Agriculture

Development project touts health victory – Nature.com

The government of Cameroon is planning to start a similar scheme … experts query how widely the Millennium Village concept can be applied. Stephen Carr, an agriculture and development consultant in Zomba, Malawi, says that schools in the Millennium …

Discontent dims the glamour of the Cameroons – Financial Times

In many cases their idea of a weekly treat is buying a pasty, or going for coffee and a bun in the café next to the local Co-operative supermarket. This is a world of which the Cameroons have no experience. … Continue reading

Retracing the 1952 Mobilgas Economy Run in a Volkswagen Jetta TDI – MotorTrend Magazine

The Gilmore Oil Company initially backed economy drives from 1929 to … then by San Gorgonio Pass to Palm Springs and Indio. The desert will be crossed on Highways 60 and 70 to Blythe and Aguila, then via State Highway … Continue reading

Cameroon: Book review – Sustainable development explained – AllAfrica.com

Cameroon’s development repertoire has been boosted by the recent publication of two new manuals by Kimeng Nfor Francis, a former Sub-Director for Community Development in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, MINADER and presently Head of …

DR Congo: UN envoy concerned about possible sexual violence amid latest fighting – Worldnews.com

Footnotes a Estimate is based on regression; other PPP figures are extrapolated from the latest International Comparison Programme benchmark estimates. }} The new president Mobutu Sese Seko had the support of the United States because of his …

Agriculture minister, DA at odds over department – Business Day South Africa

She said a further 6000 agriculture related jobs were created in the fourth … Exports of fish and fish products have rapidly expanded in China and Cameroon. Timber and forestry products are gaining ground in China and Indonesia. We are … Continue reading

Sierra Leone: Popular Resistance and Corporate Landgrabbing in Sierra Leone – AllAfrica.com

The photographer, Isabelle Alexandra Ricq, was sued after she had described the problems on and around the firm’s oil palm plantations in Cameroon, the dismal living conditions of the Bagyeli people, the problems of deforestation, the lack of access to … Continue reading

Mixing it up: MCC had a recipe for diversity Wednesday as it stirred together a little fun with a little education in Muscatine’s own melting pot – Muscatine Journal

Berinyuy’s display featured pictures of sights back home, including an institution he said is beloved by all — the Cameroon national soccer team. Berinyuy has been studying agriculture in the U.S., and he wants to use what he’s learned to … Continue reading

Labor Day Celebration Limbe South West Region

Cameroonians Celebrate the 126th International Labor Day in Limbe

By Sally Oneke in Buea, Cameroon On May 1st, 2012, Cameroon joined the rest of the world to commemorate the 126th Labor Day. “Tripartism and Social Cohesion” was this year’s theme. On that note, the people of South West Region … Continue reading

Cameroon: Gicam Tackles Country’s Limping Agriculture – AllAfrica.com

The Cameroon Business Cartel, GICAM, held its first 2012 sectoral meeting on agriculture in Bonanjo April 25. Problems facing agriculture in the country came under scanner in Douala. A number of issues, including government policy and non-inclusion of the …