Reports

Web update, September 12, 2012 Heavy rainfall and overflowing rivers have caused severe flooding in the northern regions of Cameroon since August 23, 2012. The Northern and Far North regions have been particularly hit by the…

The Cameroonian government has released five new improved cassava varieties to help improve the food security of millions of people in the country. The varieties which were developed through conventional breeding by the International Institute of Tropical…

Highlights UNICEF is responding to the nutrition and food emergency, but still has a 56% funding gap which must be urgently filled to meet the most important needs of children and women. New Emergency - Heavy rains in…

CHF 299,707 has been allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the Cameroon Red Cross National Society in delivering immediate assistance to some 1,000 families, about 5,000 beneficiaries. Un-earmarked funds to repay…

By: Diana Tonea, Program Officer, International Medical Corps Cameroon Carine* is 14 years old. Her baby is 24 days old. I met Carine at her school in the village of Ngaoui, Cameroon during an International Medical Corps training…

Highlights The Sahel regions of Cameroon suffered three overlapping years of devastating drought and/or floods. UNICEF is responding to the nutrition and food emergency, but still has a 58% funding gap which must be urgently filled to…

YAOUNDÉ / GENÈVE (23 juillet 2012) – « Au Cameroun, les indicateurs sur la sécurité alimentaire sont au rouge malgré les mesures prises à la sortie de la crise de 2008 et la hausse des revenus…

YAOUNDÉ / GENEVA (23 July 2012) – “In Cameroon, food security indicators are on red alert despite measures taken in response to the 2008 food crisis and the increasing revenues drawn from the extensive use of…

The arrival of the lean season this month is exacerbating conditions in the Far North region of Cameroon. 400,000 people are estimated to be affected by the food and nutrition crisis. “WFP is supporting the Government…

YAOUNDÉ / GENEVA (12 July 2012) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, will carry out an official mission to Cameroon from 16-23 July 2012 to observe the ongoing…