OUR MISSION We intend to empower the needy from our joint resources by funding Agro-business initiatives and granting technical assistance through organized workshops, making field trips and providing improved animal and crop species. OUR VISION Infuse innovation into the agricultural sector in order to boast its image in apiculture, market gardening, animal and birds production, growing of cereals and tubers OUR OBJECTIVES • Promote innovative actions and strategic projects that serve as models for building sustainable livelihoods, environmental sustainability and climate change adoption.• Advance youth agricultural entrepreneurship with the use of information and communication technology (ICT) as an innovation.• Combine bold vision with common sense and in particular an appreciation of cost effectiveness and sustainability.• Mobilize financial resources both internally and externally to support production• Experience sharing on best practices and the use of indigenous knowledge to mitigate the impact of climate change on the agricultural sector. Functions It is used by the members to expand their enterprises The fund can be used to bail a member out in case of an epidemic or crop failure as a result of climate change or natural disaster. It insures the farmer to recover from loses incurred in their production. It serves as collateral security for members to assess loans. Challenges Limited financial and technical resources to meet up with the ever increasing requests of funding of projects from new entrants into the cooperative. Lack of storage facilities for some of the perishable produce of most of our farmers. Too much bottlenecks in trying to build up a collaborative and cooperating link between the University of Bamenda and us. Insufficient means to sustain the management team since their services are purely sacerdotal and their livelihood depends largely on this CIG Lack of up-to-date computers or laptops equipped with a software for rapid and efficient supply of accounting and managerial information and data.