vision
Producing oyster mushrooms locally in New Caledonia, in repurposed refrigerated containers — fresh protein where almost everything is imported.
In New Caledonia almost everything is imported; producing fresh locally has real value, if the economics work. Growing oyster mushrooms in repurposed refrigerated containers: frugal infrastructure and feasible manufacturing, but a local market too narrow and exports uncompetitive against Asian producers.
at a glance
maturity · stopped, 2013
targets
technologies
shutdown
A mycelium production concept designed for New Caledonia: infrastructure was cheap and manufacturing feasible. But the economics didn't hold — the local market was too narrow to absorb it, and targeting mass export meant facing Asian producers in the region, with no cost advantage. Neither competitive locally nor viable for export.
legacy
A close reading of a bio-based sector's economics on an island territory — and the reflex to test real competitiveness, local versus export, before industrializing anything.
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