Speakers Corner: your self-introduction
Jacky Foo
Submitted by Jacky Foo on Tue, 01/05/2007 - 05:44. 02-13 May 2007:
Internet Seminar for discussion of paper "Towards more sustainable
livelihoods" by Henry Ngew Njakoi & Jackson Ntapi Nkwentang (in
picture).">Towards more sustainable livelihoods
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"Speakers Corner" is the virtual lobby or coffee room for this e-
seminar. It is the virtual space for people to socialise, to talk
about your last trip to Cameroon, and especially for you to introduce
yourself to the other participants.
Since today is a holiday (Labour's Day on May 1st), some of you may be
at home and if you are checking out this forum at IOBB DRUPAL
(www.iobbnet.org/drupal), please introduce yourself.
regards
jacky
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if you have any difficulties in writing into this forum, please let me
know. jack...@gmail.com
Jacky Foo
click on "Source" to get url links to profiles and details on national
representatives
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IOBB Chapter in Cameroon
Submitted by Jacky Foo on Tue, 01/05/2007 - 06:33.
IOBB has a Chapter in Cameroon and the national representatives are :
Dr. Julius Kewir Tangka tangk...@yahoo.fr
Mr. Bertrand Munki bertra...@yahoo.co.uk
Mr. Tcharbuahbokengo Nfinn feed...@yahoo.com
If you are living in Cameroon or plan to visit Cameroon, please
contact any one of them and they should be happy to receive you.
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Jacky Foo
Please click on the above link for links to two images
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Bafoussam is the political capital of West province
Submitted by Jacky Foo on Wed, 02/05/2007 - 07:37.
Bafoussam is the political capital of West province and as I
understand is just 36.6 miles away from Bafoussam. So I probably
passed by Bafoussam on my way to Bamenda from Douala (south port by
the sea).
I have placed another close-up map at . Pls take a look.
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Jacky Foo
http://www.iobbnet.org
Jacky Foo
Subject: your pig farm project
Submitted by Jacky Foo on Wed, 02/05/2007 - 20:06.
I like to know if any of the participants here have or had a project
concerning pig farming ?
Please share your experience
thanks
CA...@aol.com
I like to know if any of the participants here have or had a project
concerning pig farming ?
Please share your experience
We have conducted several studies of conversion of separated solids from hog farms to livestock and fish feed via extrusion. Of course the work of Paul Olivier, Craig Sheppard and others in Black Soldier Fly processing of hog manure is known to you.
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Jacky Foo
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your pig farm project
Submitted by Jacky Foo on Thu, 03/05/2007 - 06:16.
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Hi Neal
Thanks for your info about your hog farm activities.
>....what aspect of pig farming interests you? We have
>significant experience and research in the area of waste
>remediation from pig farms. We know something of anaerobic
>digestion for the production of methane.
>We have conducted several studies of conversion of
>separated solids from hog farms to livestock and fish feed
>via extrusion. Of course the work of Paul Olivier, Craig
>Sheppard and others in Black Soldier Fly processing of hog
>manure is known to you.
Heifer Intl's work in West Cameroon (described in the paper by Jackson
and Henry, 2006) is about a community effort using the "Pass on the
Gift" system for pig farming and its technical training/support to
poor families on methods of pig farming and the use pig manure/compost
to increase crop production via nutrient recycling (pig-crop
integrated biosystem).
Your work is for another context and probably also at a larger scale
and technological level but the basic success is the same, i.e.
understanding the needs of the breed of pigs used.
Given the situation in West Cameroon, you may have some comments on
the on-going discussion topics and maybe also some recommendations for
Jackson on future considerations of his project.
See earlier discussion messages in :
http://groups.google.com/group/iobb-sem02/topics?start=
or
http://www.iobbnet.org/drupal/forum/150
Jacky Foo
Click on source to view image
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Tips for IOBB DRUPAL users
Submitted by Jacky Foo on Thu, 03/05/2007 - 19:12.
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IOBB DRUPAL software has 4 "comment viewing options". Try them to see
the difference.
The image shows the viewing option for "threaded list - collapsed". It
enables you to see the different threads in a topic. It enables you to
select a thread and then follow the sequence of discussion as it has
developed over a few days.
In contrast to emailed messages to a participant, it can be difficult
to track and follow a particular thread of discussion.
So take a look at http://www.iobbnet.org/drupal/forum/150
regards
Jacky Foo
http://www.iobbnet.org
Jacky Foo
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E-seminar: some reflections after 6 days.
Submitted by Jacky Foo on Sun, 06/05/2007 - 12:03.
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Hi Participants
This seminar has generated more than 60 messages in the past few days.
Jackson N has been very cooperative and responded to many of the
questions; some of them have provided the opportuity for further
interactive reactions and we have the time to get deeper into details
and knowledge gained by the authors.
In the next 7 days. I hope to hear from other participants too (so far
messages are from Lucas Fu, Charles T, Cornelius M and Jacky Foo and
Jackson N).
Please feel free to forward messages to your friends who may be able
to comment by sharing their experience. (Note: for new participants,
their subscription into the google group or write permission at IOBB
DRUPAL is required.
regards
Jacky
(P.S. I will be offline but will be back on the 8th.)
Jacky Foo
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E-seminar: getting a printout of messages
Submitted by IOBB Editor on Wed, 09/05/2007 - 07:55.
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To get a printout of all messages, here are recommended steps:
(i) goto http://www.iobbnet.org/drupal/forum/150
(ii) there are 3 topics; click on one of them
(iii) re-set "comments viewing options" to "flat list - expanded" and
"Date - oldest first", (then save settings)
(iv) you will get a display of all messages in this topic in
chronological order. You can then print directly.
