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Cameroon: Robusta coffee price rose to multi-month highs in May 2021, as demand keeps growing
On May 11, 2021, in Cameroon’s production areas, the prices of a kilogram of robusta coffee ranged between XAF525 and 575. According to data compiled by...
CDC to build two palm oil and rubber production plants
State-owned agribusiness Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC) is currently fine-tuning two projects for the construction of two rubber and palm oil...
Cameroon: Banana exports dropped by 22.11% YoY in Apr 2021 (ASSOBACAM’s data)
Banana producers operating in Cameroon exported 13,186 tons of the fruit in April 2021, according to the Banana Association of Cameroon (Assobacam)....
SOCAPALM to distribute XAF11.5 bln dividend for 2020 operations
BVMAC-listed Société camerounaise de palmeraies (SOCAPALM) ended the 2020 financial year with an XAF11.5 billion net profit. This profit is down by over...
Cameroon inaugurates a new coffee processing unit in the Northwest
On April 25, 2021, the Minister of Agriculture Gabriel Mbairobe inaugurated a new coffee processing unit in the Bamenda III district. This plant,...
Cameroon to purchase a rice husking unit for farmers in the Northwest
On April 23, during his visit to the Upper Nun Valley Development Authority (UNVDA) in Ndop, in the North-West, the Minister of Agriculture Gabriel...
SODECOTON to dive into the cashew sector by growing 20mln plants within 5-6 years
This year, SODECOTON intends to plant 2 million cashew trees in the northern region. The plants will complement the one million cashew trees already...
Cameroon loses 40 to 50% of its cocoa seedlings to climate change every year (SODECAO)
Cameroon loses 40 to 50% of its cocoa seedlings in nursery plants every year because of climate change due to which dry seasons are increasingly longer....
China is the main destination for Cameroon’s cotton (SODECOTON)
During the 2020-2021 cotton season, which will be concluded in the next few days, Cameroon Cotton Development Corporation (SODECOTON) is expected to...
SODECAO to distribute 4 mln high-yield cocoa seedlings to producers
The Cocoa Development Company (SODECAO) is currently planning the distribution of 4 million high-yield cocoa seedlings, official sources reveal....
Cameroon: Close to 2.7 mln people are food insecure (Government)
Close to 2.7 million people are food insecure in Cameroon, according to Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Gabriel Mbairobé. The official...
Cameroon exported 20,184 tons of banana in March 2021, up 31% YoY (ASSOBACAM)
Cameroon exported 20,184 tons of banana in March 2021, according to data compiled by the national banana association ASSOBACAM. Year-on-year, this...
CEMAC: Agricultural production will rise in Q2-2021, thanks to Cameroon (BEAC)
Between April and June 2021, the CEMAC region will record an upsurge in crop production, according to the Q2-2021 business cycle analysis report recently...
Cameroon: CDC to renovate 520 hectares of banana plantations this year
Between April and June 2021, Cameroon’s banana production will increase, according to the Q2-2021 business cycle analysis recently published by the Bank...
Cameroon: BEAC expects rubber production to pick up in Q2-2021
Between April 1 and June 30, 2021, natural rubber production in Cameroon will increase again, according to the business cycle forecast recently...
Cameroon: PIDMA has helped boost yields in the beneficiary sectors, Abdoulaye Seck says
The Agricultural Investment Market Development Project (PIDMA) has helped boost cassava, sorghum, and corn production in Cameroon, according to...
Lékié: 1,471 cocoa farmers receive XAF115.6 mln premium for producing grade 1 cocoa in 2018-2019
Last March 29, in Bastchenga, Lékié (in the Centre region), Minister of Commerce Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana distributed XAF115.6 million to 1,471 cocoa...
Cameroon: French firm Pallisco to promote cocoa production around its forest concessions in the East
French company Pallisco will support cocoa producers working on the outskirts of its forestry concessions, in Mindourou (Eastern Cameroon) to help them...
Cameroon: Bankim Agri-food park launched with a yearly 3,500 tons of corn production promise
The XAF2 billion Bankim Agri-food Science and Technology Park, located in Adamaoua, was officially launched on March 18, 2021, through a partnership with...
Cameroon to disburse XAF50 bln to boost cocoa-coffee production in the coming 5 years
Through the Cocoa and Coffee Development Fund (FODECC), Cameroon will disburse XAF50 billion, over 5 years, to boost cocoa and coffee production. The...
SODECOTON to build a XAF25 bln cottonseed oil plant in Ngaoundéré
In preparation for the rise of its yearly cotton production to at least 400,000 tons by 2025, national cotton company SODECOTON is accelerating...
Registration open for Pierre Castel Prize 2021
On March 1, 2021, the Pierre Castel endowment fund, “Agir avec l'Afrique” (Act with Africa) opened registrations for the fourth edition of the Pierre...
Cameroon: Cocoa farm gate prices improve slightly to XAF1,000-1,050 per kilogram
Today February 24, 2021, the price of a kilogram of cocoa beans is ranging between XAF1,000 and 1,050 in production areas in Cameroon, according to SIF,...
Cameroonian food sovereignty activist Bernard Njonga passes on
On the night of February 21-22, 2021, Bernard Njonga, the agricultural engineer who became famous for his fight for food security in Cameroon, died...
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