by Ayuk Oben | Oct 20, 2019 | Forest and Climate Change, Tree planting and Agroforestry, Livelihood and Economic Development and Perspectives
As a result of the launch of the Rainforest Trust Mak-Betchou project in October 2016 and the Rainforest Trust project in Tofala in January 2017, a staff member from ERuDeF was sent to the Lebialem landscape to execute sensitization, identification and prioritization...
by Ayuk Oben | Oct 20, 2019 | Forest and Climate Change, Tree planting and Agroforestry, Livelihood and Economic Development and Perspectives, Trees for the Future Cameroon Program
Nitcheu Jean Baptiste, a small holder farmer in Bakassa, passionate about agriculture, has achieved prosperity from his farm since he adopted Forest Garden practices. Forest gardening is a low-maintenance sustainable plant-based food production and agro forestry...
by Ayuk Oben | Oct 20, 2019 | Livelihood and Economic Development and Perspectives, News
The Department of Economic Development (DED) of ERuDeF has taken on a new role; serving as a think-tank department. This new approach seeks to study different projects per landscape and propose them to global economic investors. The aim of the Economic and financial...
by Ayuk Oben | Oct 20, 2019 | Forest and Climate Change, Tree planting and Agroforestry, Livelihood and Economic Development and Perspectives, Mt Bamboutos Initiative
Market gardening, that employs more than 80% of the rural population of the Mt. Bamboutos area and contributes greatly to the country’s per capital income, has been causing social insecurity in the rural communities. These mal practices include nocturnal harvestingof...
by Ayuk Oben | Oct 14, 2019 | Livelihood and Economic Development and Perspectives, Newsletter
Cameron`s mangroves forest covers approximately 30% of Cameroon`s coastline. The Rio Del Rey Estuary is a trans boundary site between Cameroon and Nigeria and hosts approximately half of Cameroon’s mangroves. The trans boundary site contains geographical coordinates...
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...
