Delayed Rainfall Worries Cameroon’s Farmers

The Cameroon government has asked farmers not to plant for the coming growing season until it can assure them there will be sufficient rainfall. Unpredictable weather patterns in recent years have led to long dry seasons and hurt production. Ndukong Kennedy, 42, rears chicken in Santa on the outskirts of Bamenda, in northwest Cameroon. He abandoned his groundnut farms after late and insufficient rainfall caused the crop to wither for two consecutive years. Rains usually start in...

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