Overview
This project aims to identify locally appropriate livelihood development practices for the agricultural development sector working across the diverse regions of Western Province in Papua New Guinea (SFRP, church-based groups, rangers, NGOs, local government officers and others).
The study aims to identify suitable tools and methods for participatory livelihood development activities that are tailored to the different geographic, ecological and social contexts across Western Province (including economic and livelihood contexts identified in the complementary work in FIS/2021/122). The study will consist of a broad review of the social, cultural, environmental and economic characteristics of diverse groups across the Western Province so that suitable development approaches can be recommended. In this way future interventions can be better co-designed with women, men and youth living in rural communities, and create better alignment between formalised market systems and traditional social systems and associated livelihood strategies.
The project will support the aid sector to better tailor development programs with appropriate place-based, strength-based, gender sensitive approaches. The tools and methods identified in the study are important resources (‘tools of the trade’) to support practitioners improve their practice.
The research consists of one integrated project broken down into two small research projects (FIS/2021/122 and FIS/2021/113).