(Business in Cameroon) - On March 28, 2018, the Avangan rice farm in the central region which has been set by South Korea, has been transferred to Cameroonian authorities.

According to the agriculture minister Henri Eyébé Ayissi, thanks to this irrigated rice-growing project, which is the result of Cameroon-Korea cooperation, 37 new rice varieties have been developed.

The official further revealed that since 2016, fifteen tons of certified standard rice and three tons of certified rainfed has been distributed to Cameroonian producers thanks to this same project. With all these rice distributed, the producers can develop more than 600 hectares of rice fields.

Apart from the production of improved rice seeds as well as the standard rice, the goal of this project is to assimilate the Korean expertise in the production of rice which is one of the most consumed and imported products in Cameroon.

BRM