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With more than five ecological regions where all the crops grown in the continent can grow, Cameroon can rightly be described as 'Africa in miniature'. But what has Cameroonians done with these natural endowment to improve the lives of Cameroonians. It is sad many Cameroonians living in the heart of these natural resources live below poverty level. What do you think can be done to reverse this negative trend?

Electricity, manual block making machine invented in Douala

A young engineer has put in the market a wonderful new machine to make ecological friendly bricks for building modern houses.
The young man in the following video explains how temperatures are regulated in such houses, how the bricks are made and prospects of working with him. Listen to him

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Our word of wisdom for the week

Loving nature, protecting our biodiversity and the rational use of natural resources is the beginning of wisdom as the rich, the poor and the destitute depend on mother earth for a living. If thing this is a lie stay for 10 minutes without taking in oxygen or a week without drinking water.

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Plantain farmers in Bangem in distress!

A lot of young people in Bangem Sub Division are unable to evacuate their produce especially plantains and maize because of bad roads. Thousands of youths in Bangem, Kupe Muanengumba Division of the South West Region have invested massively in plantains. Plantains have remain an outstanding cash crop in the area recently, added to coffee farming. Many small traders in cities especially Douala, buy and retail for their own profits. Reports from farmers in Bangem say due to bad roads that prevent the traders from coming to Bangem, plantains have been rotting in town or in the farms.
The Cameroon government, as a gesture of recognition of massive youth investment in plantains, promised the setting up of a plantain processing plant that is yet to be set up to avert plantain waste in the region.

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Child Labour is a contentious issue in poor communities in Cameroon , Africa

It used to be normal for children in rural communities in Cameroon for kids to assist their struggling parents during holidays in the farms and with other family chores.
In fact, it is really difficult today to watch young children in most towns hawking petit items sometimes alcoholic drinks, ci******es and other items morally wrong for children just to touch. It is common today, to find teenage bar attendants everywhere especially young girls who have become baits for rich man to spend lavishly in such bars.
In the agricultural sector, many now use the cheap labour from children in their farms, sometimes, in the war zones some of the children have integrated the armed groups against all international conversations.
Many have blamed poverty for the growing phenomenon that is now threatening the future since children who are supposed to be in class are either in cities hawking, or in the farms in rural areas or in the bushes with arms.
Please, have your say, what do you think should be done to remedy the child labour that is fast replacing the assistance children used to give their parents in most African communities.

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June 7, 2024

Brahma fowls hatched by smallish traditional fowls in Cameroon

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Cassava is widely consumed, very costly

One of the most common foods in West Africa , gari, is becoming very costly for low income families.
Cassava is one of the crops that do well even in very poor in plant nutrient soils. Known to be one of the most resistant crops, cassava has in recent years become more costly even for farmers.
In Cameroon and Nigeria where cassava is a stable food and cultivated as a cash crop and for home consumption, processed products like gari, kumkum, water fufu as well as other by products are very costly.
"Cassava has become very costly, so we have doubled the price of gari. We are not yet making good use of the starch so we depend on the gari to cover our costs', Madame Obia told FRIDEV in Kumba recently.
Obia and colleagues in their group buy cassava from farmers, process and sell as gari or waterfufu.
Andreas Mekole , a cocoa farmer in Mbonge Maromba, says he almost switched completely to cultivating cassava but the issue of getting land is blocking. Mekole says if cassava cultivation was taken seriously in the South West, farmers will be richer given that there is less expenditure.
A glace of gari that was sold a few years ago for 25 francs CFA is now sold in Buea for 100francs. A bag of cassava that use to sell between 3000-5000 francs now costs between 8000 to 10000 francs CFA.

We need to finance Climate justice projects else!

The rate at which climatic changes are affecting life in the planet Earth needs a concerted effort to reverse the worsening effects on us.
One of the ways observers are proposing is to inject more funding into green agribusiness projects in a way that will enable conservation by local communities. This communities, like those living in the fringes of the Congo Basin harbours some of the poorest smallholder farmers who are forced to extend their farm lands to get fertile soils as yields keep decreasing. In the process they keep felling the forests that helping to stabilize world climate. All the campaign about climate change without putting in finances to uplift the standards of living in these communities will yield little effects. Many communities around these climate stabilizing forests without climate justice, assistance will certainly keep destroying forests in search of livelihood..
A lot is being done but much need to be done in turns of directly impacting the lives of those still depending on the forests.

