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Community members in Shisong, Cameroon, tend to a "demonstration” community garden on congregational land of the Tertiary Sisters of St. Francis. The sisters' gardens serve as a demonstration site to boost soil fertility, said Sr. Annette Bikongnyuy said. It's a corrective to traditional agricultural methods, such as clearing trees and using fires for clearing tracts of land. (Courtesy of the Tertiary Sisters of St. Francis)
Community members in Shisong, Cameroon, tend to a "demonstration” community garden on congregational land of the Tertiary Sisters of St. Francis. The sisters' gardens serve as a demonstration site to boost soil fertility, said Sr. Annette Bikongnyuy said.