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
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Minwoho village chief Ngontsimi Onana with a popular forest product, Okok
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Villager Rodrigue Ngotimi with okok seedling ready for planting.
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Pauline Ugwono plants okok seedling
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Women harvest mature okok leaves
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Women harvest mature okok leaves
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Women harvest mature okok leaves
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Rita Mendouga carries okok and bananas back from the forest
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Women and children bring okok leaves to market
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Women and children bring okok leaves to market
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Women and children bring okok leaves to market
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Okok leaves for sale
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Woman prepares okok for cooking
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Okok is cooked with palm oil and peanuts
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Beatrice Ananga cooks a popular okok dish
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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