(v) do the same for the other two topics.
good luck.
Jacky Foo
Submitted by IOBB Editor on Thu, 10/05/2007 - 10:57.
from Emmanuel Asiedu [ekasi...@yahoo.ca] to Jacky Foo date 10-
May-2007 10:19
subject Re: Fwd: [CAMEROON]
Dear Jacky,
Thanks for this information which I find very useful. I have
personally experimented and achieved significant maize yield
improvements with poultry manure and Mucuna (cover crop).
My best regards. Emmanuel.
Jacky Foo
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About the Authors: Jackson Ntapi Nk
Submitted by Jacky Foo on Thu, 10/05/2007 - 13:38.
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>Jackson Ntapi Nk .......works with farmer groups in designing
> projects, planning activities, budgeting and coordinating
>the implementing of approved projects. Generating more
>adapted approaches in Heifer's animal based community development
>model also falls within his sponsibilities.
Dear Jackson
Apart from the project described in the paper published in Leisa
Magazine, have you been involved in other projects that deal with
sustainable livelihoods in Cameroon (or elsewhere) ?
Jacky Foo
On May 2, 11:58 pm, Cornelius wrote:
> We have conducted several studies of conversion of separated solids
>from hog farms to livestock and fish feed via extrusion.
Dear Neal
how is the extrusion done, what materials are used and is the product
sterile ?
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Yes, in Heifer a field worker coordinates more than 5 groups. But apart from that i have worked within Heifer with dairy farmers in the frame work of a Heifer-International Livestock Research Institute- Unversity of Dschang- Institute of agricultural research for Development partnership (purely research work to improve on-farm biodiversity and prepare feeding packages from with the introduced grasses and legumes). Have presently included a group of famers rearing rabbits and 2 others keeping bees. I did my final thesis in Heifer Cameroon within the frame work of the project sited above and since then (late 2004) continued working with farmer groups assisted by Heifer Cameroon.
Thank you for the additional info about yourself and the very practical work experience on rabbit rearing and bee keeping.
I hope to initiate rabbit rearing with children on probation in Kenya next year (pending funding) and will also see your advice later.
We are at the eve of the closing of your e-seminar and as I will be offline due to visits in north Sweden, I have asked Charles T (chairman of IOBB) to close the seminar.
At this point, I wish to say that I have enjoyed very much interacting with you and thank you for your efforts to respond to the many questions during the seminar. I am pleased that I got your pictures which are available at http://community.webshots.com/album/558894775VcQtKw . The pictures may generate more discussion after 13 March.
regards
jacky
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Charles Twesigye
Dear All,
On behalf of the entire membership of IOBB and on my
own behalf, I wish to take this opportunity to thank
the presenters of the IOBB Seminar- 02, Mr. Jackson
Ntapi Nk and Dr. Henry Ngew Njakoi both of Heifer
International Cameroon for having found time to
present a most relevant seminar on the topic: “Towards
more sustainable livelihoods”. We thank Mr. Jacky
Foo(IOBB General Secretary) for making all the
arrangements for the e-seminar and for moderating it
up to the end, despite the busy schedule of other
activities. I missed the first few days of the seminar
as I had just returned from the states and there was
too much for me to handle at the time. However, I have
now had time to go through all the messages and it is
amazing how effective e-seminars can be in sharing
information if people know what they want. This
seminar has taken me back 24 years ago as a young
graduate teacher of Agriculture and Biology when I
started a demonstration farm at Namilyango College. My
first animals were two piglets of the large white
breed. Feeding the piglets was not a problem at the
time because the college had a lot of left-overs and
the students were always eager to collect sweet potato
vines for the pigs. After one year I introduced the
landrace breed and crosses between the two breeds were
very good piglets that made most farmers in the area
take up pig farming. Food remains reduced because
everybody working in the college wanted to keep a
pig!!. I later introduced cattle in the college farm.
I am happy to note that 24 years later the farm of
pigs I started at the college still survives.
Namilyango College is the oldest school in Uganda
(1902) and provided me with the first working
experience as a teacher and as a farmer.
The experience from Cameroon of small-scale intensive
pig keeping which is often promoted as a means to
improve the livelihoods of farmers and to increase the
availability of organic fertilizers is common in other
parts of Africa. We have been told that Heifer
International uses an integrated approach that
involves the farmers right from the start. By doing
this, field staff have been able to understand the
major constraints experienced by local communities,
and work together with farmers to develop appropriate
strategies. I am sure that lessons learnt from this
part of Africa can be introduced in another area for
livelihood improvement and for the betterment of
society.
Thank you Jackson and Henry for making me remember
those very cherished memories of more than two
decades ago.!!
With these remarks I declare IOBB E-Seminar-02
closed.
Charles K. Twesigye
CHAIRMAN IOBB(2007-2008)
Charles Kakuhikire Twesigye,
Chairman, Department of Biological Sciences,
Faculty of Science,Kyambogo University,
P.O.Box 1 Kyambogo,Kampala, Uganda.
Tel:256 41 285001, Mobile: 0782353775
http://www.kyambogo.ac.ug
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Jacky Foo
Thank you for closing the e-seminar Charles and thanks again to
Jackson for sharing your experience.
today is my last day and in am still in the north of Sweden with some
remaining guests from East Africa.
I am with a city minister of Kampala city council and will give her
your phone nrs so that both of you could meet. She has access to 15
acres of private land that is under-utilised and which may may useful
for the MSI project.
more on this in a private email tomorrow when I am in Stockholm.
regards
jacky
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