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TITTLE:
REPORT ON A ONE DAY TRSINING
WOEKSHOP ON CLIMATE CHANGE HELD AT CEAC BOKOVA ON 20th NOVEMBER 2015
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FARMING GROUPS WITHIN BUEA ARE BENEFICIARIES OF A ONE DAY TRAINING WORKSHOP ON
THE THEME; BUILDING CAPACITIES AND CREATING AWRENESS TOWARDS CLIMATE CHANGE:
MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION ORGANIZED BY GLOHA – SCOOPS
Presented by:
EVAMBE THOMPSON ATRA
CEO GLOHA – SCOOPS
21ST Nov. 2015
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Global Hand Simplified
Cooperative Society (GLOHA-SCOOPS) is based in Buea Town (Vasingi), Buea
Sub-Division with registration number; SW/AR-0112. It is a transformed Common
Initiative Group (GLOHA-CIG) registered with the Ministry of Agriculture and
Rural Development and governed by
Laws No 92/006 of 14/08/92 on cooperative societies and Common
Initiative Groups and decree of implementation No 92/455/PM of
23/11/92.The group members range from farmers, small business persons
(especially girls) and students and graduate. GLOHA
–SCOOPS has as its main aim to carry out Agriculture (food crop and animal
husbandry), Promote Eco-friendly activities (conservation, waste management
etc) and Community Education.
In the domain of
agriculture, Buea has an ideal climate that favours’ the growth of many food
and cash crop especially maize, plantain cassava, yams, banana, rubber etc.The
group is encouraging activities that will that can enhance living standard and likewise
beneficial to the communities, and the ecosystem.
. This area is
dominated by forest; the Mount Cameroon area which rises up to about 4100 meters
above the sea level. Some villages (41 villages) share direct with the park for
instance Upper and Lower Boando, Ekonjo, Mapanja, Buea Town, Ewonda, Bova I
& II, Bonakanda and Boteva etc are situated at the foot of the Mountain and
highly involve in agriculture almost dependent on the natural resources.
GLOHA - SCOOPS is bounded in North by Mount Cameroon, South by Tiko, to the West by Limbe and to the East by Muyuka. The land scope of the
Buea-municipality is characterized by gentle slope, streams and business
ventures from mile 14 to the Governor’s office.
Mount Cameroon area is a tropical rain forest with good
fertile soil for Agriculture. Some of the communities have reliable natural
flowing streams and water catchment area which constitute a major source of
water like Wolikawo, Moli, Vasingi and Koke catchments. This area is
characterized with two seasons the dry and wet season which last for five and
seven month respectively.
Rainfall is between 3000-8000mm depending on the month –
August and September however register the harvest with up to 8000mm.
Its population is estimated at about 109,000 with women
and youth population more than half of the total population. The Christian
religion is the dominant religion practiced here but still there are some
Muslims, and some villages still hold fast to their traditional religion. The
Sub Division is characterized by many ethnic groups that contribute greatly to
the Socio-economic and Cultural development of the villages. A significant
number of people from other part of the country and out of the country are also
settling in this area. Bakwerian are the tribe that exists in the area with
English and French being the official language.
Buea is divided into court areas namely Bonjongo Court
Area, Muea Court Area and Buea Court Area. The main occupation of the Zone is
agriculture.
DETAIL REPORT
The one day workshop design to educate farmers
on the eventualities of climate change and providing possible mitigating and
adaptation strategies that farmer can implement to boost their output while on
the other hand maintaining a healthy ecosystem.
The workshop envisaged a population
size of twelve (12) participants from six groups and partners like the Mount
Cameroon National Park and an agric technician who doubles as the director for
the Community Education and Action Center under the Ministry of Agriculture and
Rural Development.
The workshop was designed to have
three main presentations; Climate Change vs. Agriculture (by GLOHA-SCOOPS),
Farming Techniques (by Agric Technician) and Ecosystem and Conservation (by
Mount Cameroon National Park).
