Mbean bidi (cultivate what you eat): female and young producers for sustainable agriculture and healthy diet

About this project

The initiative, lasting 36 months, covers five municipalities in the department of Nyong et So'o, in the Centre region of Cameroon, where agriculture represents the main source of income for the population and the cultivated products form the basis of the diet for poor and rural families. The intervention aims to provide sustainable, innovative and adapted responses to the insufficiency of material and immaterial resources and the inadequacy Allegato 2_Modello Documento Unico di Progetto_DUP_Bando Promossi 2023 8 of incomes to ensure throughout the year a healthy, nutritious and sufficient diet for small producers and their families. In response to identified needs and problems, the intervention strategy, divided into three main results, is based on the four dimensions of food security aiming to: 1) Contribute to agricultural development, improving agricultural productivity and product quality, ensuring greater crops, stability and diversification of production and ensuring the sustainability of food production systems (food availability and stability) 2) Develop productive activities in the agro-industry by creating decent jobs, supporting entrepreneurial activities and increasing the incomes of small producers, thanks to the introduction of new conservation, transformation and marketing processes (access to food) 3) Improve basic nutrition and access to drinking water, by adapting health centres, training health personnel on the management of malnutrition and growth retard…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 2Zero Hunger
• 3Good Health and Well-being
• 5Gender Equality
• 8Decent Work and Economic Growth

Published by

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development · Government

Countries

Cameroon

Sectors

Basic nutritionAgricultural developmentAgro-industries

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesNutrition · Main focusBiodiversity · Also contributesMaternal, newborn and child health · Also contributes

Funded by

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development

Implemented by

ARCS - ARCI CULTURE SOLIDALI ONLUS

Accountable

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development

Published by AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 6 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-6-4-013244-09-9.

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