2009 has witnessed an increase in the price of paddy rice in Ngoketunjia Division (North West Region of Cameroon) as compared to 2008. A bag of 100 kg paddy rice in 2008 was sold at 10,000 frs CFA, early this year 2009 a bag of 100kg is selling at 15 to 18,000 frs CFA.

The production of rice in the area keeps on reducing as farmers lack financial and technical assistance to increase the rice production within the Division.

A case study of rice farming in Cameroon

Rice is the main cash crop in the Ngoketunjia Division in the North West Region of Cameroon. As such people rely on the sale of rice for basic necessities such as school fees and medicines. So when one of the women's groups approached us and talked to us about the problems with their rice farms, we were compelled to investigate.

Dear members,

We have been talking much and doing less, can we start from our own small communities to plant trees as to have global benefit?

Below is what we intend to do and need partners to carry on the initiative.

We are inviting donors, technical partners and volunteers to join us in this initiative.You can contact us through the address bellow for further information.

Information Communication Technology (ICT) is the modern day driver of economic growth and poverty alleviation. PCDI embraces this principle and works at bridging the digital divide in the rural communities of Cameroon. Firstly through IT training and secondly by providing Internet Access. However the reality is much more complex than these text book solutions suggest.

The problem that exists in the Cameroonian education system especially in elementary and secondary education is the problem of quality teaching and that of quality learning. The basic problems in the elementary schools are related to language skills acquisition. Such skills include inability to write, spell, speak and understand. The writer has taught in secondary schools and in the teacher training college for close to 12 years and attests to the fact that students on entry to secondary school class cannot

HINT IT project Rural Electrification And Communication Technology (REACT) has been selected as one of 145 finalists in the prestigious Stockholm challenge Award 2008 out of a total of over 2000 applicants from all over the world.

Here is the information letter as received this week:

Dear Tinshu Genesis Gemuh,

Some of Kabissa members working in agricultural projects such as the Mixed Farming Common Iniative Group, Green Dreams, Community Skills Training, Agriculture and Development and Naramatisho