(Business in Cameroon) - The Cameroonian government through the Ministry of Employment and Professional Training has just signed with the agro-industrial company Sud Cameroun Hévéa, a partnership agreement to boost employment in the rubber tree sector in the country. This agreement plans for, among other components, the creation by Sud Cameroun Hévéa of a Professional Training Centre for the rubber trade.
For its part, in addition to supporting the above mentioned agro-industrial company in the recruitment and promotion of self-employment in the rubber sector, the Ministry of Employment committed itself to establishing in the training centres throughout the country, training modules on farming rubber trees. Thanks to this partnership, both parties are hoping, in the middle term, to create over 30,000 jobs in this sector, with approximately 13,000 direct jobs.
Owned by the Singaporean group Sinochem International, through the company GMG International, Sud Cameroun Hévéa is committed to expanding its farms, through leases in the Southern region, particularly in the areas of Meyomessala, Meyomessi et Djoum. At least half of the 45,000 hectares of lands available to the company in these areas are concerned by this expansion project.
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