Seeds of discontent: Oil palm and the changing production strategies among smallholders in Papua New Guinea

Environment, Development and Change in Rural Asia-Pacific: Between Local and Global

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 108-126

  Curry, George N ^a   Koczberski, Gina ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 34547431943     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203967843     Document Type: Chapter

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