Cocoa prices dropping in Nigeria, Cameroon as peak season approaches

Cocoa farmers in Cameroon and Nigeria have enjoyed the best farm market prices early 2025.
But as the pick season approaches, reports from farmers indicate a sharp fall in some areas although still too good compared with cocoa prices before the sharp increase.
Speaking to FriDev Jacob a seasoned cocoa farmer in Mbalangi, Kumba Meme Division said cocoa prices have fallen in their area, down from above 5000 francs to 3500 francs CFA.He regretted that just when farmers were hoping to make much money when this cocoa peak season begins in the South West from August to September depending your area, prices have begun to drop. Jacob fears the prices may fall further depriving farmers of the huge gains they were planning to reap in this peak season. The best prices were in the cocoa off periods in most cocoa basins in Cameroon.
In a detailed report this week an agriculture website in Nigeria reported a similar fall. The site reported that last Tuesday cocoa farmers saw the lowest price in Nigeria at the farm and export level due to high supply as Nigeria approaches her peak season.
When a kilogram of cocoa hit 5000 francs CFA in Cameroon during the off season, many expressed fears that the prices may fall back during the peak season.

Heat ooh!
No usual heavy rains in Buea, South West of Cameroon since March 2024!

In the 1990s Buea was still renowned for her very cold temperatures. There were serious rains; cocoa yams and sugar cane were everywhere in town! The rainy season started in March or earlier as expected. But things have long changed and many are blaming both human activities around the Mt Cameroon slops despite conservation attempts for the climatic changes.
The recent years have seen temperatures increasing drastically, coupled with irregular or little rain, food crops that used to be abundant and cheap like cocoa yams, sugar cane etc have become scarce and many think the changing climatic changes is part of the problem.
With temperatures increasing steadily, Buea denizens wonder what next. This year light rains started in March with very strong winds and gave way to serious sun that has caused coco yams leaves to turn yellowish and the plants are withering. Many are now praying for the return of heavy rains, especially farmers in the lower villages of Buea like Muea, Bolifamba, Dibanda, Lysoka, Bonakanda, Bova and many other BONAVADA villages that are the bread basket of the town.
Farmers need need integrate agroforestry methods in their and to work in synergy with relevant partners to create digital platforms that will provide them with early warning signals on climate.

This baby was discovered in front of a house that was hosting an orphanage in Foncha Street, Bamenda by a well wisher this morning. Near her was a bag of clothes as the happy innocent child was just moving around.
We tried to reach out to the mother via messenger using her Facebook account but she has not yet responded

Kid stranded in Mutengene, Tiko Sub Division

We have just got information that the kid whose picture is attached below reportedly from Quarter 13 in Bolifamba, Buea Sub Division is stranded in Mutengene. The child says the father is called John and the mother is Juliette. Family members and those who know the child should call telephone 672628300.

Kenyan Lady Kate Wangubu becomes millionaire by growing apples

Kate's father is said to have started the initiative in a poor family setting that could barely feed itself. He is said to have discovered that the apple's do well in Kenya. So he brought some from the wild planted them and the grafted. The daughter then turned the business into a very lucrative one after school. Listen to her tell her story to a Ghanian journalist.

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International Labour Day 2024
ILO raises awareness on climate change but Cameroon goes for dialogue without safety

The International Labour Organisation,ILO, carefully crafted the theme of the 2024 celebrations to create awareness on the adverse effects of climate change and safety of workers.
So the 138th edition was celebrated under the theme 'ensuring safety and health at work in a challenging climate'
But in Cameroon, the Minister of Labour in a release on April 9th preferred 'constructive social dialogue vector of decent work and social progress',
While the ILO theme lays emphasis on the critical importance of addressing the impacts of climate change on work place, safety and occupational health, the Cameroon theme simply highlights dialogue'.
While the adverse effects of climatic changes are seriously affecting small farmers in the agricultural sector that 70% of Cameroonians depend on, the government lays emphasis on constructive dialogue that the government has failed to promote given social tensions in both government and private sector. Many observers believe it is the absence of constructive social dialogue that has lead to strike actions in the National Civil Engineering Laboratory, National Shipyard Engineering Company, the National Civil Engineering Pool,, numerous strike actions by aggrieved teachers' syndicates, workers trade unions demanding an equivalent increase in basic salaries after fuel prices were increased just to name this few.
With the numerous strikes, it's obvious that the safety of Cameroon workers is not only threatened by climatic changes but by social issues that need serious redress. One of this factors is the labour code that stipulates that the employee should negotiate the salary with the employer who is not compelled by any clause to employ Cameroonians. This implies that the employee is at the mercy of the employer who sometime pay workers below the minimum wage.

Tiko Mangroves threatened by human activities

Though Cameroon has signed the necessary conversation international instruments that protect conserved areas like the Tiko mangroves, a biodiversity hub in the South West, human activities are threatening the Tiko Mangroves.
Listen to this video by a conservation organization and learn what is being done to preserve this biodiversity jewel.

Unearthing Tiko Mangrove, a Depleting Jewel in Cameroon This documentary highlights the plight of the Tiko Mangrove Estuary in Cameroon. It sheds light on the wanton exploitation of this carbon sink and wildlife h...