Attaining Enhanced Soil Health Outcomes while Improving Productivity in Western Cameroon 

Executive Summary:

The extent to which farming systems affect soil organic carbon (SOC) stock, soil aggregate stability (SAS) and global warming potential (GWP) has not been properly addressed, which is relevant in identifying farming systems to bridge the gap between climate change and food security. The smallholder farmers in Western Cameroon, like many farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa, aspire to successfully implement soil health practices and systems while upholding or enhancing their socio-economic status but lacks knowledge and skills to do so. SEEADO has successfully planned and implemented many farming practices and systems changes designed to achieve improved soil health and related results. Comparing soil health and production variables between these soil health improvement practices and conventional farming practices in Western Cameroon revealed that soil improvement practices increase SOC stocks, SAS, and crop yields while reducing GWP from the farms. This we hope shall convince more farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa to implement soil health improving practices, hence enhance soil organic carbon sequestration. 

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