Cameroon Response overview – October 2019

In numbers

• 1.1 million people were projected to be severely food insecure in June–August 2019 (Cadre Harmonisé, November 2018)

• 798 938 internally displaced people (IDPs) in the Far North,
  North‑West and South-West regions

• 39% of the population lives under the poverty line

• USD 20 million required by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2019, under the 2017–2020 Humanitarian Response Plan

• Food insecurity remains widespread in Cameroon, particularly in the northern part of the country, which is affected by drought, floods and violence.

• Violence in the North‑West and South‑West regions has led to increasing displacement, which in turn has disrupted agricultural activities and worsened food security levels in areas where 70 percent of people rely on agriculture for their livelihoods.

• The East and North regions host a significant number of refugees from the Central African Republic, placing additional pressure on host communities’ already limited resources and increasing their vulnerability.

Planned response until December 2019

Far North: 11 524 people targeted (IDPs, returnees and host community)

fish ponds | cereal, vegetable and fish production | nutrition education | information and coordination mechanisms | quarterly food security bulletins | national food security and nutrition platforms | grain production | market gardening | training for producers | material and solar energy drilling for fish production | fruit and vegetable drying activities | establish land for crop production and for off‑season market gardening

North-West and South-West: 15 300 people targeted (IDPs, returnees, refugees and host community)

set up land for cereal production and for home‑gardening | training on the production of broilers and eggs | small material for the construction of poultry units, broilers and poultry feed

Response to date

Far North: 64 618 people reached (IDPs, refugees, returnees and host community)

supported the establishment of 2 775 ha of farmland for cowpea, maize and sorghum) and 421.9 ha of vegetable crops | distributed 1 457 tonnes of vegetable seeds, 61.7 tonnes of crop seeds, 570 sprayers, 26 470 bags of biopesticide and 329 tonnes of fertilizer | trained 53 ministry staff on nutrition and awareness raising who in turn trained 503 small‑scale producers | trained 35 ministry staff on epidemiological data collection given the outbreak of equine epizootic disease

North-West and South-West: 7 551 people reached (4 657 IDPs and 2 984 host community)

Improved the food security and nutrition through the production of broiler chickens and eggs | trained 37 enumerators on beneficiary targeting | conducted a refresher training for 39 field agents on broiler and egg production techniques | distributed 10 000 pullets, 20 000 broilers, 100 tonnes of poultry feed and small material for the construction of 1 000 poultry units through which beneficiaries were able to harvest 7 235 eggs | enabled 500 assisted households to generate about USD 105 900 from selling broiler chicken | constructed 224 mini poultry units, 448 feeders and 448 drinkers benefiting 1 551 people