Yaounde Initiative Foundation» pesticides

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.

Animated Guide to Indoor Residual Spraying

Graham Matthews — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 11:12:46 +0000

WHO published a short booklet on how to spray the inside of houses for mosquito control. An animated version of this booklet has been produced as a DVD and can be downloaded from

http://www.who.int/whopes/equipment/en/

You can click on either the pdf version of the booklet or the animated version below the text alongside a picture of the cover of the manual.

CleanFarms Cameroon website is LIVE

Didier Baleguel — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:47:45 +0000

The CleanFarms Cameroon website is now live, which means that the public can read about the CleanFarms Cameroon project, download booking forms and other information, and can even enter their obsolete pesticides data online. Go to www.cleanfarms.net and click on the large Cameroonian flag. There is also an option to choose English or French for most of the website – see the tiny French and English flags top right. The project team can be contacted through email on info@yaoundefoundation.org.

YIF signs convention with MINSANTE

Terry Wiles — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:27:26 +0000

The Yaounde Initiative Foundation has signed a ‘Convention’ with the Ministry of Public Health to carry out vector control operations on its behalf in Cameroon. As part of this convention, YIF has also been designated as the organisation to test new public health pesticides in the country, and to carry out epidemiological, entomological and ecotoxicological evaluations.