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)      

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