Farmer Tantoh is from Nkambe, Cameroon. His mission to work for African rural communities started in 1996 when he was still a student in secondary school. He worked hard on his own and from personal field research, he kept records and this gave him the nickname, “Farmer”. After high school, he attended the Regional College of agriculture where he graduated with Higher National Diploma as a seniour agricultural technician, specialising in spring water catchment protection and agroforestry. Despite no support from his government or local council, he continued to pursue his vision for SYFA. In summer 2007, he was chosen as the first partcipant from Africa to take part in the Summer Environmental Programme organised by Tahoe Baikla Institute which took him to USA and Siberia-Russia. The program studied watersheds of the world focusing on lake Tahoe and Lake Baikal.

Currently, Farmer is based in Cameroon where he continues to work with the local community and strives to expand his local programs. Recently, Farmer has become a partime lecturer on horticulture with emphasis on floriculture at the Technical school of Agriculture-Nkambe. He educates his students on the economic opportunities through farming and environmental protection. To gain outside noteriety, he is a regular contributor to publications such as The Mountain Forum and The Farmer’s Voice In order to help eople around Africa in similar endeavors, he is an online volunteer through Nabuur Foundation ,www.nabuur.com where he communicates with rural community groups in Countries like Ghana, Uganda, and kenya. Farmer also hosts international volunteers from WWOOF, various unverisites, and other organizations. He continues to seek financial and organisational assistance to make SYFA’s dream come true.

  Farmer Tantoh as a young man with a dream.