September 01, 2019
The project was launched Friday, August 30, 2019 in Bengui in the Lagdo District by the Commune of this unit and African commodities. 580 hectares will be planted, and the prefect of the department of Bénoué David Embe who launched the first phase through the planting of 20,000 plants, invited people to support the efforts of the government.
The aim of the project is not only to revive the forest massif that has suffered the effects of deforestation, but also to defeat the phenomenon of silting already noticeable at the Lagdo reservoir through the 20,000-hectare plantation. hectares of cashew plants. The incessant erosions causing the destruction of the plant cover. The mayor of the municipality of Lagdo Mama Abakaï found the said project beneficial. " By securing the banks by planting cashew trees, it is also another way to combat the silting up of this lake to ensure the restoration of vegetation cover , " said the municipal magistrate.
The choice of the cashew
Regarding the actors of the project, the choice of the cashew nut is not insignificant in this wake of restoration of the green belt to the island of Bengui. For Emerand Dogmo Tchopa, the Managing Director of African commodities: "In addition to fighting the problems of climate change, it is also an economically profitable tree.In recent months, the Government has been heavily involved in the process of launching the cashew nut sector in the North, " says D G.
David Embe, the Prefect of Benue for his part said that the mission to ensure that the example of Lagdo oil patch is useful for the dream of Cameroon to rank among the countries that may have a label in export of cashew nuts, can actually be achieved.
The project aims by 2021, to plant 580 hectares on the banks of Lagdo. These are actions supported by the Cameroon Association of Forest Communes and the European Union.
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