Milne Bay Province: Text summaries, maps, code lists and village identification

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dc.contributor.authorHide, R Len_AU
dc.contributor.authorAllen, B Jen_AU
dc.contributor.authorBetitis, Ten_AU
dc.contributor.authorFritsch, Den_AU
dc.contributor.authorGrau, Ren_AU
dc.contributor.authorKurika, Len_AU
dc.contributor.authorLowes, Een_AU
dc.contributor.authorMitchell, D Ken_AU
dc.contributor.authorRangai, S Sen_AU
dc.contributor.authorSakiasi, Men_AU
dc.contributor.authorSem, Gen_AU
dc.contributor.authorSuma, Ben_AU
dc.contributor.authorBourke, Mikeen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-31T23:34:10Z
dc.date.available2015-05-31T23:34:10Z
dc.date.issued2002en_AU
dc.description.abstractThe major purpose of the Papua New Guinea Agricultural Systems Project is to produce information on small holder (subsistence) agriculture at provincial and national levels (Allen et al 1995). Information was collected by field observation, interviews with villagers and reference to published and unpublished documents. Methods are described by Bourke et al. (1993). This Working Paper contains a written summary of the information on the Agricultural Systems in this Province, maps of the location of agriculture systems, a complete listing of all information in the database in coded form, and lists of villages with National Population Census codes, indexed by agricultural systems. This information is available as a map-linked database (GIS) suitable for use on a personal computer in ESRI and MapInfo formats. An Agricultural System is identified when a set of similar agricultural crops and practices occur within a defined area. Six criteria are used to distinguish one system from another: 1. Fallow type (the vegetation which is cleared from a garden site before cultivation). 2. Fallow period (the length of time a garden site is left unused between cultivations). 3. Cultivation intensity (the number of consecutive crops planted before fallow). 4. The staple, or most important, crops. 5. Garden and crop segregation (the extent to which crops are planted in separate gardens; in separate areas within a garden; or are planted sequentially). 6. Soil fertility maintenance techniques (other than natural regrowth fallows). Where one or more of these factors differs significantly and the differences can be mapped, then a separate system is distinguished. Where variation occurs, but is not able to be mapped at 1:500 000 scale because the areas in which the variation occurs are too small or are widely dispersed within the larger system, a subsystem is identified. Subsystems within an Agricultural System are allocated a separate record in the database, identified by the Agricultural System number and a subsystem number. Sago is a widespread staple food in lowland Papua New Guinea. Sago is produced from palms which are not grown in gardens. Most of the criteria above cannot be applied. In this case, systems are differentiated on the basis of the staple crops only. The Papua New Guinea Resource Information System (PNGRIS) is a GIS which contains information on the natural resources of PNG (Bellamy 1986). PNGRIS contains no information on agricultural practices, other than an assessment of land use intensity based on air photograph interpretation by Saunders (1993. The Agricultural Systems Project is designed to provide detailed information on agricultural practices and cropping patterns as part of an upgraded PNGRIS geographical information system. For this reason the Agricultural Systems database contains almost no information on the environmental settings of the systems, except for altitude and slope. The layout of the text descriptions, the database code files and the village lists are similar to PNGRIS formats (Cuddy 1987). The mapping of Agricultural Systems has been carried out on the same map base and scale as PNGRIS (Tactical Pilotage Charts, 1:500 000). Agricultural Systems were mapped within the areas of agricultural land use established by Saunders (1993) from aerial photography. Except where specifically noted, Agricultural Systems boundaries have been mapped without reference to PNGRIS Resource Mapping Unit (RMU) boundaries. Agricultural Systems are defined at the level of the Province (following PNGRIS) but their wider distribution is recognised in the database by cross-referencing systems which cross provincial borders. A preliminary view of the relationships between PNGRIS RMUs and the Agricultural Systems in this Province can be obtained from the listing of villages by Agricultural System, where RMU numbers are appended. Allen, B. J., R. M. Bourke and R. L. Hide 1995. The sustainability of Papua New Guinea agricultural systems: the conceptual background. Global Environmental Change 5(4): 297-312. Bourke, R. M., R. L. Hide, B. J. Allen, R. Grau, G. S. Humphreys and H. C. Brookfield 1993. Mapping agricultural systems in Papua New Guinea. Population Family Health and Development. T. Taufa and C. Bass. University of Papua New Guinea Press, Port Moresby: 205-224. Bellamy, J. A. and J. R. McAlpine 1995. Papua New Guinea Inventory of Natural Resources, Population Distribution and Land Use Handbook. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation for the Australian Agency for International Development. PNGRIS Publication No. 6, Canberra. Cuddy, S. M. 1987. Papua New Guinea Inventory of Natural Resources, Population Distribution and Land Use: Code Files Part 1 Natural Resources. Division of Water and Land Resources, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation and Land Utilization Section, Department of Primary Industry, Papua New Guinea, Canberra.en_AU
dc.format.extent198 pagesen_AU
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dc.identifier.citationHide, R.L., Bourke, R.M., Allen, B.J., Betitis, T., Fritsch, D., Grau, R., Kurika, L., Lowes, E., Mitchell, D.K., Rangai, S.S., Sakiasi, M., Sem, G. and Suma,B. (2002). Milne Bay Province: Text Summaries, Maps, Code Lists and Village Identification. Agricultural Systems of Papua New Guinea Working Paper No. 6. Land Management Group, Department of Human Geography, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra. Revised edition.en_AU
dc.identifier.isbn0-957938-16-0en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/13649
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherLand Management Group, Department of Human Geography, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National Universityen_AU
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorking Paper (Agricultural Systems of Papua New Guinea); no. 6en_AU
dc.rightsAuthor/s retain copyrighten_AU
dc.subjectsubsistence agricultureen_AU
dc.subjectshifting cultivationen_AU
dc.subjectfallowen_AU
dc.subjectfood supplyen_AU
dc.subjectrural income sourcesen_AU
dc.subjectdietary recallen_AU
dc.subjectliterature reviewen_AU
dc.subjectrapid surveyen_AU
dc.subjectagricultural systemsen_AU
dc.subjectagricultural geographyen_AU
dc.subjectagricultural mappingen_AU
dc.subjectPapua New Guineaen_AU
dc.subjectMilne Bay Provinceen_AU
dc.titleMilne Bay Province: Text summaries, maps, code lists and village identificationen_AU
dc.typeWorking/Technical Paperen_AU
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage198en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationAllen, B J, Department of Human Geography, The Australian National Universityen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailrepository.admin@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidu8200329en_AU
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu5437951en_AU
local.type.statusPublished versionen_AU

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