Cameroon: Launched 3O years ago, the national program for agricultural extension and research comes to an end

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Cameroon: Launched 3O years ago, the national program for agricultural extension and research comes to an end

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- Thursday, 21 September 2017 14:54

(Business in Cameroon) - The Cameroonian program for agricultural extension and research (Pnvra), the oldest government initiative to promote agriculture, will be terminated in January 2018 after some years of hibernation, we learned from official sources.

According to Henri Eyébé Ayissi, the minister of agriculture and rural development, the program which was launched more than 30 years ago will be replaced by “the more practical” program for the structuring, support to farmers and agricultural extension (Prosapva).

The Pnvra was a support-counseling scheme steered by the ministry of agriculture and aimed mainly at improving the productivity and income of livestock farmers.

BRM

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