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 AN EFFECTIVE ORGANIC FERTILIZER BANK IN CAMEROON

Koupa-Kagnam le 07 Decembre 2022 Agricultural innovation is a continuous process of improving productivity through bettermanagement of natural resources. In a context where the costs of fertilizers and pesticideshave exploded on the market, the so-called conventional agriculture and dependent on thesechemical inputs has become almost impossible to achieve for farmers who, for the most part,do not have the necessary financial means. The National Institute of Statistics (INS) revealsthat the decline in food crop farming activity in 2022 is linked to the Russo-Ukrainian conflictbecause 43 % of the market share of agricultural inputs in Cameroon is held by Russia. Thisstate of affairs is pushing producers to reflect and actively seek solutions in their environment.Thus, traditional processes are resurfacing but require technical support from professionalagricultural advisors to be effectively implemented.The Cameroon Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (CAMFAAS) and its local partner REACameroun present here an innovative tontine system that corresponds to the needs offarmers. The << tontine >> is a system of pooling financial, material or human resources of a2Cameroon Forumfor AgriculturalAdvisory Servicesgroup during regular meetings, and in which each member is a beneficiary according to a welldefined schedule. Once a week, the women of the Common Initiative Groupe <<PIFEN >>,from Koupa-Kagnam, in the Koutaba district, meet at a member’s home to make 130 kg offertilizer. This is an organic fertilizer made from a clever mixture of Titonia diversifolia leaves,ash, animal faeces such as chicken droppings or cow purse, bokashi (well-fermented organicmatter) and a micro-organic inoculum ready for use 21 days after mixing. The work in thisgroup is structured in such a way that the younger and physically stronger women take careof the most energy-consuming tasks such as harvesting the raw material (Titonia diversifolia,cow bursa, etc.) or stirring the mixture until a homogeneous product is obtained, while theolder women sharpen their agility for less energy-consuming tasks such as leaf cutting andmanagement.These women use these fertilizers to significantly improve their production of vegetables(Ndjapche in the Bamoun language) which, when cooked with corn couscous, are the maindish of the entire Noun department. They can now boast not only of increased yields of theirvarious crops, but also of improved quality of products from their organic plots. Still far frombeing able to satisfy market demand for the << Ndjapche>> product alone, it is clear that theyare engaged in a real dynamic of sustainable development. These results highlight theindispensable nature of professional agricultural extension and advisory services in thedevelopment process of our communities.Bebel Nguepi, MSc.CAMFAAS CIKMFeuilles TitoniaEM5HomogénéisationBourse de vacheBokashi

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