The Forest Gardener is a Happy Farmer

The one who practices forest gardening is a farmer of joy. The farmer who inter-plants his/her crops with agroforestry trees such as acacia, lucaena, tephriosia and calliandra is sure to reap benefits at little cost as when they use chemical fertilizer. His soil gains...

Farmer Aims for Liquid Fertilizer in Bakassa

A farmer and field based technician for ERuDeF/Trees for the Future program has been able to produce liquid fertilizer from agroforestry leaves and other biological materials. By Payong Marquise Based in Bakassa in the West Region, Nitcheu Jean Baptiste began to test...

Ignorant Villagers ‘Kill’ Mother Zebra Wood

Imagine that you are desperately trying to keep alive a fertile endangered species to keep on bearing young ones and one day you discover it lying on its side, dead. Killed by ignorant villagers By Tengem Adeline In September 2015, the Environment and Rural...

SWECSON Unveils 3-Year Action Plan

The President of the Southwest Civil Society Organization (SWECSON), Louis Nkembi, has unveiled a 13-point plan of action which his team will undertake during their three-year mandate. Principal amongst these are increasing the visibility and profile of SWECSON...

‘Rural Pharmacy’ Helps Restore Health Of Farming Couple

A couple in Fundong, Boyo Division, in the Northwest Region, has testified that the use of products from the Neem tree healed them of rheumatic arthritis, fatigue, general body pains, dizziness and fever. By Blaise Jumbam Mrs. Bimbo Judith and her husband, Ful...