Agriculture
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...
Cameroonians reluctant to accept the second dose of Covid-19 vaccine
National Social Insurance Fund currently has XAF850 bln worth of assets, CEO Mekulu Mvondo says
Covid-19: World Bank grants Cameroon XAF54 bln to support its “efforts”
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...
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...
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