tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28244882.post6354392895806141208..comments2024-03-05T17:54:53.307+10:00Comments on Malum Nalu: Understanding consumer preference of fresh produce in Papua New GuineaMalum Naluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17513608976714683688noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28244882.post-11413288475118295802009-01-29T13:53:00.000+10:002009-01-29T13:53:00.000+10:00Sam.We have the potential to produce organic carro...Sam.<BR/><BR/>We have the potential to produce organic carrots and even export to Australia and NZ. But you take a visit to supermarkets in POM and you will see that we still import Australia and NZ carrots. We also import cabbages, tomatoe and brocollie.... Bro, up in my Tambul village, we grow all this vegetables in mass. Sadly, we dont have the market. Even the roads are terrible to transport to Hagen market. But in Hagen today, the third largest city now becoming a cowboy town. Bags are snatched, mothers from my place like Tambul are targeted.<BR/><BR/>Sir Chief Somare is talking about seasonal workers and pushing for that. I am thinking why not we take advantage of Australia's aging and labor shortage and produce mass in PNG and export to them. Even when they face drought, we control Fly Rive by piping it to them, instead of oil and gas. This will give us the leverage, so we dont bow down on boomerang aid.<BR/><BR/>Somare is not growing wise but so stupid that we are slowly compromising our sovereignity. I think its time we must learn from what our Melanesian Bainimara is joking with Australia and NZ.<BR/><BR/>Mathew Yakai<BR/>NZAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com