Influence of soil moisture extremes on sweet potato yield in the PapuaNewGuinea Highlands in Frost and drought in the Highlands of PapuaNewGuinea.
An experimental study that suggests that sweet potatoes undergo a major reduction in yield when an extended wet period is followed by a mild drought. Implications for understanding food suply in Highland NewGuinea. - (DWG)
Morphotectonics of PapuaNewGuinea in The geomorphology of plate boundaries and active continental margins.
Tectonic features have generally been explained by plate tectonics, with collision and subduction, but newer hypotheses are now available, including exotic terranes. Here the AA. discuss some of the tectonic and morphotectonic features of PapuaNew
Migration from Yumbisa 1972-1975 in Frost and drought in the Highlands of PapuaNewGuinea.
Crop loss from the 1972 frost forced migration from the high Enga country of PapuaNewGuinea. Dispersion of gardens over a range of sites was a key factor in their adjustment. (DWG)
The A. divides the literature on rural differentiation in PapuaNewGuinea into three major approaches : the mainstream social science approach, the dependency approach and the materialist approach. These three categories appear to represent
In PapuaNewGuinea, colonial control of urban populations has been replicated in contemporary times, often in more draconian form. Eviction of urban settlers have been tied to issues of crime and urban respectability, and lingering perceptions
The future : questions for policy and research in Frost and drought in the Highlands of PapuaNewGuinea.
Summary of what has been learned about frost in NewGuinea that can be applied to administer policy and comments on the same natural hazard in tropical highlands elsewhere in the world. - (DWG)