Okari Nuts: Saving Forests on PNG’s Managalas Plateau
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Shahla Hosseini-Bai (right) with a community member from the Kokoda region following an okari nut processing workshop in june 2023. the workshop explored approaches to adding value to native forest products. Photo by Cinthia Pietromonaco.
“We developed it as a high-end product,” Hosseini-Bai said. “It’s not a peanut, and we didn’t want to compete with local women selling it fresh in the market and disadvantage them. So the prices are similar to high-end nuts such as almonds and macadamia, and it goes to formal markets like the duty-free section or City Pharmacy Limited.”
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