Cameroon

First Farmer Innovation Fair in Cameroon

Cameroon Farmer Innovation Fair prize winners (Photo: Jeanne Sikangwa) The Country Platform (CP) in Cameroon organised the first Farmer Innovation Fair in the country on 27–29 May 2021.  The fair gave value to the innovativeness of farmers throughout Cameroon and to gave innovative farmers an opportunity to network with other farmers, formal researchers and agricultural …

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Farmer Innovation Fair in Cameroon, 27–29 May 2021

Farmer Innovation Fair in Cameroon (FIPAC) News about FIPAC broadcast on national television CRTV in English See the programme (in French) ! The Prolinnova community of practice and its partners in Prolinnova–Cameroon are holding a Farmer Innovation Fair in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on 27–29 May 2021. This event brings together stakeholders in agricultural research and development …

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Annonce de la Foire d’Innovation Paysanne au Cameroun / Announcing Farmer Innovation Fair in Cameroon (FIPAC)

Farmer-to-farmer sharing about local experimentation with palm tree seeds (Photo: Amina Bwebeyuou) Annonce de la Foire d’Innovation Paysanne au Cameroun Prolinnova-Cameroun organise une Foire de l’Innovation Paysanne au Cameroun (FIPAC) à Yaoundé du 27 au 29 mai 2021. Elle rassemblera les acteurs de la Recherche Agricole pour le Développement (RAD) afin de découvrir la promotion …

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Activities of Prolinnova–Cameroon in 2019

Le rapport annuel de Prolinnova-Cameroun pour l’année 2019 présente ses principales activités en matière d’identification et de documentation des innovations locales, de documentation de l’expérimentation conjointe menée par les agriculteurs et de mise en réseau, y compris la planification d’un foire de l’innovation paysanne au Cameroun en 2020. Prolinnova–Cameroon’s annual report for the year 2019 …

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Proli-FaNS in Cameroon: Year 3 report

The Prolinnova-Cameroon coordinator Jean Bosco Etoa reports on activities in Year 3 (2018-19) of the Proli-FaNS (Promoting local innovation in Food and Nutrition Security) project funded by Misereor/KZE. Farmers and staff from NGOs and institutions of higher education in Cameroon have been collaborating in ways that help develop the innovative capacities of rural men and …

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Documentation of local innovation & PID in Cameroon

As part of the Proli-FaNS (Promoting local innovation for Food and Nutrition Security), Prolinnova–Cameroon has documented (in French) several cases of local innovation and farmer-led joint experimentation: 1.     Utilisation du kanwa pour réduire l’amertume du chocolat: description de l’innovation locale 2.     Utilisation du kanwa pour réduire l’amertume du chocolat: description du développement participatif de l’innovation …

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Serge Ayangma, beginning the process of multiplying bee colonies

In the framework of the Proli-FaNS (Promoting local innovation for Food and Nutrition Security) project, partners in Cameroon have identified several local innovations by women and men. A process of farmer-led joint experimentation with other actors in research and development is being carried out on selected innovations. Here is an example of an innovation by …

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Mashing germinated maize / Piler le maïs germé

In the framework of the Proli-FaNS (Promoting local innovation for Food and Nutrition Security) project, partners in Cameroon have identified several local innovations by women and men. A process of farmer-led joint experimentation with other actors in research and development is being carried out on selected innovations. Here is an example of a woman’s innovation …

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Rapport annuel 2016

L’année 2016 a connu plusieurs activités par la plateforme nationale Prolinnova-Cameroun : La participation aux rencontres internationales L’identification des innovations paysannes La célébration de la journée de l’innovation paysanne. Lisez le rapport d’activités en detail ici.

Celebrating IFID 2015 with focus on innovation in beekeeping

To celebrate the International Farmer Innovation Day (IFID) on 29 November 2015, Prolinnova–Cameroon organised a workshop for beekeepers, building on a local innovation by the beekeeper Serge Ayangma in fragmenting bee colonies. The terms of reference for the event can be found here and the report on the event can be found here (both in French).