Table 3. Family farming productions and their destinations: sale, personal consumption, or exchange for: (1) the last national study on Melanesian family farming in New Caledonia concerning Lifou Island (IAC, 2010), and (2) for the present study in 2019.
Concerning production, tubers (taro, yam, cassava, etc.), fruits and vegetables (avocado, star fruit, lemon, salad, etc.), and total crop production are presented. The same descriptive data can be found for hunting and fishing. Garden soil was analyzed by its surface.
| Details of the category | Production on customary
land and destination in 2010 (IAC, 2014) |
Production on customary
land and destination on Lifou for the study (2019) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Family | Family members (n) | 4.09 ± 2.65 | 5.43 ± 1.08 |
| Active members (15 to 65
years old) |
3.18 ± 1.13 | ||
| School
level |
No diploma (n) | 1 | |
| Primary school diploma (n) | 2 | ||
| Secondary school diploma (n) | 25 | ||
| Degrees or higher diploma (n) | 12 | ||
| Plant
production |
Total (kg/yr) | 3903±4693 | 3181.28 ± 2007.46 |
| Sold (kg/yr) | 343±967 | 163.64 ± 444.39 | |
| Exchange (kg/yr) | 852±1522 | 336.36 ± 284.66 | |
| Consumed (kg/yr) | 971±1085 | 1697.48 ± 895.84 | |
| Animal
production |
Total (kg/yr) | 127±752 | 135.05 ± 175.55 |
| Sold (kg/yr) | 97±649 | 14.7 ± 65.59 | |
| Exchange (kg/yr) | 121±219 | 98.7 ± 121.63 | |
| Consumed (kg/yr) | 59±116 | 21.65 ± 72.94 | |
| Hunting | Total (kg/yr) | 318±495 | 139.93 ± 296.05 |
| Sold (kg/yr) | 8±63 | 1.25 ± 7.91 | |
| Exchange (kg/yr) | 137±285 | 24.4 ± 71.36 | |
| Consumed (kg/yr) | 172±267 | 114.28 ± 274.98 | |
| Fishing | Total (kg/yr) | 670±1115 | 631.63 ± 1099.97 |
| Sold (kg/yr) | 168±572 | 8.38 ± 28.16 | |
| Exchange (kg/yr) | 120±335 | 41.46 ± 154.49 | |
| Consumed (kg/yr) | 379±575 | 581.79 ± 1055.33 | |
| Off-farm
gains |
Gains (M XPF) | 5473.56±5412.93 | 4441.65 ± 3143.08 |