Rural women: mothers of a thriving rural economy
October 15, 2025 marks the commemoration of International Rural Women’s Day. On this occasion, SAILD visited rural women who contribute significantly to the local economy in the department of Lékié, in the central region. Nkom-Ndamba is a small village located in the Obala district in the central region.Located about 30 kilometers from downtown Yaoundé, agriculture […]
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 […]
Yaounde residents learn about organic mushroom production
An information day was held on July 16, 2025 at the Centre de la Promotion de la Femme et de la Famille in Yaounde 5, organized by SAILD to promote organic mushroom growing and marketing. How do you grow mushrooms organically? What are the prerequisites for growing mushrooms (myciculture)? What are the production techniques and […]
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 […]
Follow up Meeting SAILD – Bread for the World
The SAILD-Maroua branch welcomed the Regional Manager of the German organization Bread for the World on June 23, 2025, in Maroua. The main objective of this visit was to monitor the implementation activities of the project “Scaling up agroecology to strengthen food and nutrition security in four departments in the East and Far North regions […]
Far North: Agroecology skills for producers
The northern region of Cameroon was the setting for the training of numerous producers in agroecological practices. The activity, run by the Support Service for Local Development Initiatives (SAILD), took place from May 21 to 31, 2025. Compost production for 03 months, neem-based biopesticide production, lick stone production, antibiotics made from small chillies, plant-based deworming, […]
Cosmetopeia of the Congo Basin: A project to enhance the resources of the PNDD
From May 12 to 17, 2025, SAILD officially launched the “Cosmétopée du Bassin du Congo” project in three villages of the Lom-et-Djérem department in the East Cameroon region. “Beautiful, handsome naturally thanks to our forest” is the slogan of this new project entitled ” Cosmetopoeia of the Congo Basin. From tradition to modernity: A mediation […]
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 […]
Agroecology: A hundred people trained at Mbeth 2
The populations of Mbeth 2 in the East Cameroon region have benefited from the dissemination of knowledge in Agroecology by multipliers whose capacity building was facilitated by SAILD. This took place over the course of five replication sessions initiated by the NGO on February 24, 2025. Mbeth 2 is a village in the Diang arrondissement, […]