Eldad Umenjoh hails from Ngie in the North West Region of
Cameroon where palm oil production is one of the most reliable source of income to
approximately 85% of the population. Being a young man who knows the importance of "black gold" palm oil as it is commonly known, Eldad started building the capacity of youths and women in sustainable management of natural resources. As environment advisor to the Anjong Young Farmers Group, he introduced a program to change the mindset and the attitude of farmers to learn best sustainable environmental
practices in production, processing and transformation of palm oil and its
by-products. As a matter of fact, Eldad believes that the peasant farmers in
Bonambufie village could increase their income if they practice clean
production of palm oil from durra wild palm trees. He says oil palm production
could be professionalized through sustainable management of palm oil by product
by instilling zero waste natural resources management of palm oil waste
products. This particularly measures he says will generate eco-friendly
by-products such as animal feed and soap, bio diesel and organic manure, from
oil palm kernels which are wasted.
The overall benefit is that by voting this project, it will improve
on the quality of palm oil being produced both qualitatively and
quantitatively. It will produce a spillover effect in the community given that
it will lead to the putting in place of practices that will sustain the natural
environment. Your vote will equally stand the taste of contributing
significantly to improve the livelihood of the rural poor.
The
income of farmers the other members of the communities increases, beside that
they spend less on energy because they making use of manual mechanical hand
presses for production of palm oil. These mechanical hand presses are
environmentally-friendly because they do not use energy and are pollution-free
besides clean air, less encroachment into the forest by farmer, more endangered
species of trees and flora and fauna protected.When News Breaks Out, We Break In. Minute by Minute Report on Cameroon and Africa
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