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Moderated conference on rural advisory services for family farms: 1-18 December 2014

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This is Ngouambe Nestor, again, responding to Lisa Kitinoja (Message 55):

When we talk about extension and rural advisory services, I think we also refer to value chains. If an extension system does not build its strategy around a value chain, it would be very difficult to satisfy farmers living in remote rural areas.  That is why postharvest losses and food processing is the main challenge for the extension system in Cameroon. Some sectors like roots and tubers which has a high added value, are considered within our extension and advisory system. 

Presently we are building our strategy around cooperatives in order to have just one cooperative per crop per village. This will let extension agents (public and private) better advise farmers. So there are many specialists with proper skills in the main domains you mentioned in your message.

Ngouambe Nestor
Agricultural Extension officer
Ministry of agriculture and rural Development (MINADER) Programme 
National de Vulgarisation et de recherche Agricole (PNVRA) BP 46 
Dschang-Cameroun
Tel: +237 77 62 41 21 / 79 71 78 09
Skype: manuel.rayan
YPARD Cameroon team: www.ypard.net
AFAAS Cameroon Team: www.afaas-africa.org Cameroon Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (CAMFAAS)
Blogpost:- https://ngouambe.wordpress.com
             - http://agriculture-infos.blogspot.com

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