Agriculture
Kribi to soon host two plantain production and fish-farming clusters
In the framework of its far belt project in Kribi, the host town of a deep seaport, agroforestry cooperative Coop CA AIO is currently planning to create...
Higher education: Global network AUF presents the whitepaper of the Scientific Francophonie
Cameroon reaches new military deal with France
Govt to donate 2.5 million school books to upper primary pupils
Cameroon fine-tunes a draft law on organic agriculture
From September 9 to 10, 2021, in Yaoundé, a workshop was organized to pre-validate the draft bill governing organic agriculture in Cameroon. Presided by...
Cameroon initiates a program to boost rubber production by over 6.5 kilotons in 2022
Cameroon expects to boost its rubber production by 6,667 tons in 2022, thanks to a government program aimed at developing oil palm and rubber tree...
Telcar Cocoa acquires Ndongo Essomba’s cocoa business
Jean Bernard Ndongo Essomba (photo), one of the first Cameroonians to enter the cocoa industry, discreetly sold his business to Telcar Cocoa, a local...
Cameroon imported 860 kilotons of wheat in 2020 (BMN)
In 2020, Cameroon imported 860,000 tons of wheat, up by 30,000 tons year on year. The figures are revealed by the Enterprises Upgrading Office BMN in its...
Cameroon exports 70% of its rice production to Nigeria (BMN)
Cameroon exports 70% of its rice production to Nigeria, according to a study on the strategic position of the cereal processing and by-products sector...
Cereal processing and by-products: BMN publishes a decision-making tool for investors and companies
Today, August 25, 2021, in Douala, the Enterprises Upgrading Office BMN officially presented a study on the strategic positioning of the cereal processing...
Investment corporation SNI to soon launch a corn processing project in Ntui
The National Investment Corporation of Cameroon (SNI) is currently looking for a firm to take care of feseability studies for a corn processing plant in...
Cocoa: 2020-2021 has been a record-breaking season, the NCCB says
In Cameroon, the initiatives being implemented by the government and the National Cocoa and Coffe Board (NCCB), for over ten years now, to improve the...
Cameroon: IRAD distributes 60,000 cashew seedlings to farmer organizations in Adamaoua
On July 10, 2021, the National Agricultural Research Institute for Development distributed 60,000 cashew seedlings to 20 farmer organizations in Adamaoua....
Brewing group SABC invests XAF18 bln in a corn processing plant to secure its grits supplies
In August 2021, brewing group SABC will launch the operations of Compagnie fermière du Cameroun (CFC), its subsidiary specialized in grits production....
Cameroon: Local communities initiate actions against SAFACAM’s RSPO certification
On July 1, 2021, through the SYNAPRARCAM- the national federation of Cameroonian farmers and local communities, local communities surrounding SAFACAM’s...
Cameroon: Corn prices rise in the north due to increased exports to Nigeria
Over the past two weeks, in Garoua, the regional capital of the North, corn sellers have been giving 100kg-sacks at prices ranging from XAF20,000 to...
Animal feed producer SPC to invest XAF5 bln to extend activities to Yaoundé and Obala
Cameroonian animal feed prodcuer SPC (Société des provenderies du Cameroun) based in Bamendzi, Bafoussam, is currently implementing a XAF5 billion...
A rice shortage is highly unlikely in Cameroon till end-2021, the MINCOMMERCE assures
Cameroonians should rest assured there will be no shortage of rice, one of the most consumed food products in the country. This is the message of the...
Cameroonian farming startup ClinicAgro Sarl seeks funding to deploy 50 additional soil testing kits
ClinicAgro Sarl is currently seeking financing to develop its offers to farmers through the farming app already available on Playstore. According to...
CEMAC: Palm oil and coffee prices boosted agricultural commodity price index in Q1-2021
In Q1-2021, the price index of agricultural products exported by CEMAC countries rose by 4.9%, up from 1.5% in Q4-2020. According to the Bank of Central...
Cameroon: CICC launches program to boost rural women's revenues through cocoa farming
On June 1, 2021, at Ihund (in Sanaga Maritime), the Cameroonian Ministers of Agriculture and Commerce Gabriel Mbairobé and Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana...
International expert Hope Sona Ebai becomes chairman of CDC’s executive board
Internationally renowned cocoa expert Hope Sona Ebai is, since May 27, 2021, the chairman of the executive board of state-owned agribusiness company...
Rubber: Corrie MacColl to inject XAF15 bln for a self-empowerment program in Cameroon
Yesterday June 1, Corrie MacColl, the parent company of d’Hévéa Cameroon (Hevecam), announced the launch of its outgrower program aimed at training 13,000...
Cameroon to open a cocoa academy in collaboration with French chocolate makers
Today May 27, a delegation of the French Chocolate makers’ union is scheduled to meet the Cameroonian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development...
Cameroon to plant 1,250 cashew seedlings in Sanguéré
Cameroon is currently planning to reforest 25 hectares of land in Sanguéré, in the North, according to a call for expression of interests recently issued...
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...
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