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Conservation Farming Capacity Building In Cameroon, Africa
Part One: Bana/West Region
ByAllan & Lydia SorflatenIn Collaboration With
Integrated Development Foundation (IDF)Bamenda, Cameroon
Oct.- Dec./2012
- Pre-Departure -Meet In Winnipeg With Canada Food Grains Bank
(October 2012)
OVERVIEW OF CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE
Conservation Agriculture
Minimum Soil Disturbance
Permanent Soil Cover Crop Rotations
“Canada Food Grains Bank Is Advocate For Conservation Agriculture in Africa”
Develop Conservation Agriculture Study Guide for Farmer Field Schools (Pre-Departure Research)
From Nova Scotia, Canada to Cameroon, Africa
Nova Scotia
Cameroon
Oct. 29- Dec. 15, 2012
. Befang/Wum
. Bana
Headquartered in Bamenda With
Projects in Villages of Bana &
Befang/Wum
Lydia - Monitor Completion of GS Illum School Improvement (Truro Rotary Club) Near Wum.- Health and Nutrition Workshop Seminars at Bana and Bamenda.
Allan – Conservation Farming Workshop Seminars and Farmer Field Schools at Bana (in Western Region) and Befang (in Northwestern Region).
Mme. Oussematou of IDFDynamic & Determined/Caring & Compassionate
----- A Powerful Personality Who Gets Things Done ----- !
Strategic PlanningMme. Oussematou Knows Importance
of Covering All Her Bases
---- Networking With Government Ministry of Agriculture and Other Officials -----
Our Hotel in Bana (Bafang)
Bana Hospital Administrator (To Lydia’s Right) andMinistry of Agriculture Representative to Left
The Administrator is a Qualified Nurse and Excellently Assisted With Lydia’s Two Day Nutrition Workshop Here In Bana.
Networking With Pastor Moses of Cameroon Baptist Convention in Bana
Pastor Moses Trained in Veterinary Science in Nigeria
Pastor Moses Arrives at First Meeting of Young Farmers Group to Select Workshop Participants in Bana
Young Farmers’ Group Selects Participants To Attend Farmer
Field School
These Four Are Selected By the Group
The Young Farmers Group From Bana
Participants Also Selected From Womens’ Community Group at Bana
Two Workshop Participants Selected From Pastor Moses’ Church Group In Bana
The Integrated Development Foundation (IDF) 4th Floor North West Co-op Building, Bamenda
Doing Further Workshop Preparations at IDF Bamenda Office
Le Domaine de la Containment Externe
Le Domaine de la Containment de l’Eau
Muraille de la Roche
Domaine de la Culture
Including Preparation of 75 CA Laminated Display Posters For Workshop Use
Le Contrôle d’Erosion au Cameroun(containment de l’eau avec un muraille des roches)“Along With Posters, Sequence of Applicable Photos From Internet”
Other Preparations/Photocopy,Collate, Bind 35 Copies Each of 2 Handbooks
Assisted by IDF Staff/Terrence and Falimatou
In Both English and French
This is Late Sat. Evening/We Leave For Bana EarlyTomorrow
M“May We LeaveSoon -Matou?”
PPPpp
“Plus TardMon Homme
Français.”
It’s 10:30 p.m. and We’re Out of Here!
---and off we go to the Sister Rose Restaurant ---
Facilities For Washing Up Are Quite Basic
Tired and Satisfied!(“But We’ve Only Just Begun”)
Next Morning Car is Packed For Bana By 9:30
Car Donated to IDF By Oussematou’s Sister in Paris
By Late Sunday Evening We Finally Arrive at the Workshop Venue in Bana
Workshop Venue
A Power InterruptionThere Is
So, Guess What HappensTo This Voltage Regulator?
“It Fries of Course”!
Then a Surge of Current From the Generator
Food Supply Is Precarious Around Bana
Dinner Time at Hotel Bana(Due to Available Food Supply, Menu is One Item Only)
This Corn Crop in Bana is Stunted and The Yellowing Shows Nutrient Deficiencies
Highly Leached Tropical SoilsVulnerable to Effects of Long Term Erosion and
Poor Cropping Practices
Besides Corn Other Affected Crops Are Legumes (Peas, Beans and Groundnuts Or Peanuts)
Gate to Palace Grounds of Traditional Chief or King (Facing the Bana Market)
Inadequate Supplies of Food at the Bana Market
Provides Custom Service to a Few Vendors
Production Volumes of Ground Nuts (Peanuts) Especially Has Declined in Recent Years
Marie-Claire is Workshop Participant From Bana
Conservation Agriculture and Farm Field School Workshop (Village of Bana)
First Morning of Three Day Conservation Farming Workshop
Participants Appreciate the CF Study Guides
Participants Also Appreciate the Notebooks and Pen Handouts
Jean Waoupi From Division of Agriculture Translates Into Local Dialect
Participants Make Good Use of Digital Technology
Practical Demonstrations Introduce Basic Principles
Show Differences Btw. Various Soil Types
Philip From Agriculture Delegation Trained in Soil
Science. Knows His Stuff!
--- And Now --- to the Farm Field School
Planting and Other Materials
Laying Out the Site
Marking the Spots For Planting Holes (les Trous)(Emphasis on Leaving Previous Crop Residue Btw. Rows)
Digging Planting Holes With the Hoe
Applying Fertilizer (Dried Poultry Manure)From Bafoussam
Why the Mask?
Cassava Stems Selected For Planting
Participants Discuss Whether to Plant Cassava Stems Vertically or Horizontal?
---- and Roger Recommends ----
“Plant the Cassava Stems Vertical”
Workshop Rules Call For the Group to Appoint a Reporter and Summarize Each Day’s Proceedings
Bana Farm Field School Participants
Marie-Claire Brings Special Treat (Roast Corn)
Signing Completion Certificates
Certificates of Completion Are Proudly Displayed
Special Acknowledgments & Good ByeCelebrations at Bana (Dec. 2012)
The 1st and 2nd Gentlemen Front Row Left and the Two Ladies 2nd Row Right (2nd and 3rd in from Oussematou who is in Green Dress) Are Special Guests of IDF at this Event. They Certainly Represent and Testify to the Humanitarian Role Played By IDF in the Cameroon.
Time to Say Goodbye
CAMEROON
CONSERVATION FARMING
END OF PART ONE