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Makossa banana: 100% Cameroon brand

Makossa banana: 100% Cameroon brand
  • Comments   -   Thursday, 01 November 2012 14:53

(Business in Cameroon) - With its newest brand, the Cameroon Development Corporation’s (CDC) “Makossa banana”, serious efforts are being made to increase crop production in order to meet international demand. Cameroon plans to begin exporting to South East Asian countries, notably China, soon. Conquering the vast Chinese market is one of the paramount concerns of the country’s producers. In an intergovernmental experts meeting organized in collaboration with the Food and Agricultural Organization, the then Minister of Agriculture,

Jean Nkuete revealed that Cameroon’s production is more than that of Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire put together but there was a huge potential yet to be exploited.

Stakeholders in the sector envisage an annual banana production of 500,000 tons in the country by 2015.

Cameroon exported 281,282 tons of bananas in 2008, some 254,610 in 2009 and 237,942 in 2010. This information contained in the economic magazine “Investing 2012” shows a steady decline in the production of this cash crop at a time when stakeholders seek to step up not only the quantity but also the quality on the international market. In value terms however, the sector has benefitted from higher prices, standing at 40,520 billion CFAF against 33,487 billion in 2009, showing an increase of 21 per cent. Cameroon has considerable wealth and a huge production potential. All that is needed is additional financing and assistance to facilitate competitiveness on the international market in the future. With this support, the Cameroonian banana sector could, within years, be the leader in the country’s agricultural sector.

J.V

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