selecting one farmer as a case study
Jacky Foo
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selecting one farmer as a case study
Submitted by Jacky Foo on Wed, 02/05/2007 - 07:55.
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Dear Jackson and Henry
In your paper, you wrote:
> Livelihoods in Bamendjo, in the Bamboutous Division of West
> Province, Cameroon are based around agriculture. This area
> in the western highlands has a rather cool climate and
>abundant rainfall, and is characterised by an extremely high
> population density that greatly limits the availability of
>land. ...............most families can hardly produce enough
>for their own consumption, basically because of the poor soil
>conditions on their farms. Farmers here cannot afford farm
>inputs like fertilizers.
Is it possible for us to have from you a specific case study
description on just one of the selected farmers who have been give the
Heifer training and gift package i.e. four weaned piglets (2-3 months
old) of a strong breed from Heifer Cameroon, and also some specific
feed ingredients, some seeds, and certain agricultural equipment. This
way we can put into context the progress and financial advancement of
one farmer and follow her/his situation and the improvements made.
I understand that an assessment has been made by Heifer International
on the 10 local farmer families belong to the farmers group "Eleveurs
Agriculteurs Solidaires de Bamboutous" and I presume information on
the resources and "before" situation is available so that we can
compare it to the "after" situation.
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Jacky Foo
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