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PROJECT OVERVIEW

Transforming Agriculture Into Opportunity

Cameroon is rich in natural resources and agricultural potential, yet up to 40% of fruit harvests are lost due to limited processing capacity and lack of structured value chains.

The Global Social Solutions Gateway (GSSoG) is addressing this challenge through the establishment of a modern agro-processing and packaging system that transforms locally grown fruits such as pineapples and mangoes into high-quality products for both local and international markets.

THE CHALLENGE

The Problem We Are Solving

Despite strong agricultural output, many rural farmers lack access to markets, technology, and storage systems. This results in significant post-harvest losses and missed economic opportunities.

At the same time, global demand for tropical fruit products continues to rise, creating a gap between supply potential and market access.

WHO BENEFITS

Target Impact Groups

👩‍🌾 Women

300–500 women gain employment, training, and financial independence.

👨‍💻 Youth

150–250 young people trained in agribusiness and technology.

♿ Inclusion

30–50 persons with disabilities integrated into meaningful work.

🌍 Communities

2,000+ people benefit through improved livelihoods and food security.

SUSTAINABILITY

A Self-Sustaining Model

The project is designed as a long-term, self-sustaining system. Revenue generated from processed fruit sales is reinvested into community programs, expansion, and local development.

By promoting organic farming, reducing waste, and improving efficiency, the initiative ensures environmental sustainability while building economic resilience.

EXPECTED IMPACT

Measurable Change

40% → 10%

Reduction in post-harvest losses

1000+

Jobs created

5 Years

Timeline for large-scale impact

OUR SECOND INITIATIVE

Community Organic Waste-to-Manure Transformation Initiative

Turning clean organic waste into income, healthier soils and cleaner communities.

                Funding Goal
                FCFA 150,000,000 (approximately USD 260,870 / EUR 228,674) for establishment,
                commissioning and first-year demonstration.
            

GSSoG is developing a community-scale circular-economy initiative that will purchase clean, source-separated organic waste, transform it into quality-assured organic manure, and connect the finished product to farmers, gardeners and cooperatives.

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ABOUT THE INITIATIVE

A Practical Response to Waste, Poverty and Declining Soil Health

Yaoundé generates a large and continuous stream of biodegradable household, market and food-business waste. When mixed with plastics, glass and other refuse, this material loses its value and contributes to unhealthy disposal sites, blocked drainage, greenhouse-gas emissions and avoidable municipal costs.

At the same time, many farmers need affordable soil amendments, while unemployed and low-income adults need dignified income opportunities. This initiative connects these challenges through one locally managed value chain.

A trained collection team receives separated household food waste using covered bins and a cargo tricycle.

What the project will do

Purchase clean organic waste after inspection and weighing.
Process one tonne of accepted biodegradable material per operating day.
Produce approximately 300–350 kg of finished manure per day at steady state.
Create direct green jobs and paid supply opportunities for registered adult collectors.
Build a tested model that can be replicated with councils and communities across Cameroon.

                What Makes It Different
                The project creates a transparent market for properly sorted organic waste.
                Payment is made only for material that passes inspection, automatically
                rewarding cleaner sorting at source.
            

Seven-step flow from source separation and inspection through compost processing, curing, testing, packaging and farm use.

OUR TECHNOLOGY

How the Waste-to-Manure System Works

The system combines simple source separation with controlled processing and quality assurance. The 24–72-hour enclosed aerobic stage accelerates decomposition, but the material is then cured, dried and checked before it can be packaged or sold.

Accepted Organic Materials

Fruit and vegetable scraps, market residues, food waste without packaging, coffee grounds, crop residues and approved untreated carbon-rich bulking materials.

Materials That Will Be Rejected

Plastics, glass, metals, sanitary or medical waste, hazardous materials, chemically contaminated material and waste collected from mixed drains or landfill streams.

                Quality Promise
                No batch will be released only because a machine cycle has ended. Every batch
                must complete curing and meet approved maturity, safety and quality checks
                before packaging.
            

COMMUNITY INNOVATION

A Buy-Back System That Rewards Sorting and Creates Income

GSSoG will establish an organic-waste purchasing system. Households, markets, food businesses and registered adult collectors can bring clean biodegradable waste to approved collection points or sell through agreed routes. Every delivery will be inspected before payment.

A registered waste supplier presents sorted organic material for inspection, weighing and payment.

How payment will work

Register: Adult suppliers receive orientation on accepted materials, safety and collection standards.
Inspect: Trained staff check every load and reject hazardous or heavily contaminated material.
Weigh: Accepted material is weighed on a calibrated scale and a receipt is issued.
Pay: The supplier receives the publicly posted rate for the net accepted weight, with any documented quality premium.

                Why This Matters
                Buying only inspected organic waste gives families and collectors a financial
                reason to sort properly. It also opens a supplementary income pathway for
                unemployed and low-income adults while supplying the facility with cleaner raw
                material.
            

Safeguards: Adults only; publicly posted prices; calibrated scales; traceable payments; protective equipment; safe routes; prohibited-material rules; and equitable access for women, youth, low-income residents and persons with disabilities.

EXPECTED IMPACT

The Change Donor Support Will Make Possible

At full operation, the pilot will combine measurable environmental gains with direct employment, paid waste-supply opportunities and practical support to local agriculture.

Farmers applying locally produced organic manure to healthy vegetable crops.

Daily Capacity

1 tonne of organic waste processed per operating day.

Waste Diverted

Up to 300 tonnes/year at steady state.

Finished Manure

300–350 kg produced per day.

💼 Green Jobs

5–10 direct positions created.

🤝 Paid Suppliers

At least 30 registered adults in Year 1.

🌾 Farmer Reach

50 farmers and 3 cooperatives in the demonstration programme.

FUNDING AND CONTACT

Funding and Partnership Opportunity

GSSoG is seeking FCFA 150 million to procure and commission the processing line, prepare the facility, strengthen collection and logistics, fund the first-year waste buy-back system, train operators and suppliers, conduct farmer demonstrations and establish reliable quality, monitoring and accountability systems.

                Partner With GSSoG
                Development partners, municipal councils, foundations, companies and technical
                institutions can fund the full pilot or sponsor a defined component such as the
                processing line, collection fleet, buy-back livelihood fund, quality laboratory
                system or farmer demonstration programme.
            

Help GSSoG turn Yaoundé’s organic waste into cleaner neighbourhoods, income opportunities and healthier farmland. Partner with us to establish the pilot and build a model that can be responsibly replicated across Cameroon.

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