In rural communities of Papua New Guinea changes can be brought if the community leaders and the councilor have a plan to work. This plan is the guide for the change of the community. Gerup community has drawn up this plan. One such on the plan is the economic development plan. In the rural setting like Gerup are the garden produce, coffee production, and the merchandising of both formal and informal. The villagers’ production from their farm plots gives them the base. The surplus is marketed for cash. Other villagers try to plan specifically for market. There are some crops like the cabbages, English potato and some green vegetables.
Seasonally, coffee helps a lot for the cash flow in the Gerup community. When it is the coffee season there will be a lot of cash. This is the time so much merchandize is traded. Merchandizes like clothes, both new and second-hand, rice, tinned fish, soap, sugar, cooking oil, kerosene, etc are traded. The informal sector also flourishes during the period of coffee season.
Much big expenditure such as school fees, bride price and opening of new buildings such as accommodation, church, stores etc observe the opening ceremonies. Even the formal sector like established trade stores and second-hand shops gain too.
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