Belabo farmers say “yes” to agroecology
From July 28 to August 4, 2025, the Local Development Initiatives Support Service (SAILD) promoted four agroecological practices in the villages of Kambocassi, Hona, and Mansa in the Belabo district of eastern Cameroon. Agroforestry, crop association, the production of a biofertilizer based on Tithonia, and the production of a chili-based insect repellent are the agroecological […]
A study to assess the cosmetic potential of NTFPs in eastern Cameroon
From July 28 to August 4, 2025, SAILD conducted a mission in the villages of Kambocassi, Hona, and Mansa in the Lom-et-Djerem department in the East Cameroon region. This mission, part of the project “Cosmetopoeia of the Congo Basin. From tradition to modernity: a mediation of endogenous and exogenous knowledge in an economic intelligence approach” […]
Over 2,000 tree seedlings planted in Belabo
The Support Service for Local Development Initiatives (SAILD) planted forest and fruit trees in three villages bordering Deng Deng National Park. This took place from June 22 to July 2, 2025, in Kambocassi, Hona, and Mansa in the Belabo district of eastern Cameroon. The goal of this mission led by SAILD is to increase the […]
Study to assess the level of well-being of populations in forest areas
From April 21 to May 03, 2025, SAILD carried out a baseline study in 04 regions of Cameroon. The aim of this study, conducted by SAILD (Support Service for Local Development Initiatives) is to provide information on the well-being of indigenous populations and local communities. Data was collected in 32 villages in the South, East, Littoral […]
NEPAC stays on course
The Network for the Promotion of Agroecology in Cameroon (NEPAC), of which SAILD is a member and provides the technical secretariat, held its first General Assembly of the year from April 09 to 11, 2025 in Kribi, capital of the Ocean department in the South Cameroon region. After two years of existence, the Network for the […]
Trained interviewers for efficient data collection
From March 01 to 14, 20 surveyors, including 09 women, were trained at SAILD’s Maroua and Bertoua branches. This was a prelude to a survey that will assess the level of appropriation of agroecology in the Far North and East regions of Cameroon. The “AgroEcology+” project implemented by the Support Service for Local Development Initiatives […]
The urgent need for SAILD to take better account of “Gender” issues
SAILD staff were sensitized and trained on gender issues. It took place from March 11 to 12, 2025 at Mvolyé in the city of Yaoundé. It was in a friendly atmosphere that some twenty men and women, staff from the General Secretariat and the Maroua and Bertoua branches of the Support Service for Local Development […]
NEPAC: Promoting agroecology in the Sahelian zone
Some thirty key players from the North and Far North regions met in Maroua on March 12 and 13, 2025, to understand the challenges facing the Network for the Promotion of Agroecology in Cameroon (NEPAC) and to lay the foundations for the Sahelian zone. The Network for the Promotion of Agroecology in Cameroon (NEPAC) was […]
Makéné producers adopt agroecological practices
Some fifteen women cocoa producers and processors from Makénéné in the Centre region are banking on agroecological practices to develop their farming activities. This was revealed during a SAILD visit on February 20, 2025 to assess their activities. To improve their farming techniques and achieve higher yields in their cocoa plantations, some 15 women aged […]
SAILD visits an agroecological farm
On February 19, 2025, a SAILD team visited the farm of Nathalie Ladem, an agroecological producer in the Nyom district of the Centre-Cameroon region. The purpose of the visit was to follow up on the implementation of the support she received from the organization a few months ago to develop her business. Dwellings mingle with […]