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Cameroon

IAEA Member State since July 1964

Key achievements in Cameroon Recent project successes


• 2018: Maize productivity more than doubles
Livestock production
using isotopic techniques and fruit tree
An IAEA project assisted Cameroon reduce its milk
seedling survival rates increase by 95-100%
production gap, which stands at 25 percent or €30
in irrigated systems, compared to 30-60% for
million per year. An artificial insemination centre and
non-irrigated systems.
animal health laboratory were set up at the Institute
• 2018: An artificial insemination centre and of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD)
an animal health laboratory are established in Bambui. The project increased average milk
at the Institute of Agricultural Research for production of dairy cows from 2 to 15 litres of milk
Development in Bambui. per day. Having received training in milk processing,
small dairy producers (including women) have
benefitted from the resulting financial gains - from
Atoms for peace an average loss of $4.50 per cow each month to
earning $38 from each cow in the same amount of
and development time. With these results, Bayemi Henri from IRAD
The International Atomic Energy Agency is the received an award as the best scientific researcher
world’s central intergovernmental forum for scientific in Cameroon.
and technical cooperation in the nuclear field. It
works for the safe, secure and peaceful uses of Agricultural water and soil management
nuclear science and technology, contributing to Cameroon’s farmers have for many years practiced
international peace and security. a mixed crop system as part of subsistence farming
systems, but this failed to ensure sustainable
The IAEA’s technical cooperation programme helps
productivity. This has been due to intensive use
countries to use nuclear science and technology to
and rapid extraction of nutrients from the soil,
address key development priorities, including health,
particularly secondary and micronutrients, resulting
agriculture, water, the environment and industry.
in lower productivity and crop sustainability, and
The programme also helps countries to identify
increased land degradation. Isotopic techniques
and meet future energy needs. It supports greater
were use to improve soil fertility, which increased
radiation safety and nuclear security, and provides
maize productivity from 3.7 to 9.3 metric tonnes per
legislative assistance.
hectare. The survival rate of fruit tree seedlings also
increased to 95-100% after transplanting in irrigated
systems, compared to 30-60% survival rates in
non-irrigated systems.

20-02548 Version 1b – July 2020 (online)

Scientists, field and laboratory technicians from Cameroon


have been trained to help local farmers to cut fertilizer and IAEA supported isotopic techniques are helping to reverse
water use whilst sustaining crop yields in integrated cropping the effects of increased land degradation in Cameroon
systems. (Photo: IRAD) caused by over-intensive soil use. (Photo: IAEA)
Active national projects
IAEA support to Cameroon,
• Using Nuclear Techniques to Improve Milk
2009–2019
Production (CMR5019)

511 28 98
• Developing Best Nutrient and Water Management
Practices to Improve Soil Fertility and Productivity
and Minimize Land Degradation Using Isotopic
Techniques (CMR5021)
• Controlling Transboundary Animal diseases with trained international attended specialist
Special Emphasis on Peste des Petits Ruminants (including 151 women) experts meetings
(CMR5022) provided (including 19 women)
• Strengthening Laboratory Capabilities to Monitor
Contaminants in Fisheries Products (CMR5023) Priority areas of support
• Establishing Safe and Effective Basic • Strengthening food security
Radiotherapy Services at Yaounde and Douala
• Improving health and nutrition
(CMR6014)
• Enhancing access to drinking water
• Using Stable Isotope Techniques to Assess
Vitamin A and Nutritional Status of Mother-Infant • Supporting the exploitation of mineral resources
Pairs (CMR6015) • Improving management of energy resources
• Improving Cancer Control and Treatment through • Strengthening environmental protection
Upgraded Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine
Services (CMR6016)
Cameroon’s contribution to South-South
• Establishing a Secondary Standard Dosimetry
Laboratory - Phase I (CMR6017) and triangular cooperation, 2009–2019
• Establishing a National Radioactive Waste

113 18 50
Management System (CMR9007)
• Sustaining National Regulatory Infrastructure
(CMR9008)
training course fellows or
• Establishing a National Radon Plan for Controlling participants scientific visitors
Public Exposure Due to Radon Indoors expert and lecturer hosted
(CMR9009) assignments
Cameroon also participates in 51 regional and provided by
5 interregional projects, mostly in the area of Cameroon Based on data available as of April 2020
radiation protection and nuclear safety.

Cancer control imPACT Review


Previous IAEA conducted: June 2013
support to Cameroon
In its strategy for aligning support for nuclear Strategic documents supported
technology with Cameroon’s national priorities for
• Country Programme Framework (2014–2018),
sustainable development, the IAEA has historically
signed in September 2014
focused on food safety, agricultural production,
human health, water resources development,
energy planning, industrial quality control, and the
development of radiation protection infrastructure.

www.iaea.org/technicalcooperation
The IAEA collaborates with National Liaison Officers and
Permanent Missions to deliver its TC programme.

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