In the course of the workshop, 8
(eight) of the 12 participants were present including a student from the
university of Buea (German), the three facilitators and the secretary of GLOHA
– SCOOPS. In the course of the workshop, participants were introduced into new
concepts like ecological zones of Cameroon, climate change trend of Cameroon,
the effects of extreme weather conditions on agriculture and farmers, possible
mitigation and adaptation strategies (which can be applied locally and less
costly), added value chain, cooperatives, Ecosystem, conservation of natural
resources, and strategies to produce and multiply an economic or improve tree species
by grafting, budding etc.
In the course of the workshop,
participants were much interested in taking action towards as they made the
following recommendations;
Ø Farmers should plant trees in their farms and
on the boundary of their farms
Ø Farmers should do more of intensive rather than
extensive farming
Ø Organic fertilizer should be encourage amongst
farmers
Ø More groups and communities should be
sensitized and trained
Ø Seed
multiplication and tree planting training should be organized
Following these concerns, at the end of the
workshop farmers were given an evaluation form through which the workshop was
evaluated as follows;
A Diagram Showing Participants Evaluation of
the Workshop
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S/N
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THEME
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FAIR
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GOOD
(%)
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VERY GOOD (%)
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TOTAL (%)
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1
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Time management
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22.2
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55.6
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22.2
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100
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2
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Language used
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55.6
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33.3
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88.9
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3
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Presentation of working materials
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88.9
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11.1
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100
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4
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Presentation (workshop facilitation)
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33.3
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66.7
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100
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5
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Understanding of the message
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33.3
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66.7
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100
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6
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Organization of workshop
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44.4
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55.6
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100
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(Source: Farmers Climate Change Workshop
Evaluation Form)
The data from the table above illustrates the
evaluation of the workshop by the participants as follows; 2 (22.2%)
participants says the time management was fair while 5 (55.6%) participants
says it was good and 2 (22.2%) holds that the time management was very good.
Also 5 (55.6%) participants
evaluated the language used as good and 3 (33.3%) says the language that was
used was very good while a masters student from the university of Buea (German)
made no comment on the language used.
In the aspect of presentation of
working materials, 8 (88.9) participants indicated that it was good and 1(11.1)
person held that it was very good.
Further more, 6 (66.7%) participants
held that the facilitation was very good while 3 (33.3%) said it was good.
In valuating participants
understanding at the end of the workshop, 6 (66.7) of the participants argued
that their understanding was very good while 3 (33.3%) says their understanding
was good.
Lastly, 5 (55.6%) of the
participants held that the workshop organization was very good while 4 (44.4)
holds that it was good.
SUGGESTIONS FROM PARTICIPANTS
i.
Need more
farmers group to be involved
ii.
To
increase the number of participant per group
iii.
Sensitization
should be done regularly
iv.
More
training on tree planting and agricultural techniques
v.
To improve
on the time frame workshop
vi.
To move
directly to an action plan
vii.
Characters
of workshop material should be made more visible and available
RESOLUTIONS
i.
The
creation of a farmers network
ii.
Setting up
of a sensitization plan through workshop
which will enable famers to share ideas
iii.
Participants
will have to sensitize the rest of the group members and submit a report of
their activity (the sensitization process) on the 30th of December
2015
OBSERVATIONS
i.
Farmers
are willing to take action in relation to climate change
ii.
Climate
change workshops, if organized will improve on the biodiversity conservation
and the livelihood of our communities especially the 41 villages that have
direct contact with the Mount Cameroon National Park
iii.
The
workshops will equally help to solve the problem of farmers wildlife conflict
iv.
The
workshops are equally going to help farmers improve on their output, revenue
through the stakeholders of this program like the Mount Cameroon National Park,
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, The Institute of Research and
Agricultural Development and some Cooperatives.
CHALLENGES
i.
Inadequate
training materials
ii.
Insufficient
staff
iii.
Insufficient
resource
iv.
Transportation
v.
Time
management (participants)
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
i.
External
support
ii.
Provision
of organizations transport system
iii.
Using of
volunteers
iv.
Training should
be done from two days and above
