Amidst the glaring effects of climate variability, food insecurity and threatened livelihoods of rural people especially smallholder farmers, ISUDEV and her partner, Luena Foundation, has intervened in the community of Ndibse, Bangem Sub Division, with a climate-smart farming initiative.
In their project “Empowering vulnerable Ndibse women through Regenerative Agriculture” ISUDEV has just trained over 27 Ndibse women on Regenerative Agriculture (RA).
According to the Founder and Team Leader of ISUDEV, Ebong Jarvis Akang, the training is intended to equip these women with adequate knowledge on RA practices.
He said this is one of the strategies small holder farmers should embrace in order to have good farm yields, secure their livelihoods and improve on their household food security, at a time when climate variability is hitting harder on them.
Some of the RA practices ISUDEV trained and encouraged the women to engage into were Agroforestry, Reduced-till farming, Cover cropping, Crop rotation and intercropping and conservation agriculture.
ISUDEV took a step further by donating farm tools and seedlings to enable these women put into practice what they have been trained to do.
Over 90 items were donated for free to these women, including machetes, hoes, farm shoes, irish and sweet potato seedlings, amongst others.
Akang also told The Ultimate that in the days ahead, ISUDEV will train the women on the production of organic fertilizer and pesticides, as they confirm their commitment to help women to farm with very minimal burden on the environment.
By Olive Ejang
