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CleanFarms Cameroon project completed successfully

Pierre Baleguel — Sat, 21 Sep 2013 11:54:42 +0000

With a final presentation to the Minister of Agriculture, the CropLife International-funded CleanFarms project in Cameroon has been completed with around 50 tonnes of obsolete pesticide from many sites repackaged in UN approved drums and bags and transported to a secure centralized store – see photograph of part of the stock. This was achieved without spillage or harm to any personnel involved, due in part to the expert supervision of the operations by the firm Veolia Environmental Services (UK) and the skill and dedication of the field teams from YIF and the Agricultural and Environmental Ministries. FAO also helped with some co-finance and logistics assistance from the country office, and are currently finalizing a Global Environment Fund project that will export the stocks for safe high temperature incineration.

YIF Directors meet Cameroon Deputy High Commissioner

Terry Wiles — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:42:30 +0000

The Cameroon Deputy High Commissioner, Mr Denis Nyuydzewira, joined YIF Directors, Terry Wiles, Graham Matthews and Hans Dobson for a lunchtime meeting at the Farmer’s Club in Whitehall Court on Wednesday 9 November 2011. We have always enjoyed good relations with the High Commission staff, but this was the first opportunity to talk in detail about technical and development issues in Cameroon. Mr Nyuydzewira was briefed on the Libamba development project, blackfly control work, and malaria mosquito management. He expressed interest in finding ways to develop coffee and livestock production in Cameroon. We agreed to keep him informed on YIF activities, and to try to schedule visits to Cameroon for the next time he returns home on leave. The mutual agreement was that we should seek ways to build on the productive Cameroonian/British collaboration over the past 8 years in order to expand the developmental impact even further in Cameroon and beyond.

YIF Meeting of the Board of Trustees at Imperial College London

Hans Dobson — Mon, 16 May 2011 16:34:56 +0000

Dr Pierre Baleguel visited England 11 – 15 May 2011 for a Trustees Board Meeting with the other Directors of YIF, Professor Graham Matthews, Terry Wiles and Hans Dobson. Discussions were productive and plans were updated for the remainder of 2011 and 2012. The opportunity was also taken to hold a meeting on the CropLife CleanFarms project.