Women fight against poverty in Cameroon: What a wonderful contribution in achieving MDGs!!! In Cameroon, economic factors have driven more and more people into the NTFP sector. Prices of cocoa and coffee dropped in the nineties, followed by an economic crisis and the devaluation of the local currency, the CFA. As a result of this, rural people were looking for new sources of income. Today NTFPs constitute an important component in the livelihood strategies of many forests dwellers. Under the auspices of the “Forests and livelihoods” program, NTFP research in the humid forest zone of Cameroon shows that women play a strong role in NTFP production and trade. This poster aims to enhance the great contribution of to natural resources management (NRM), their ability to organize the market place, their role in the development of informal financing mechanisms. This poster also aims to reveal the significant contribution of women to SFM despite their low implication in decision making processes.
