Monograph

Smallholder coffee production training package - Extension Officer Training Guide

Date released

01 November 2023

ISBN

978-1-922983-13-8

Publication Code

MN220

Authors

George Curry, Geraldine Tilden and Leo Aroga

Overview

The Smallholder Coffee Production in Papua New Guinea training package contains information, instructions and resources for extension officers to train smallholder farmer groups in the production, processing and marketing of coffee. The package is also designed to train junior extension officers, who will extend the reach of the farmer training program.

The training package draws on several years of research supported by ACIAR, in partnership with agencies and organisations in Papua New Guinea. The package will ensure that the knowledge gained from research projects and the experience of farmers participating in the projects is collated and accessible for extension personnel throughout the industry. It will support industry-wide efforts to optimise coffee production.

The first component of the training package is the Extension Officer Training Guide. It introduces the themes and structure of the training package and provides background information about smallholder coffee production. The units and modules of the Extension Officer Training Guide are available on this page.

The second component of the training package is the Farmer Training Guide. It is made up of 4 units covering the technical aspects of coffee production and is designed to support extension officers to conduct training for smallholder farmers.

Introduction

An introduction to the training package can be downloaded from this page. It describes the research that led to the development of the package and outlines the contents of the package.