conservation farming cameroon part 2 befang
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Conservation farming techniques are examined and applied during an onsite workshop and practical plot application with local farm group in Befang, Cameroon. This group have initiated a ‘hot pepper’ project on the hillside, applying contour farming principles along with conservation farming techniques. Workshop led by CESO volunteer, Allan Sorflaten, coordinated by Integrated Development Foundation (IDF), Bamenda, Cameroon.TRANSCRIPT
Conservation Farming Capacity Building In Cameroon, Africa
Part Two: Befang (Northwest Region)
ByAllan & Lydia SorflatenIn Collaboration With
Integrated Development Foundation (IDF)Bamenda, Cameroon
Oct.- Dec./2012
Befang Farmer Field School (At Joseph Tafrey’s)(Befang Village/North of Bamenda Near Wum)
Objective of the One Day Befang Workshop
Befang Program Includes Poster By Poster Discussion of Each Illustrated Conservation Agriculture Poster
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Topic of Contour Cultivation Is of Great Interest
Participants Say “We Must Farm the Hillsides As All of the Better Bottom Lands Are Taken”
All Agree That Contour Cultivation Techniques Must Be Practised!
Befang Ladies With Cassava Stems For PlantingDuring Farm Field School
Laying Out the Site
Digging the Planting Holes
Goat Manure
Field School Exercise to Show Observable Differences Between Sand, Silt and Clay Soil Types in Water Solution
Differences in Settling Rates of Individual Particles of Sand, Silt and Clay Were Able to be Observed
Cassava Stems Planted Upright
Plant Residues From Earlier Cropping/WeedingsSaved For Use as Mulch Around Plantings
These Befang/Menchum Green Valley Farmers Are Doing Hillside Pepper Project As a Cooperative Effort With
Guidance From Joseph Tafrey
The Mulch From Previous Growth is Abundant
The Tanks, Hoses and Watering Cans Now Assure The Needed Supply of Water in Dry Season
Plants Are Being Cultivated Across the Contour of Slope
This is Start of Dry Season and Pepper Seedlings Are Just Beginning to Thrive
Improved Outlook For Menchum Green Valley Famers
Conservation Farming
Cameroon
End of Part Two