TY - CHAP
T1 - Community Livelihood Improvement in the Papua New Guinea LNG Project
AU - Pamphilon, Barbara
AU - Bourke, Mike
AU - Tombenna, Shirley
AU - Hughes, Owen
AU - Kanua, Matthew’wela
AU - Siune, Agnes
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 by Emerald Publishing Limited.
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - The Papua New Guinea (PNG) LNG project had a direct impact on many rural villagers in the project area. A Livelihood Restoration (LR) program, and later a Community Livelihood Improvement Program (CLIP), was established to assist displaced villagers with food supply and entry into the cash economy. Here we use a case study of the food processing component to focus on gender and social issues addressed through the action research process. Over the period from 2015 to 2017, over 9000 women and men had received some training during the CLIP program, of whom 77 per cent were women. In the food processing component, women and men were trained to produce a variety of dishes. Training was also conducted in preparation of tasty and nutritious meals for the households, basic human nutrition and hygiene. Using the action research process, we modified the program as the situation changed and as we learnt from the successes and failures in the program. Overall, the LR and CLIP programs were very successful. Several positive social outcomes occurred, including improved financial independence of many women, raised status of women in their community and a reduction in domestic violence. Contributions to the program’s success include a gender-balanced team of agricultural, food processing and community engagement specialists; the team learnt from mistakes and modified the program using the action research process; the program was well funded by the PNG LNG Project; and success in the early stages of the program led to ongoing funding once the construction phase ended.
AB - The Papua New Guinea (PNG) LNG project had a direct impact on many rural villagers in the project area. A Livelihood Restoration (LR) program, and later a Community Livelihood Improvement Program (CLIP), was established to assist displaced villagers with food supply and entry into the cash economy. Here we use a case study of the food processing component to focus on gender and social issues addressed through the action research process. Over the period from 2015 to 2017, over 9000 women and men had received some training during the CLIP program, of whom 77 per cent were women. In the food processing component, women and men were trained to produce a variety of dishes. Training was also conducted in preparation of tasty and nutritious meals for the households, basic human nutrition and hygiene. Using the action research process, we modified the program as the situation changed and as we learnt from the successes and failures in the program. Overall, the LR and CLIP programs were very successful. Several positive social outcomes occurred, including improved financial independence of many women, raised status of women in their community and a reduction in domestic violence. Contributions to the program’s success include a gender-balanced team of agricultural, food processing and community engagement specialists; the team learnt from mistakes and modified the program using the action research process; the program was well funded by the PNG LNG Project; and success in the early stages of the program led to ongoing funding once the construction phase ended.
KW - farner learning
KW - women and learning
KW - Papua New Guinea
KW - Agricultural development
KW - Action research
KW - Food processing
KW - Gender
KW - Livelihoods
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/d4d90a2f-87bf-3ec2-9d1c-2f365a999db5/
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85131476889&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1108/978-1-78973-055-520191011
DO - 10.1108/978-1-78973-055-520191011
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781789730562
T3 - Integrating Gender in Agricultural Development
SP - 121
EP - 133
BT - Integrating Gender in Agricultural Development
A2 - Singh-Peterson, Lilla
A2 - Carnegie, Michelle
PB - Emerald
CY - United States
ER -