TY - JOUR
T1 - Coping with Drought in Rural Papua New Guinea
T2 - A Western Highlands Case Study
AU - Gwatirisa, Pauline Rutendo
AU - Pamphilon, Barbara
AU - Mikhailovich, Katja
PY - 2017/9/3
Y1 - 2017/9/3
N2 - The short- and long-term effects of climate change on Papua New Guinea’s agricultural sector have generated significant debate in recent times. Current literature demonstrates that different population groups have differing levels of vulnerability and resilience to the flow-on effects of climate change, particularly drought. Yet different schools of thought on the country’s food security and effects on livelihoods persist. This article draws on evidence from research conducted in the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea as part of a bigger economic empowerment project to illustrate the vulnerabilities of one community of rural semisubsistence farmers to drought-induced food insecurity. It examines responses to drought, identifies modes of resilience, and discusses the implications for future actions.
AB - The short- and long-term effects of climate change on Papua New Guinea’s agricultural sector have generated significant debate in recent times. Current literature demonstrates that different population groups have differing levels of vulnerability and resilience to the flow-on effects of climate change, particularly drought. Yet different schools of thought on the country’s food security and effects on livelihoods persist. This article draws on evidence from research conducted in the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea as part of a bigger economic empowerment project to illustrate the vulnerabilities of one community of rural semisubsistence farmers to drought-induced food insecurity. It examines responses to drought, identifies modes of resilience, and discusses the implications for future actions.
KW - Agricultural livelihoods
KW - drought
KW - food security
KW - Papua New Guinea
KW - rural farmers
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85027143195&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/coping-drought-rural-papua-new-guinea-western-highlands-case-study
U2 - 10.1080/03670244.2017.1352504
DO - 10.1080/03670244.2017.1352504
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85027143195
SN - 0367-0244
VL - 56
SP - 393
EP - 410
JO - Ecology of Food and Nutrition
JF - Ecology of Food and Nutrition
IS - 5
ER -