Domestication potential and marketing of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Canarium indicum</Emphasis> nuts in the Pacific: 1. A literature review |
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Authors: | Tio Nevenimo John Moxon John Wemin Mark Johnston Colin Bunt R R B Leakey |
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Institution: | (1) Lowlands Agricultural Experiment Station, National Agricultural Research Institute, PO Box 204, Kokopo, Keravat, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea;(2) Macro Agribusiness Consultants Pty Ltd., PO Box 55N, Cairns North, QLD, 4870, Australia;(3) Agroforestry and Novel Crops Unit, School of Tropical Biology, James Cook University, PO Box 6811, Cairns, QLD, 4870, Australia |
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Abstract: | Canarium indicum is an indigenous tree of the lowland forests of Melanesia (Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu) and parts of Indonesia
producing edible nuts, commercial timber and some minor products. For thousands of years the nuts have been culturally important
and a traditional food. Since the early 1990s there have been a number of projects aimed at the wider commercialization of
the species, with mixed success. This review evaluates the biophysical and socio-economic literature and suggests how the
domestication and commercialization processes could be taken forwards to improve the livelihoods of rural households in Melanesia.
Many of the issues facing the domestication and commercialization of C. indicum nuts as an Agroforestry Tree Product (AFTP) are similar to those that will be important for the development of other AFTPs.
Thus there are lessons that can be learnt from this species which make it a model for other agroforestry tree species. |
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Keywords: | Burseraceae Non-timber forest products Agroforestry tree products Post-harvest processing and value-adding Commercialization and marketing Rural livelihoods |
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