Cameroon: 60,000 cocoa plants distributed to Lobo youth to boost production

Agriculture

Cameroon: 60,000 cocoa plants distributed to Lobo youth to boost production

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- Wednesday, 17 June 2015 22:02

(Business in Cameroon) - The support programme for young farmers (PAIJA) has just provided 50 young farmers in Lobo, in the Centre region with 60,000 cocoa plants from select cocoa strains to support them in the creation of new cocoa crops.

According to figures provided by the Inter-professional Cocoa and Coffee Board (CICC in French), this administrative unit has the worst performance for the current season with barely 70 tonnes of cocoa sold since the start of the season out of a volume of 20,000 tonnes already sold throughout the department.

Behind this situation is the aging of plantations and farmers alike, the use of more traditional strains that offer greater yield, the poor use of inputs and the unavailability of quality plants.

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