Rural resource centres: Lessons learned from the North Region of Cameroon

Faced with a constantly changing world, farmers need a range of innovations and services, coupled with permanent access to knowledge and information. Bringing all these elements together in a single rural environment would greatly facilitate the adoption of innovations and maximise the benefits for farmers. The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) has been developing rural resource centres (RRCs) since 2006; first in Cameroon, and later in Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, and Nigeria, to facilitate the adoption of agricultural innovations.

The Innovation Niches approach in the ReSI-NoC project

In North Cameroon, several projects have been carried out over the years to promote technical and technological innovations that contribute to the sustainable development of agroforestry systems. At the same time, project promoters have regularly been found to be duplicating their efforts, and activities have been slowed down or stopped once the projects have ended.

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