The economic and nutritional importance of household food production in Papua New Guinea

Type Conference Paper - Food Security for Papua New Guinea ’eds. Bourke, RM, Allen, MG and Salisbury, JG ACIAR Proceeding
Title The economic and nutritional importance of household food production in Papua New Guinea
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Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2001
URL https://www.researchgate.net/publication/252832630_The_Economic_and_Nutritional_Importance_of_Househ​old_Food_Production_in_Papua_New_Guinea
Abstract
Nationally representative household consumption data from 1996 are used to form estimates of the aggregate value and per capita quantity of production for 19 major foods and of the consumption of 36 major foods. The consumption estimates are disaggregated into rural and urban sectors and are also reported in terms of the share that each food has in aggregate calorie availability. Some of the major results are that the total quantity of sweet potato production is three times higher than for the next highest food, while its consumption value is approximately twice as high as for any other food item. The aggregate value of household food production was approximately K1.3 billion in 1996, which appears to be considerably larger than the estimate made by the National Accounts. In total, locally produced foods appear to provide 80 percent of available calories.

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