by erudef | Sep 5, 2018 | Livelihood and Economic Development and Perspectives, News
Cassava production, bee keeping, piggery, palm oil production and Maize farming have been identified as key livelihood development needs of villages within the Nkongho-Mbo area of the proposed Bangwa-Mbo Wildlife Sanctuary.These needs were identified during a trip to...
by erudef | Sep 5, 2018 | Livelihood and Economic Development and Perspectives, News
The Bimbia Bonadikombo and Etinde community forests have each produced a business plan for the production and sales of Non Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) like Bush mango, bush Pepper , and Ngongo leave respectively in large scale. The business models were...
by erudef | Jul 7, 2018 | Livelihood and Economic Development and Perspectives, News, Newsletter, Trees for the Future Cameroon Program
The Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF), in collaboration with its US-based partner, Trees for the Future, have instituted new models for farmers and community development. These models include to the Access and Benefit sharing initiative (dealing...
by erudef | Jul 6, 2018 | Livelihood and Economic Development and Perspectives, News, Newsletter, Trees for the Future Cameroon Program
My name is Mbu Thomas. I come from Balafotio in Bamboutos Division of West Cameroon. I joined this agroforestry programme in 2014, when the Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF) enlightened and trained us on some agroforestry techniques. This motivated...
by erudef | Jul 5, 2018 | Livelihood and Economic Development and Perspectives, News
Members of Nkongho-Mbeng Farmers and Alou-Tofala Farmers cooperatives have begun benefiting from the services of the Biodiversity Community Trust (BCT). Biodiversity Community Trust is a micro-finance scheme of the Environment and Rural Development Foundation aimed at...
by erudef | Jun 27, 2018 | Livelihood and Economic Development and Perspectives, Mt Bamboutos Initiative
Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) is the fair and equitable distribution of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources and their related traditional knowledge. The Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) concept originated from the Convention on Biological Diversity...
by erudef | Jun 20, 2018 | Livelihood and Economic Development and Perspectives, News
The World Agroforestry Organisation, ICRAF, has approved the development of enterprises in two community forests in Fako Division, Southwest Region. This was made known by the organisation’s country representative, Divine Foundjem-Tita, on Thursday May 31, 2018....
by erudef | Jul 8, 2015 | Blog, Livelihood and Economic Development and Perspectives
The ERuDeF Livelihood and Economic Empowerment Programme mid-June, 2015 donated piglets and beehives to over 75 households in Fotabong III and Essoh-Attah in Lebialem Division and Mbetta in Nguti Sub-Division. The donations came immidiately after the community members...
Extension of Threatened Trees project to other Cameroon Mountains eminent
Over75000 Agroforestry Trees Planted in Littoral, West Cameroon
Taskforce, Technical Committee Underscores Need to Identify potential Corridors Around Tofala
15 year Project to Restore 35,000ha Degraded Mt Bamboutos Launched
CaMUN Identifies Research Areas for Mount Bamboutos Initiative