IT was still early morning in Namara, Aru Island, Maluku. Engelina Pipy hurriedly entered her backyard. She had to wash her vegetables as quickly as possible before she headed to the market in Dobo. Indeed the distance is not too far, but for Engelina, time is a precious commodity.

“I would like to sell these vegetables at Dobo,” she said. Her fingers were skillfully sorting out the wilted kangkung (water spinach) leaves from the fresh ones