Agroecology and agroforestry are gaining ground in Belabo
From December 3 to 12, 2025, the populations of the villages of Hona, Mansa, and Kombocassi in the East Cameroon region benefited from the support of the NGO SAILD for the technical monitoring of their agroecological farms. The Support Service for Local Development Initiatives (SAILD) spent 10 days with the beneficiaries of the “Participatory restoration […]
Community forest managers trained in the use of SIGIF 2
A training workshop for community forest managers on the use of SIGIF 2 for community forests was organized by SAILD on December 15-16, 2025, in Mbalmayo, in central Cameroon. The objectives of this training workshop were to strengthen the capacities of community forest managers, clarify operational procedures related to the Forest Information Management System (SIGIF […]
A simplified guide to using SIGIF 2 for community forests
The SIGIF 2 user guide for community forests was validated during a workshop organized on December 9 and 10, 2025, by SAILD in Mbalmayo in Central Cameroon. The second-generation Forest Information Management System, abbreviated SIGIF 2, an official tool for tracking forest products (wood) in Cameroon, is now an easy equation to solve for community […]
Women driving the agroecological transition in Belabo
From September 28 to October 3, 2025, the Support Service for Local Development Initiatives (SAILD) accompanied around forty beneficiaries in the villages of Mansa, Hona, and Kambo-Cassi in eastern Cameroon. All of the farms visited revealed a strong involvement of women in agroecology. In order to continue training local communities involved in implementing agroecological techniques […]
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 […]