BERUDA has its roots in farming, and agriculture is used as a primary key to poverty alleviation in North West Cameroon. The staff of BERUDA are farmers, and the people BERUDA work with are also farmers.

Successful farming techniques can provide the following benefits:

• Income generation
• Added health and wellbeing
• Environmental protection for future generations to continue farming

Some of the methods used to achieve these objectives are:

• vetiver technology
  for income generation, ground stabilisation, pest eradication, medicinal benefits, and increased yields
  
• bee keeping
  for income generation, health, livelihoods and environmental protection
  
• medicinal plants
  for health, income generation, livelihoods and environmental protection
  
• waste management
  for environmental protection