Cameroon’s Red Laterite Soils Prove Strong Enough for Sustainable Earth Blocks
Published on: Thursday 01 October 2026
In the highlands of Cameroon’s Adamawa region, the reddish soils that blanket the landscape around the town of Dir have long been treated as little more than the ground beneath farmers’ feet. A new study argues they should be seen as a strategic construction resource. A team of Cameroonian and French researchers
News source: https://bioengineer.org/cameroons-red-laterite-soils-prove-strong-enough-for-sustainable-earth-blocks/
