Prospects for Spice Industry in Papua New Guinea.

Abstract

Since the 1980s the Government had stressed the view point of Crop Diversification from traditional crops like coffee, cocoa, copra, etc. In this respect the Government, through the Department of Agriculture and Livestock, based on a Medium Term Development Programme (MTDP, 1987-1991) initiated a Public Investment Programme that was known as the Alternative Crop
Expansion and Diversification Programme (ACEDP). The Programme was known to have been successful given the various constraints until its abolition and transfer to the provinces in 1995 With growing