A working visit by members of the Knowledge Center for Organic Agriculture and Agroecology in Africa (KCOA) was held in Yaoundé from October 23 to 25, 2024.
The aim of this meeting was to discuss a strategy for implementing micro-interventions to better disseminate agroecological knowledge in Cameroon. The meeting was attended by Jouhaina Riahi, consultant for the Knowledge Cluster on Organic Agriculture in North Africa (PCAN), and member organizations of the Knowledge Cluster on Organic Agriculture in Central Africa (PCAC), including the Support Service for Local Development Initiatives (SAILD), the Mbandjoun Polyvalent Training Center (CPF) and INADES-Formation Cameroon (African Institute for Economic and Social Development).
At the heart of the three-day event was an exchange meeting held on October 24. The concept of “micro-intervention ” was reviewed, with Tunisian experience and multiplier success stories as case studies. According to Jouhaina Riahi, “ micro-interventions aim to disseminate knowledge and replicate local know-how and experience in agro-ecology and organic farming in communities ”, said the micro-intervention expert.
Prioritizing excellence in organic farming
The other major point of discussion was the financial support planned for the implementation of the activities set out in the micro-intervention. “ A sum of 400,000F CFA will be granted to multipliers as support in two forms. 300,000F CFA for the activities and 100,000F CFA for the organization of an open day where multipliers will present their know-how ”, Jouhaina detailed.
The expectations behind this new action plan drawn up as part of Extrant B of the KCOA-CCAB (Knowledge Center for Organic Agriculture and Agroecology in Africa) project have been clearly defined. “ We want the transmission of agroecological knowledge to expand, to enable agroecology and organic farming to gain ground in Cameroon. The micro-interventions are therefore support systems to promote excellence in organic farming and agroecology”, declared Marie Pauline Voufo, Focal Point of the CCAB/PCAC project. Moreover, “ the aim of these micro-interventions is to better disseminate agro-ecological knowledge in Cameroon, as they start with the training of the producer and end with the dissemination of the knowledge learned ”, she continued.
The day after the workshop on the implementation of micro-interventions at the ACCP, Jouhaina RIAHI made two important visits to organic and agroecological multipliers supervised by SAILD and INADES FORMATION. Visits to Nathalie Ladem, an organic producer and processor in Nyom, and to the Ferme agro-piscicole d’Esse (FAPE) enabled the consultant to appreciate the investment of local operators in the development of healthy agriculture. At the end of her mission to Cameroon, the Tunisian expert praised the commitment of ACCP member organizations to promoting organic farming and agroecology in the country, despite the legal vacuum still prevailing in this important sector.
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