(Business in Cameroon) - For some years now, Cameroonian onion producers’ average production per hectare increased from 11 to 27 tons, the ministry of agriculture reveals.

According to the ministry, this feat was notably due to the implementation of the agriculture support program Projet d’appui au développement des filières agricoles (Padfa) whose results were recently reviewed in the capital. It has been implemented for 8 years now with the financial support of Fonds international de développement agricole (Fida).

Apart from the production of improved rice and onion seed and its technical assistance to producers, the Padfa (whose budget is CFA11.7 billion of which Fida provided 15%) also helped build warehouses in the country’s production basins.

BRM