@article{Chang:234410,
      recid = {234410},
      author = {Chang, Hui-Shung (Christie)},
      title = {Future Prospects for Sweetpotato Processing in Papua New  Guinea},
      address = {2014},
      number = {398-2016-24418},
      series = {Paper},
      pages = {17},
      year = {2014},
      abstract = {Food processing using local materials has the potential to  create employment and income-generating opportunities for  smallholder farmers and rural communities. In Papua New  Guinea (PNG), the food manufacturing sector is small, and  is dominated by a small number of foreign companies using  primarily imported ingredients. To address these issues,  the “Development of a food processing and preservation  industry” was identified by the PNG government as one of  the priority programs for agricultural development in the  National Agricultural Development Plan. The objective of  this study was to assess the challenges and opportunities  for developing a locally owned food processing sector in  PNG using sweetpotato as a test case. The research involved  an extensive literature review of sweetpotato processing  research and development activities in PNG, as well as in  China and Africa where such research and development  activities have been the most extensive. Results showed  that, given the current environment, promoting sweetpotato  processing into commercially viable enterprises will be  challenging. However, if the PNG government is determined  to develop a food processing industry, sweetpotato  processing can be used as a pilot both to build research  and development capacity for food processing and to  investigate whether and how an efficient food processing  industry can be developed.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/234410},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.234410},
}