***Training women in production of organic manure/compost.
In Missoume, a locality found at approximately 25km from the town of Abong Mbang (East Region of Cameroon), there is a settlement of Baka, an Indigenous Peoples community of about 450 inhabitant who depend mostly on hunting and gathering for their livelihood. were trained one organic manure compost production on the 2nd to the 7th of September 2019. In order to empower the Baka of Missoume on climate smart agricultural techniques, a capacity building workshop on organic manure or compost production and use was carried out with the participation of thirty (30) people 10 men including 02 people living with disabilities,16 women and 04 youth. The aim objective of the training was to enable woman create home gardens around their houses with a more environmental-friendly fertilizer produced with waste from household and animals. This training had as main objectives to improve upon crop yield most especially vegetables which are rare source of food nutrients within the forest Indigenous Peoples community of Missoume, provide the opportunity to cultivate multiple food crops in order to improve upon food security, and introduce other food crops to improve and diversify feeding habits among children in order to reduce malnutrition as result of starchy food diet (based on cassava).

**Learning by doing practice of home gardening using compost

Food security remains one of the major challenges within the Baka community which has resulted to multiple diseases such as malnutrition most especially among children. A community farming activity was organized for fifty six people (56) including 12 men, 38 women and 04 children in Missoume one of the Baka community in the East Region of Cameroon located some twenty five (25km) away from the city of Abong Mbang with a population of four hundred and fifty (450) inhabitants with a majority of women (about 230), one hundred and one (101) men and the rest children .This community faces but social, economic and political problems of which food security remains a great challenge. The main objective of this was to enable Women start small home gardens to plant vegetables, small fruits species and spices which will help them in securing food for their families. They were trained in producing organic food which is environmentally friendly and healthy
This began with a community training on the socio-economic and environmental benefits of organic agriculture which was followed by a practical training (clearing, hoeing and planting) of a demonstration community garden (01) hecter on which vegetable such as huckleberry, tomatoes, spices and other food crops such as plantains, maize, beans, groundnuts, cassava were planted.

**Develop capacities on pasture improvement.

On the 28/09/2019 a capacity building workshop on pasture improvement was organized to train pastoralist on the Importance of improved pastures to the community and animal. The workshop brought together forty-two (42) Pastoralist including four (4) women (cattle owners, grazers and some veterinary practitioners) from six (6) villages around Bamenda (Sabga, Ntabang, Bali Nyonga, Acha and Babah villages, Banja). The main objective of this event was to educate and inform pastoralist on the importance of improve animal pasture to humans, animals as well as the environment, and also to train and educate grazers, livestock producers and young people on animal pasture seedling transplanting to eventually make them able to implement practices to enhance the sustainability of pasture-based livestock production systems.
During this workshop topic such as: how to create pasture plots? Seed sowing techniques, type of fodder and planting approaches, Importance of improved seedlings to countering drought and climate change were taught.
Pasture seed production is an activity that somehow differs from regular forage production because care is required in harvesting, processing and reservation of the seeds. Animal production mostly depends on the availability of feed which is also preconditioned by the quantity of seeds produced.
In the North West Region, forage seed production is mostly carried out in a disorganized manner by private individuals and some services like North West Livestock Development Fund (CDENO), and Institute de Research et Agricole Development (IRAD). Since the sector is not organized, specific annual production figures are not available; even though the annual quantity of Bracharia seeds produced ranges from 3-6 tons, while Guatemala stems ranges from 300-500tons. In order to provide forage seed producers, grazers and cattle owners practical information on pasture improvement techniques, seed production, harvesting and transplanting techniques, there was the need to set up a pilot pasture plot for a practical training and demonstration which will serve as a seed bank to the pastoral community. Therefore, a pilot pasture plot for seed harvesting and forage species multiplication (of 50 m x 50 m) was set up.

**Organize a training for youth (girls and boys) in solar electrification
The Indigenous pastoral community of Yolo in the Noun subdivision, West Region of Cameroon, with a population of approximately four hundred and thirty (430) inhabitants who are mostly grazers and are less dependent on agriculture just as many other Indigenous communities are faced with this major problem; lack of energy.
Community members used to travel for 32kms twice a week to the nearest town of Koutaba under difficult road conditions in the rainy season, most often associated with road accidents and loss of valuables due to robbery most especially at night. Due to the problem of insecurity and much rains, the people who are trapped in the city as a result of trying to charge their mobile phones are forced to spend the night in the town of Koutaba leaving their wives and children behind.
In order to bring closer the population of Yolo to the realities of life and to enable the youth join the process of sustainable development in building a stronger community leaving no one behind, a capacity building and a practical training activity was conducted to bring this energy source closer to the people of yolo who live some 32 km away from the town of Koubata. During this training, a pilot solar plan was installed on the community leader?s home (Ardo Yaya) which now serves as a community gathering point for the entire village to share a common space during morning and evening visits to the palace. The population of Yolo community is now able to charge their mobile phones and other portable devices at a zero cost unlike in the past.

