Australian Researchers to Unravel Nut Industry

Griffith University researchers are helping Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) emerging Galip nut industry to give marginalised women an income and encourage planting trees.

Professor Helen Wallace from the Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security is leading a diverse team of science, agribusiness and social research experts from both Australia and PNG, including partners from the University and the National Agricultural Research Institute, to expand private sector investment in the Canarium Indicum or Galip nut.

A formal market has been established in Port Moresby selling packaged natural, roasted and peeled products into supermarkets and duty-free stores, and private investors are cautiously but optimistically approaching the industry.