Contact Person Joshua Konkankoh Ngwa
Physical Address Better World, Cameroon
Postal Address PO Box 30801, Yaounde, Cameroon
Cell Number +237 7 789 1580
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Email betterworld2000@yahoo.co.uk
Website www.betterworld-cameroon.com
Number of Employees/Volunteers 2 employees, 5 volunteers.
Relevant training received: Please enter title of course and place, institution and/or trainers, duration and date completed and level of course. Environmental Science, University of Bula, 3 years, Dec 2007, Bsc Env.
Have you completed your PDC? If yes, where, when and who were the facilitators? Yes. Fambidzanai Permaculture Centre, 18th to 29th October 2009. John Nzira, Joel Glanzberg, Lewis Mashingaidze.
Have you practiced permaculture or sustainable organic agriculture for more than 2 years? If yes, what have you done and where? Yes, created a community garden involved in market gardening in Yaounde.
Are you a member of PELUM? If yes, since when? No
Have you practiced Holistic Resource Management? If yes, since when, where and by whom were you trained? No
Are you part of a schools food program that practices sustainable organic agriculture? No
a) If yes, name the schools that are part of the program?
b) How many children does the program support? And what age group are they?
Are you part of a schools food program that practices sustainable organic agriculture?
Have you completed the integrated land use design (ILUD) course under SCOPE or ReSCOPE? If yes, when and who was your facilitator? No
Details of project / farm / organization Indicate the approach that you or your organization promotes in sustainable organic agriculture and supply a brief description of what your project / work / farm entails: My project is Better World Permaculture and Climate Change Initiative. Involved in organic market gardening, horticulture, landscape gardening, environmental education in schools and the production of magazines as a tool for public relations and advocacy. Also train youths in organic farming techniques.
How long has the farm / project been in operation? Since 1996.
What is the size (m2, acres or hectares) of land that is under cultivation? 5 acres
What crops do you predominantly grow and what seeds do you have to share/exchange/sell? Variety of flowers, fruit trees, spices, vegetables, maize, medicinal plants.
What are your water sources? River, piped and rain.
Do you keep animals? If yes, what and how many of each? 350 snails.
What appropriate/ low cost /sustainable /low energy technologies do you use and or demonstrate? Making compost from waste deposited in rivers and feed our animals from crops in our garden.
Do you have a training facility? Yes
Training that is offered: Please enter title of course, duration and level of course. Organic market gardening, 2 years.
Technicians (tool making), 2 years.
Additional Information We carry out tree planting exercises, organise summer holiday workshops, do WASH programme (sanitation and hygiene). We are also engaged in women and youth empowerment.