A study assesses the effectiveness of community forests in Central Africa
A workshop to present the national results of the study on the effectiveness of community forestry in three Central African countries, including Cameroon, Gabon and the DRC, was held on February 13, 2025 in the Tsinga district of Yaoundé. To what extent have community forestry actions had a positive impact on the livelihoods of local […]
Agroecology spotlighted in Zimbabwe
From September 11 to 14, 2024, the Support Service for Local Development Initiatives (SAILD) took part in agroecology meetings in Zimbabwe. SAILD took part in these events as a representative of the Network for the Promotion of Agroecology in Cameroon (NEPAC). These were the 2nd edition of the African Agroecological Entrepreneurship, the Harare Seed and […]
Civil society groups join forces to promote agroecology
As a prelude to the Regional Forum on Agroecology in the Congo Basin (FRA-Congo Basin), SAILD organized a brainstorming workshop on August 8 and 9, 2024 at the Ariston Hotel, in Ebolowa in the South region. Introducing the Regional Forum on Agroecology in the Congo Basin (FRA-Congo Basin); identifying sub-themes; key experts and speakers, and […]
AGROECOLOGY: A WAY FORWARD FOR THE DRC
SAILD took part in a workshop on the status of agroecology in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from June 13 to 14, 2024, at the Nouvel Immeuble Administratif in Kinshasa. The Democratic Republic of Congo has its own innovative agro-ecological practices. In addition, it applies certain agroecological practices that are already known around the […]
SAILD prepares an regional forum on agroecology and an organic agricultural fair
The entire staff of SAILD (Support service for local development initiatives) mobilized this Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at the NGO’s headquarters in the Elig-Essono district of Yaounde to reflect on preparations for the regional forum on agroecology and the national organic agricultural fair to be organized by the institution. Scheduled for November 2024, this is […]
SAILD contributes to discussions on food systems in the Congo Basin
From August 29 to 31, the Congo Basin Regional Summit on Reconciling Food Production with Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Emergency was held in Kinshasa. Organized by AFSA (Alliance pour la Souveraineté Alimentaire en Afrique) and a consortium of civil society organizations from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the regional summit for the Congo Basin […]