(Business in Cameroon) - The Cameroonian Minister of Agriculture, Henri Eyébé Ayissi, just launched, in Maroua in the Far North, the 2017 agricultural season in the three northern regions of Cameroon. This new season, specified Minister Eyébé Ayissi, is characterised by the “reconstitution of the agricultural capital”.

Indeed, for over 2 years now, northern Cameroon, particularly the Far North region, has been facing raids by the Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram, which, according to Henri Eyébé Ayissi, disorganised “production systems” and caused “the displacements of the population” whose main income-generating activities are farming and breeding.

“In 2016 and 2016, we worked on emergency solutions with the special donation from the President of the Republic. We have now moved into durable solutions. This is, in particular, about making available agricultural inputs, various equipment and materials to enable the population to restart their activities, as we are heading for the provision of quality seeds, for farmers to be able to have sufficient quantities of seeds”, explained the Minister of Agriculture, thereby revealing the actions which will enable, this year, the restoration of the agricultural sector in Northern Cameroon.

BRM