from leaves to livelihoods: villagers of minwoho, cameroon harvesting okok
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From leaves to livelihoods
Villagers of Minwoho, Cameroon harves4ng Okok
Photographs by Ollivier Girard
Minwoho village chief Ngontsimi Onana with a popular forest product, Okok
Villager Rodrigue Ngotimi with okok seedling ready for planting.
Pauline Ugwono plants okok seedling
Women harvest mature okok leaves
Women harvest mature okok leaves
Women harvest mature okok leaves
Rita Mendouga carries okok and bananas back from the forest
Women and children bring okok leaves to market
Women and children bring okok leaves to market
Women and children bring okok leaves to market
Okok leaves for sale
Woman prepares okok for cooking
Okok is cooked with palm oil and peanuts
Beatrice Ananga cooks a popular okok dish
To read CIFOR’s research on Okok (Gnetum spp.) click on the below links: • Regulatory policies and Gnetum spp. in Cameroon • Eru Leaves reduce poverty and restore damaged forest • Empowering women’s capacity for improved livelihoods in
non-‐4mber forest product trade in Cameroon • Fact Sheet: Gnetum spp (Okok or Eru)
For more stories from the Congo Basin visit:
www.blog.cifor.org/congo