(Business in Cameroon) - The German cooperation Giz in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and livestock, officially launched on 10 November 2015 in Yaoundé, the “innovation centres for the agro-food industry” project. Part of the special initiative “One world; No hunger” implemented by the German Development Ministry BMZ, this project aims to introduce various innovations in the agricultural sector, so as to boost production, producers’ revenues as well as job creation in rural areas.

In Cameroon, the project is to include the potato and cocoa sector, as well as that of poultry. Under this project, experts from GIZ, the ministries of Agriculture and fishery, and also professional organizations, are to promote to producers, the use of enhanced seeds, mechanization, processing; establish stocking warehouses; train producers, facilitate the supply in agricultural inputs, etc.

The beneficiaries of this project will be recruited amongst producers-owners of small agricultural exploitations and SME operating in the agricultural industry. With an 81 million euros financing (53 billion FCFA) still increasing for 2016, the “innovation centres for the agro-food industry” project extends over two and a half years and is carried out in Benin, Burkina-Faso, Ghana, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Mali, Malawi, Nigeria, Togo and Zambia.

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