****Training on dairy technology

A training workshop on post milk harvest techniques was organized in the West Region of Cameroon within the Mbororo-Fulani pastoralist community of Didango in Koutaba Sub Division within the Noun Division. This training program built the capacities of twenty-two (22) Mbororo women in post milk harvest techniques, milk pasteurization, milk quality control and transformation of fresh milk into dairy products such as yogurt. Due to the importance of this training program four (04) men and two (02) peoples with disabilities took part in this training and were actively involved through out the process. The objective of this training is to empower indigenous women to solve the problem of food security, hygiene and sanitation during and after milk harvest and financial autonomy.
The women have used this training to raise income for their families through the sale of dairy products in the nearby towns. They have improved food security, diversify livelihoods for subsistence, empowered themselves economically women and girls produce dairy products both for sale and for home consumption reducing the dependence on their husbands for basic needs. Through the sale of dairy products, the women in Didango community have equally diversified their income generating sources and opened other businesses like poultry farming with about 100 birds and tailoring workshop where they are training and empowering other community women and girls in the acquisition of new skills for autonomy.

One of the major outcomes of this activity on milk transformation in Didango community was the International milk day celebration in Cameroon which was organized by the Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Animal Industries during which the beneficiaries of this training showcased their products and were awarded two (02) prices by the Minister. The Minister of Livestock Fisheries and animal husbandry, Dr Taiga promised to set up one of the biggest dairy unit in the West Region of Cameroon in Didango community.

****Valorization of ethnoveterinary medicine through the sustainable use of plants

A training to valorize the use of ethno-veterinary medicines was organized in Bafia in the Center Region within the Mbororo pastoralist Community. This training session brought together sixty-eight (68) grazers including two women (2) and many cattle owners for a two-day training workshop and a field visit to identify plants to treat animals. The main objective of this workshop was to bring together youth, cattle owners and the elderly people to train them on the use of plants to treat animals (ethno-veterinary medicine) through inter generational knowledge transfer. The result of this was the transfer of traditional knowledge from the older generation to the younger generation and to document and encourage the domestication of some medicinal plants that are on the verge of disappearing due to climate change and biodiversity loss while encouraging the youth to continue carrying out these practices in order to preserve and valorize this traditional practices which has been one of the most important tradition within the grazer communities.

This training was marked by a field visits to the grazing settlements to identify various animal diseases which are a major threat both to cows and calves and finally another field visit on the hills of Bafia with a list of Twenty-five (25) plants identified to treat the various identified animal diseases.


****IP Fellow Participation to CBD COP14
The UN Convention of Biological Diversity held its 14th meeting of the Parties in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt in November 2018.The Cameroon IP fellow was able to attend this two-week conference that explored many topics under the realm of biodiversity. Some of the highlights included learning about agroforestry in tropical ecosystems, climate change in arctic ecosystems, mangrove restoration, environmental justice, Indigenous rights, wildlife management, soil conservation, coral reefs, gene drives and synthetic biology, and pollinators. This conference provided a platform to bring to together the GEF SGP team, two (02) national and four (04) Global fellows under the Indigenous people?s fellowship program to share experiences and discuss the future of this fellowship initiative.


****Participation to other IP advocacy, dialogues and platforms

A three-day Conference was organized by World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) hosted at the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) headquarters where Young people from across Africa convened in Nairobi from May 22-25, 2019, for deliberations about the most pressing environmental challenges. The youth conference brought together 50 young conservation and development practitioners from 24 African countries to discuss how to save Africa?s declining biodiversity, in the wake of a recent United Nations report that raised alarm over the rapid extinction of plants and animals due to human activity.

The Cameroon?s Indigenous people?s fellow (IP-Fellow) attended this youth conference and contributed to the drafting process of the New Deal declaration for Nature and People. During this conference, the Cameroon?s IP-Fellow attended sessions such as youth action for a world where people and Nature live in harmony, youth movement and communication for development, innovation and creativity. During this conference, representing the indigenous people of Cameroon during this conference advocated for inclusion and representation of indigenous youth in decision and at policy making levels taking into consideration the principle of free and prior informed consent and equally the creation of the African Indigenous Youth Movement which will be presented at the World Wild Fund Global annual conference.

The IP fellow attended a conference in Brazzaville - Congo in October 2019 under the theme ?Capacity-building workshop for indigenous populations, local communities and other stakeholders on the emerging themes of pilot support initiatives of the GIZ Regional Support Project to COMIFAC for Central Africa?.
In line with the implementation of activities in the field of pilot initiatives for the local and indigenous populations of Central Africa planned under the GIZ Regional Support Project for COMIFAC, consultation workshops were organized in Brazzaville for National Sangha Tripping NPs (NPS), Ndjamena for the IPs of the binational Sena Oura - Bouba Ndjidda complex (BSB Yamoussa) and Bertoua for the Moloundou and Dzeng IPs.

The IP fellow Aliou Mustafa attended the first ever annual meeting organized by the Club of Rome on the African continent to address the pressing problems of Climate change in Cape town South Africa in November 2019


****Production of a participatory developed manual on ethnoveterinary traditional knowledge

Following the training on ethno-veterinary knowledge carried out in Bafia in the Center Region of Cameroon within the pastoral communities of Bafia, with a list of twenty-five (25) plants compiled through a field visit and community participation mostly learning and tapping from the potentials of the elders on traditional practices on using plants to treat animals. Due to the extinction of plant species as a result of the effects of climate change and biodiversity lost, there is the need to save this cultural aspect of the pastoral community on ethno-veterinary knowledge by developing a manual entitled PLANTS TO SAVE ANIMALS which will serve as a guide to educate the present and future generation in conserving plants, traditional knowledge through an inter-generational knowledge transfer.