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Young changemakers revolutionise scaling agroecology using video

Access Agriculture is proud to announce the release of its new book “Young changemakers,” which offers a rich diversity of perspectives and insights from real-life experiences of 42 inspiring teams of youths in Africa and India who are blazing a trail as private extension and advisory service providers promoting agroecology through farmer-to-farmer learning videos.

Each of the deeply compelling stories presented in this book sparks new ideas on how young people can drive change and create sustainable jobs that contribute to more resilient food systems.

The stories reveal not only the passion, motivation, creativity and commitment of the young changemakers to promoting agroecology and sustainable agricultural practices, but also their ability to turn their challenges into opportunities. Their impact in their communities has been profound, as evidenced by the success stories shared in this book.

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CCDB honours Access Agriculture with plaque in appreciation of partnership

At the Golden Jubilee celebration of the Christian Commission for Development Bangladesh (CCDB), held on 27 April 2024, in Dhaka, Access Agriculture was presented with a plaque in “grateful appreciation for unwavering partnership in CCDB’s successful journey of 50 years.”

The plaque was received by Dr Ahmad Salahuddin, former Access Agriculture Regional Representative for South Asia, who has been a member of the Access Agriculture family since its creation in 2012.

CCDB and Access Agriculture have a long-standing collaboration as it is one of the key partners trained by Access Agriculture to produce quality farmer training videos. CCDB works in close association with its partners on issues relating to poverty alleviation, inequality and environment that affect the lives of vulnerable communities.

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Editor's choice of video

Converting chicken waste into fertilizer

Poultry waste is rich in nitrogen and other nutrients, and is good food for beneficial microbes in the soil. Mix it with decomposed cow dung and carbon-rich materials. To speed up decomposition, sprinkle organic decomposer or Trichoderma on the waste. From rotten eggs you can make a growth promoter, by placing them in a jar with jaggery and lemon juice.

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FROM OUR CHANGEMAKERS

ERAs@work!

Entrepreneurs for Rural Access (ERAs) at work in Cameroon

• ERA team leader, Ache William Anubofeh, under the KCOA project, who is the founder of Sustainable Ecosystem Development Association (SEDA), organised with his team mates, Abaka Kennedy and Tebi Atuh, eight training sessions during the first quarter of 2024 for 227 farmers, including 137 women farmers in Bamunkumbit, Balikumbat, Mankon, Bafut and Mbelem in Northwest Region of Cameroon. The videos shown included Producing healthy plantain and banana suckers, Cassava mosaic virus, Drip irrigation for tomato, Killing fall armyworms naturally, Staking climbing beans, Making banana flour, Making chilli powder and Self help group, among others.

SEDA strives to improve youth literacy and empower women self-help groups towards climate resilience and adaptation. It expressed its deep appreciation to Access Agriculture for sustained collaborative efforts to various activities:

• Donation of mini-food processing machines to smallholders and young entrepreneurs in Balikumbat as part of its Life skills and empowerment programme.
• Participation in the first edition of the World Youth Camp in Bamenda, where it presented its activities and the ERA model.
• Launch of its website for the benefit of its communities
• Launching of its project "Suckers Education" aiming at helping farming families to raise money for child education by increasing the supply of healthy plantain and banana suckers using organic practices in Northwest Cameroon through training and donation of greenhouse germinators.

• ERA team leader Pesky Kamayou, who is passionately interested in environmental protection issues and sustainable agriculture, along with his team member Hans Ngandju, under Knowledge Centre for Organic Agriculture in Africa (KCOA) project, conducted nine training sessions using videos during the first quarter of 2024. The training sessions were conducted for 208 participants, including 141 women, in Bana Banka, Bafang, Foumban, Koutaba and Koundoum, West Region. The videos shown included the following: Making a modern beehive, Turning honey into money, Producing healthy plantain and banana suckers, Onion harvest and storage, Harvesting maize in a good way, Feeding rabbits, Monitoring to make rabbit breeding profitable, Natural ways to keep chickens healthy, Taking care of local chickens, Making cassava snacks, Tomato concentrate and juice, and Making chilli powder, among others.

Pesky’s ERA team was contacted by SOCEAPUC (Cooperative Society of United Beekeepers and Agro-Pastoral Entrepreneurs of Cameroon) for a comprehensive training session on beekeeping using videos from Access Agriculture. The training consisted of several modules, including the manufacturing of a modern beehive and the harvesting of honey. On the occasion of the International Women’s Day, the team was invited by the women's network of the Haut Nkam department in the West Region of Cameroon, for a training session on organic agriculture and food processing.

• ERA team leader Marcelle Necheu, and her team members, Erika Kouosseu Tchimko and Damals Tchoupa Sietcha, under the KCOA project, are active promoters of organic agropastoral knowledge and practices in rural communities. During the first quarter of 2024, the team conducted three video screenings for 76 participants, including 37 women participants in Bandjoun, West Region, Cameroon. The videos featured included Quality cassava planting material, Human urine as fertilizer, Producing healthy plantain and banana suckers, and Making banana flour.

• ERA team leader Ruth Makoundjou, along with her team member Patrick Herve Kom, under the KCOA project, are experienced trainers and are passionate about organic farming. The team organised eight video shows during the first quarter of 2024 for 293 participants, including 121 women, in Mbouo and Bamendjo, West Region, Cameroon. The following videos were shown: Hydroponic fodder, Good microbes for plants and soil, Grass strips against soil erosion, Producing healthy plantain and banana suckers, Housing for pigs, Making a vermicompost bed and Working together for healthy chicks and Making banana flour, among others.

• Appolinaire Tetang Yiampho from SAILD (CIP) NGO is an enthusiastic partner of Access Agriculture in Cameroon, which is actively promoting agroecology among farmers in the East Region of Cameroon using the smart projector. In the first quarter of 2024, he with his team members facilitated eight video shows for 294 participants (133 women participants), including schoolchildren, in Nyom, Bertoua, Yaoundé, Dongo, Mbeth and Mbome. The videos shown included Management of Newcastle disease, Using sack mounds to grow vegetables, Natural ways to keep chickens healthy, Planting banana and plantain, Making a chilli seedbed, The onion nursery, Controlling banana weevils, Vermiwash: an organic tonic for crops, Organic coating of cereal seed and Teaching agroecology in schools, among others.
  

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Trash to treasure

Food waste could be made into useful compost, instead of mixing it with plastic and other inorganic trash, as my wife Ana recently explained on a panel discussion on Radio Cepra in Cochabamba. She was invited by a local NGO, Alerta Verde (Green Alert), along with two agronomists who encourage schools and families to make compost, and a student who is writing his thesis on urban families who compost.

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MEET OUR AMBASSADOR

Awe Baina Modeste

Awe Baina Modeste is an agro-zootechnician engineer with a master’s in Integrated Rural Development and currently a PhD candidate in Integrated Rural Development in Cameroon. He is a business advisor in the Youth Agropastoral Entrepreneurship Promotion Program (PEA-Jeunes). At PEA-Jeunes program, he supports young start-ups in the creation and scaling up of their businesses in the agro-pastoral fields. The current pool of this program is five thousand young entrepreneurs and the workforce is still growing. He has acquired proven experiences in various structures working in rural development: agro-pastoral entrepreneurship, giving supports and advice to agro-pastoral farms and community activities. As an ambassador, he wants to promote the activities of Access Agriculture in his professional networks in the agriculture sector such as FASA Alumni.