Nutrient concentrations of crops and chemical characteristics of soils from selected food gardens in Bena, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea

This dataset contains results of chemical analysis of soil and plant tissue samples, and elemental concentrations of fertilisers.

The full methodology is available in the author's thesis from the Related Publications link below.

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    Data record related to this publication Nutrient concentrations of crops and chemical characteristics of soils from selected food gardens in Bena, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
    Data Publication title Nutrient concentrations of crops and chemical characteristics of soils from selected food gardens in Bena, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
  • Description

    This dataset contains results of chemical analysis of soil and plant tissue samples, and elemental concentrations of fertilisers.

    The full methodology is available in the author's thesis from the Related Publications link below.

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    • Descriptor

      This dataset is available as a spreadsheet in MS Excel (.xlsx) and Open Document formats (.ods)

    • Descriptor type Note
  • Data type dataset
  • Keywords
    • agriculture
    • Papua New Guinea
    • Highlands
    • nutrient cycling
    • soil fertility
    • nutrient management
    • sustainability
  • Funding source
    • Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research: ASEM/2008/036: ?Improving Livelihoods of Smallholder Families through Increased Productivity of Coffee-based Farming Systems in the Highlands of PNG?
    • John Allwright Fellowship
  • Research grant(s)/Scheme name(s)
  • Research themes
    Tropical Ecosystems, Conservation and Climate Change
    Industries and Economies in the Tropics
    People and Societies in the Tropics
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    Temporal (time) coverage
  • Start Date 2015/08/18
  • End Date 2016/06/09
  • Time Period Sampled in 2015-2016
    Spatial (location) coverage
  • Locations
    • Bena, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
    Data Locations

    Type Location Notes
    Attachment Raw_Data_EKiup_Masters_Thesis.ods Open Document (.ods) format
    Attachment Raw_Data_EKiup_Masters_Thesis.xlsx MS Excel (.xlsx) format
    The Data Manager is: Emma Kiup
    College or Centre
    Access conditions Open: free access under license
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  • Data record size 7343 values
  • Related publications
      Name Kiup, Emma (2017) Maximizing nutrient utilisation and soil fertility in smallholder coffee and food garden systems in Papua New Guinea by managing nutrient stocks and movement. Masters (Research) thesis, James Cook University.
    • URL https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/51229/
    • Notes Open Access
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    Citation Kiup, Emma (2017): Nutrient concentrations of crops and chemical characteristics of soils from selected food gardens in Bena, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea . James Cook University. https://doi.org/10.4225/28/59114b901bb70