The populations of Tête d’éléphant, Ligim and Lom 1 were trained in modern poultry farming techniques from July 15 to 20, 2024.
The Support Service for Local Development Initiatives (SAILD) was in the department of Lom-et-Djerem, in East Cameroon. Over the course of five days, it trained some thirty households (averaging 5 people each) in modern poultry breeding techniques. “Breeding consists in choosing an animal, housing it, feeding it, caring for it, reproducing it and exploiting the product obtained“, was the main message to be retained from the theoretical courses given by Francine Kigni. In the three beneficiary villages, namely Tête d’Eléphant, Liguim and Lom 1, the agropastoral consultant gave a tour of livestock farming.
However, she insisted on the choice of the pantalonned hen breed, which gives better performance. This is due to its capacity to produce a lot of eggs, and its high meat mass compared with the village hen. Housing and feeding conditions, sanitary and medical protection, and poultry breeding requirements were also discussed.
251 Poultry distributed
At the end of the training, the beneficiary farmers were given what they needed to put what they had learned into practice. 251 poultry, including 219 hens and 32 roosters, were distributed to 34 households. Each household received 06 hens and one cockerel. They were also given breeding equipment consisting of basins and drinking troughs.
All participants then set up their poultry in temporary henhouses. A practical exercise under the expert eye of Aristide Tchounkeu, SAILD agricultural engineer. “The expected objectives were achieved. The participants have a better understanding of the techniques involved in rearing pantalonned hens, and are now ready to take up this activity, which will provide them with considerable income,” he says with satisfaction.
Indeed, in this region of the country, the majority of the population resort to hunting wildlife species (protected, unprotected and partially protected species) in the Deng Deng National Park to meet their nutritional and financial needs. The training aims to improve household income and reduce hunting pressure within the protected area.
This SAILD action is part of the Deng Deng National Park Conservation Optimization through Capacity Building of Local Communities on Agroecological Practices project, financed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) through the Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management Program (BIOPAMA) action fund.
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