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Feasting for oil palm

Social analysis10 • Published In 1982 • Pages: 63-78

By: Newton, Janice.

Abstract
In the late twentieth century the Northern Province in Papua New Guinea became the focal point of a multi-million dollar program to produce unrefined cooking oil from palm oil trees. This paper describes the structural and subjective features of the so-called Oil Palm Scheme as it pertains to the villagers of Koropata in the Northern Province. The study '…puts oil palm in the context of a series of failed cash crops and suggests its possible influences on the individualisation of land tenure. The conceptions of Koropatans concerning the proposition for radical change are considered but the central point of the paper is the changing organisation of production within the village economy' (p. 63).
Subjects
Economic planning and development
Arboriculture
Miscellaneous food processing and packing industries
Production and supply
Labor and leisure
Mutual aid
Clans
culture
Orokaiva
HRAF PubDate
2004
Region
Oceania
Sub Region
Melanesia
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle ; 2002
Field Date
1977-1979
Coverage Date
1977-1979
Coverage Place
Koropata 2 Village, Northern Province, Papua New Guinea
Notes
Janice Newton
Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-78)
LCCN
89657469
LCSH
Orokaiva (Papua New Guinea people)