PULCCA shines at Int'l Exhibition of Agriculture & Agribusiness of Y'de.

The event which spanned June 23 to 29 took place at the esplanade of the National Museum in Yaounde under the theme: “Agriculture and agrifood at the heart of the national import-substitution policy”.

During the one-week event, officials of PULCCA and its resource persons were at the disposal of citizens who visited organisation’s stand to get vital information and updates on its activities.

Visitors to PULCCA’s stand were updated on the project’s context, its role in combating food security in the six Regions of the North West, South West, Far North, North, Adamawa and East Regions among other capacity building to ensure resilience and community wellbeing.

Food Security expert and consultant at PULCCA, Prof George Muluh, who formed part of the team dispatched to the fair told The Guardian Post that, visitors got ample on key interventions of PULCCA. 

Many others, Prof Muluh said, were counseled on how to get maximum support and benefit from PULCCA’s work in the field. He stressed the importance of people joining cooperatives given that most of the organisation’s partners are farmer groupings.

The food security expert remarked that, thanks to SIALY 2025, “PULCCA has actually increased its visibility. Those who did not know about the project now know and are aware of what is being done”. 

He cited exploits such as during the floods that happened in the Far North Region wherein PULCCA was able to provide immediate support to the population. These and more, the consultant said, are some of the things that warmed the hearts of visitors during SIALY.

Other PULCCA services that have been of great positive impact to livelihoods that also caught the interest of visitors, Prof Muluh stated, are; its cash transfers that provide food and health vouchers to the population.

Through the food voucher, he said PULCCA has stepped in repeatedly in communities where there is always emergency need for feeding. The health voucher, the expert noted, has benefited several pregnant women. 

Thanks to the health vouchers, he stated that many pregnant women in selected communities have seen aspects of their antenatal handled such as; echography, screening for Vitamin A deficiency that remains vital for the development of the fetus. 

He also said there is the provision of iron tablets to pregnant women. The same voucher, he noted, still covers care for nursing mothers and their children for up to six weeks after delivery.

On project’s component two relating to building the resilience of farmers in rural areas, the resource person said PULCCA has also made great strides.

Beyond trainings on climate smart agriculture and farmer school field schemes, Prof Muluh disclosed that there has been the provision of inputs especially in the livestock sector.

Such interventions, he said, have been through institutions such as the North West Livestock Development Fund, CDENO, the North West Development Authority, MIDENO, the South West Development Authority, SOWEDA and several such regional development institutions in other areas.

Prof Muluh assured that the results of the project are visible in the field thanks to constant evaluation. He cited his recent visit in the month of May to Maroua and Kolofata in the Far North Region “to evaluate treatment and prevent of malnutrition of children between six and 59 months. Women lauded the health voucher for its uniqueness in easing their burden”.

This article was first published in The Guardian Post Edition No:3489 of Monday June 30, 2025