another paper, ‘Coffee in Papua New Guinea’ gives a brief overview of general information on the PNG Coffee Industry. The third leaflet ‘Green Gold’ gives a general historical view of the coffee industry.

This paper is a review of minimum wages in the coffee industry. It provides an overview of the coffee industry while considering various implications of the introduction of minimum wage. It considers macro-economic factors and plantation costs, and it discusses smallholders and rural minimum wage setting.

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.