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Gouvernance des mécanismes fonctionnels d’une innovation agroécologique : cas de la production de biopesticides au Cameroun

La production de biopesticides pour l’agriculture est une innovation agroécologique qui répond à la nécessité de réduire, d’une part, les externalités négatives de l’utilisation des pesticides chimiques sur la santé et l’environnement, et d’autre part, la dépendance aux aléas du commerce international, surtout dans les pays en développement. Dans ce...
Cameroon
2024 - CIRAD

Manual
Young changemakers

Scaling agroecology using video in Africa and India
The publication offers a rich diversity of perspectives and insights from real-life experiences of 42 inspiring teams of youths in Africa and India who are blazing a trail as private extension and advisory service providers promoting agroecology through farmer-to-farmer learning videos. Each of the deeply compelling stories presented in this...
Benin - Cameroon - Egypt - India - Kenya - Malawi - Morocco - Rwanda - Senegal - Tunisia - Uganda - United Republic of Tanzania - Zambia
2024 - Access Agriculture

Case study
Anticipatory action helps flood-affected communities in Cameroon’s Far North

Early warning, anticipatory action and rapid response help villagers bounce back from floods
Every year, the Far North region of Cameroon is the setting of devastating floods that leave thousands homeless. In the department of Logone-et-Chari, the localities of Blangoua and Makary are among the most affected areas. Torrential rains and rising waters from the Logone, Chari, El beid, Taf Taf and Serbowel...
Cameroon
2023 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Fact sheet
Important Protein Crops of Cameroon

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Cameroon
2023 - Food Plant Solutions

Fact sheet
Leafy Greens and Vegetables of Cameroon

Cakin blooming, pumpkin, purslane, moringa, bitter cucumberUse, key nutrients, common name, scientific name   Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human...
Cameroon
2023 - Food Plant Solutions

Fact sheet
Important Energy Crops of Cameroon

Finger millet, maize, taro, Chinese taro, Sweet potato, country potato Scientific name, common name, use, key nutrients   Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants...
Cameroon
2023 - Food Plant Solutions

Report
The large shrimp value chain in Cameroon

The Government of Cameroon proposed Cameroon’s large shrimp value chain to the FISH4ACP programme in 2019. The country mainly wants to revive shrimp exports to the European Union, after 18 years of stoppage. Cameroon suspended exports to the European Union in 2004 following evidence of non-compliance with hygiene standards during...
Cameroon
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Report
National Land Policy Study Report on Cameroon

AFSA is delighted to launch a series of five national reports, within AFSA’s Our Land is Our Life land rights initiative in these countries. These reports aim to: Examine Land Policies and Governance: They seek to understand the national land policies and governance structures, focusing on how these policies affect peasants’ rights,...
Cameroon
2023 - Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA)

Blog article
Moving towards stronger and healthier shrimp fishery in Cameroon

Efforts to keep shrimp catches in Cameroon at current levels while strengthening the shrimp fishery were in the spotlight today at the handover of a report by the global fish value chain development program FISH4ACP that is helping the country to make its shrimp sector stronger and to lessen its...
Cameroon
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Magazine article
Mesurer l’efficacité économique et sociale des dispositifs de formation : l’expérience AFOP au Cameroun

Comment l'économie de la formation peut conforter la stratégie de pilotage d’un système de formation et contribuer au plaidoyer ? Quelles sont les étapes, outils et compétences nécessaires à la mise en place d’un tel système de suivi ? Illustration au Cameroun avec la démarche initiée par le dispositif AFOP....
Cameroon
2023 - Inter-Réseaux Développement Rural

Report
Politique d’import-substitution au blé et compétitivité des farines panifiables à base de manioc, banane plantain et patate douce au Cameroun

Cette étude a pour objectif de documenter le renouvellement d’une politique alimentaire d’import-substitution au Cameroun. Elle interroge en quoi la production de farines panifiables à partir de productions vivrières locales (manioc, banane plantain, patate douce) peut devenir compétitive par rapport aux importations de blé. Elle utilise pour cela un cadre...
Cameroon
2023 - Cahiers Agriculture

Policy brief/paper
Strengthening Indigenous land rights in Cameroon

Between 2017 and 2022, LandCam explored creative strategies to enable Indigenous communities in rural areas of Cameroon to exercise their rights to their historical and legitimate territories. Cameroon’s land laws do not recognise collective and customary land rights, making Indigenous Peoples particularly vulnerable to expropriation, displacement and human rights violations. A...
Cameroon
2023 - International Institute for Environment and Development

Report
Mapping Agroecology Actors and Practices in Cameroon

Under the framework of the project “Scaling up agroecology to strengthen food security and improving food diversity in the Congo Basin”, the first task is to map agroecology actors and to identified agroecology practices in the Congo Basin. This work covered the mapping of the actors, their respective practices and some...
Cameroon
2023 - Institute of Agricultural Research for Development, IRAD,

Case study
Communities in the Far North region of Cameroon open their doors to those fleeing conflict

FAO is supporting host communities and internally displaced people to access food and livelihoods
Bamadi, affectionately called Barma by people in his community, has opened his doors to more than 200 families since 2014 when the crisis in the Far North region of Cameroon began. Thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) have fled violence perpetrated by armed groups in the department of Logone-et-Chari, and host...
Cameroon
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Technical paper
Cartographie des acteurs et des pratiques de l'agroécologie au Cameroun

Dans le cadre du projet “Scaling up agroecology to strengthen food security and improving fooddiversity in the Congo Basin”, la première étape est de cartographier les acteurs de l’agroécologie etd’identifier ses pratiques dans le Bassin du Congo. Ce travail a porté sur la cartographie des acteurs,leurs pratiques respectives et certaines...
Cameroon
2022 - Institut de Recherche Agricole pour le Développement, IRAD, Cameroun

Book
Potentially Important Food Plants of Cameroon

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Cameroon
2022

Book
Potentially Important Food Plants of Cameroon (French)

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Cameroon
2022

Book
Fruit and Nuts of Cameroon

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Cameroon
2022

Book
Good Gardening and Growing Root and Grain Crops in Cameroon

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Cameroon
2022

Book
Leafy Greens and Vegetables in Cameroon

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Cameroon
2022
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