Our Projects

FARMER TO FARMER (“F2F”) TRAINING & FINANCING

Details

Using in‐person/virtual trainings and the provision of specific/qualifying funding to a select group of women and vulnerable communities engaged in farming activities.

Goal

Demonstrably improve the livelihood of those selected; increase productivity by at least 25% year over year; and to enhance food security within these chosen communities.

Location

1. South West Region, Cameroon

Status

Prospective

Notes

Participants are selected based on need, prior performance, and demonstrable desire to increase productivity.

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS CONSULTING/ADVISORY

Details

Leveraging the team's extensive experience in agriculture, economics, and farming systems research through organizations like the World Bank, US Agency for International Development, and Governments of African Nations to advise organizations actively working to eradicate poverty through agriculture and dynamic gainful employment.

Goal

Increase access to sustainable, innovative, and affordable technologies.

Location

1. South West Region, Cameroon 2. New York, USA

Status

Active

Notes

CAISD is currently advising Besongsmile, a NY based nonprofit organization on activities in New York and across the South West and Central Regions of Cameroon aimed at providing food to the homeless and building a tuition‐free school for children from orphanages and low‐income communities (often communities where small scale farmers live), respectively.

URBAN AGRICULTURE

Details

Urban Agriculture is also known as urban farming or urban gardening. It is the practice of cultivating, processing and distributing food in or around urban areas. The focus of this project is on promoting home, urban, and community cultivation of vegetables.

Goal

Increase the number of small farms/home gardens in Buea and Limbe by 50% year over year.

Location

1. South West Region, Cameroon

Status

Active

Notes

Due to the cultural and political instability in the English‐speaking regions of Cameroon, there has been a mass exodus of people from the smaller cities and into the bigger cities in these regions. This massive exodus has caused a shortage in large farming land and in the availability of food supplies in the markets. Limited supply has led to higher prices for produce which is increasingly unaffordable to the average person, especially those who moved from the surrounding villages or small cities. The need for urban farming/home gardening is at an all time high and we are here to serve that need.
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