Agriculture
Cameroon: Govt collects weather and climate data to boost agricultural production
The Cameroonian Minister of Agriculture announced a partnership with the National Observatory of Climate Change (ONACC). Under this framework, both...
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NHPC distributes 76,000 cocoa seedlings to local populations
Nachtigal Hydro Power Company (NHPC), the project company for the Nachtigal dam, launched a campaign to distribute 76,000 cocoa plants to the populations...
Food crisis: AfDB approves $1.5bln facility to support African countries
The African Development Bank (AfDB) announced the disbursement of $1.5 billion (CFA927.7 billion) to help African countries withstand the current...
Bush fires destroy more than 375 ha of plantations in the East region
Bush fires have destroyed 375.5 ha of plantations in the Eastern part of Cameroon during the last dry season, according to data reported by the Ministry...
Govt launches the agricultural campaign in the southern region, under favorable weather conditions
The Cameroonian Minister of Agriculture, Gabriel Mbairobe, officially launched the 2022 agricultural season in the southern region under favorable weather...
Govt to create a platform to unite local flour producers
The Cameroonian Ministry of the Economy has just organized an inter-regional workshop for producers of local flours (cassava, potatoes, macabo, etc.) in...
Banana: Higher production expected in Q2 2022, driven by increased activity at CDC
The good performance achieved by banana producers in Cameroon over the first quarter this year, especially with a 4.8% YoY increase in exports, should...
PHP reports higher banana exports in Q1 2022, despite a sluggish environment
Banana exporters in Cameroon sold a total of 57,573 tons during the first three months of 2022. Compared to the 54,900 tons sold in the first quarter of...
Cameroon sold 22,604 tons of bananas in March, the best performance since January 2022
Banana producers in Cameroon sold a total of 22,604 tons on the international market in March 2022. According to the Cameroon Banana Association...
Sodecoton could lose up to CFA9 billion in FY2021-22 over fraudulent exports to Nigeria
Actors in the cotton sector in Cameroon have been denouncing for several weeks the fraudulent export of Cameroonian cotton to Nigeria. A reliable source...
Mideno distributes 12 tons of improved corn seeds to boost production in the Northwest
The Northwest Development Mission (Mideno) distributed last week in Bamenda 12 tons of improved corn seeds to local producers. Overall, about 200...
Japan to support the construction of a processing plant in Ebowola
Japan may soon support the construction of a cocoa processing unit in Ebolowa 2, Southern region. Indeed, on March 3, 2022, Takaoka Nozomu, the Japanese...
Cameroon to import 143 kilotons of palm oil this year
The Oilseeds Refiners Association (ASROC) requested authorization to import 100,000 tons of palm oil to complement the local supply for 2022. It finally...
Cameroon: The official palm oil deficit rises to 160 kilotons
Cameroon’s structural deficit of crude palm oil is now estimated at 160,000 tons, up from the 130,000 tons presented for years. The figure was...
CEMAC: Rubber prices rose 3% in Q4-2021 (BEAC)
Rubber prices rose by 3% in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to the CEMAC composite commodity price index recently published by the central...
CEMAC: Dropping production and rising shipping costs boost coffee prices in Q4-2021 (BEAC)
The CEMAC export commodity price index rose by 10.4% in the last quarter of 2021, according to the composite index recently published by central bank...
Cameroon: Marketed coffee production dropped 50% season-to-season in 2020-2021
In Cameroon’s coffee sector, the volume of marketed production fell drastically season-to-season to 12,157 tons during the 2020-2021 season. This was...
Cameroon: Volume of locally roasted coffee grew 20% SoS in 2020-2021
The 29 coffee roasters identified in Cameroon processed 1,014 tons of coffee during the 2020-2021 coffee season. According to data revealed on February...
Cameroon: Central Bank BEAC sees rubber production down YoY in Q1-2022
Cameroon’s rubber production is expected to drop in the first quarter of 2022 compared with the volume produced in the same quarter a year earlier....
South-West: 55 modern dryers to be installed to improve cocoa quality
Fifty-five cocoa drying machines will be installed in South-West Cameroon, one of the main cocoa production areas in the country. In that regard, Besong...
Cameroon: Banana production to improve in Q1-2022, spurred by CDC mainly
Cameroon’s banana production is expected to accelerate in the current quarter, Q1-2022. According to the recent quarterly business survey published by the...
Camvert gets incentives for its XAF237 bln Campo agro-industrial complex
Camvert SA, an agricultural production company controlled by Cameroonian business mogul Aboubakar al Fatih, recently signed an investment agreement with...
Guinness Cameroon’s Orijinal Challenge: First prize goes to cassava peel flour ENEC
On January 22, 2022, brewing company Guinness Cameroon unveiled the results of its "Orijinal Challenge", a competition aimed at celebrating...
ACFTA: Yaoundé to host a regional forum to improve support in the cassava sector
Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, will host from January 31 to February 1, 2022, a regional forum aimed at improving support for Central African small...
Cameroon: the WFP trains farmers to reduce their up to 40% post-harvest losses in the Far-North
The World Food Program (WFP) recently organized a training workshop in Maroua, the regional capital of Far-North Cameroon, to help producer groups combat...
Cameroon: Sodecoton boosts equity by XAF29 bln in 2021 by shipping 2020 stock leftovers
In the first half of February 2021, cotton development firm SODECOTON, an agribusiness giant operating in the three northern regions, finally shipped its...
Cameroon: CDC to sign XAF3 bln performance contract to boost palm oil production
In 2021, the BEAC (central bank of CEMAC states) announced that state agribusiness firm Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC) would renovate over 500...
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