(Business in Cameroon) - Cameroon has already exported 2,000 tons of certified cocoa of its annual production, projected at 230,000 tons, the General Manager of the National Cocoa and Coffee Board (NCCB), Michael Ndoping said Monday, June 24, at the opening of an international workshop on cocoa certification, in Douala.

“Certification is an undeniable challenge throughout the cocoa industry-from production, processing, to marketing,” Le Quotidien de l’économie quoted Michael Ndoping last Tuesday.

The state of Cameroon has taken several measures to promote the growing of quality cocoa in the country.

And, according to NCCB, government has offered tax incentives to manufacturers who are committed to produce fertilizers for the agricultural sector, largely needed by cocoa farmers.

Other organizations besides government are also promoting good farming practices in the cocoa sector.

GIZ (German International Cooperation) has trained more than 32,000 cocoa farmers on how to make profit from their farms as business persons by measuring their farm size and its inputs and also determining its output.