How can the growth of infant floriculture industry in Papua New Guinea be enhanced?

Floriculture and floristry are relatively new and promising areas of business in Papua New Guinea.
The flower growers need to be assisted to confidently take this new path, but one must first know the aspects of production and the supply chain and find where assistance will be most beneficial.
Overall, one major need was training to build production and marketing skills of growers and florists who also grow flowers.
A 5-7 day survey was completed annually each May from 2010-2013. The main purpose of the survey was to understand the challenges and constraints faced by flower growers so that appropriate assistance by relevant agencies could be designed and delivered.
The most important constraints were lack of skills and knowledge in various aspects of flower production both in cut and potted plants, harvesting, pest and disease management, and flower arranging.
In relation to marketing, the major issue was the absence of a flower market, a place to buy and sell flowers.
Furthermore, a need for financial services to provide appropriate loan and transaction services in an easy and accessible form by smallholder floriculture farmers was identified.

XXIX International Horticultural Congress on Horticulture: Sustaining Lives, Livelihoods and Landscapes (IHC2014): International Symposium on Ornamental Horticulture in the Global Greenhouse

C. Gwabu, D. Benny, S. Wei

florists, flower growers, constraints

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2015.1104.61