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This is Ngouambe Nestor again. I just want to add some comments to Message 92 by Mahesh Chander:
Gender analysis in extension and advisory services must targeted to both men and women. Because it is important to identify what are the main strengths of each within the farming systems. What are the specific activities for women, men and youth? This will give an overview of the kind of services that can be brought to them.
In my country, we think that women have limited access to extension services, but a deep analysis has proven proof that this depends on some customs and traditional considerations.
In the Northern part of Cameroon, customs and tradition considerations prohibit women from discussing with men. Due to the fact that most extension agents in the region are men, women cannot assist in meetings or discussions moderated by a male. The main challenge is to break down all those considerations aiming to reduce or limit access to extension and advisory services.
In Western region instead, small scale farming is the main activities of women and youth. So they are the one going through the extension agent to beg for their support and services. I was surprised during a field trip to observe that women in Fondonera (a small village in west Cameroon) spent up to 50 USD per month to benefit from private advisory services. If the services offered are most centered on maize, beans, cabbage, potatoes, sweet potatoes, women in West Cameroon are able to pay more than USD 50 to benefit from the services in question.
For my concern, and according to what I experienced during this 6 last years, we can think about oriented advisory services or oriented extension services. Meaning that, if men are champions for e.g. cocoa or coffee, they can be considered in priority within the extension systems based on cocoa or coffee value chain.
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
e-mail: Ngouambe (at) gmail.com
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