Social Systems

Assessing and extending schemes to enhance the profitability of the PNG coffee industry via price premiums for quality

Field
Project code
ASEM/2004/042
Program
Social Systems
Budget
AUD 391,571
Project leader
Peter Batt
Commissioned organisation
Curtin University
Duration:
APR 2005
SEP 2008
Project status
Concluded
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Overview

This project aimed to improve economic returns to PNG smallholder coffee producers and the industry through delivering a more consistent and higher quality product.

Coffee is the second most important agricultural export crop in PNG. The smallholder sector generally produces fair average quality coffee (Y grade), which is consistently discounted against the New York “C” price. The main complaint from buyers is the inconsistency in quality from season-to-season and from shipment-to-shipment.

Project outcomes

  • Described innovative collaborative collection, pricing and processing schemes seeking to achieve superior quality coffee.
  • Expanded understanding of the factors influencing the adoption and on-going success of those innovative schemes and strategies for the successful expansion of these schemes.
  • Promoted and facilitated the extension and replication of successful schemes within the PNG coffee industry.

 

Coffee
Smallholders
Map
Map of Papua New Guinea
Key partners
Curtin University of Technology
PNG Coffee Industry Corporation
Documents
Final report cover image
Final report ASEM/2004/042