Agriculture
Cameroon: CDC still unable to find its momentum 4 months after activity resumption
Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC) exported 1,312 tons of banana in September 2020, according to figures compiled by the Banana Association of...
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Cameroon: Banana exports rose by 27.6% MoM to 17,939 tons in Sep 2020
Cameroon exported 17,939 tons of banana in September 2020, according to the Banana Association of Cameroon (Assobacam). Compared with the 12,982 tons the...
IRAD distributes 300 k cashew seedlings in Bertoua to boost production
On October 1, 2020, the Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) distributed 300,000 cashew seedlings to farmers’ organizations in...
Cocoa purchase price rises to XAF1,050 despite rainy season
Yesterday October 5, 2020, cocoa purchase price rose to a high of XAF1,050 in Cameroon, after stagnating around XAF1,000 since September 3, 2020. This was...
Animal feed: Sodecoton forced to source new export markets due to drop in demand from Nigeria
“Insecurity in cotton production areas and the drop in demands from Nigeria (due to the collapse of the currency parity) deeply affected the animal feed...
Cameroon: Carrefour’s new stores to present increased supply opportunities for local suppliers
Luc Demez (Managing Director of the local subsidiary of French group Carrefour in Cameroon) recently announced that his group would open new stores in...
Cameroon: Cicam purchased only 1% of fiber cotton produced during the 2019-2020 campaign
Sodecoton produced a record 328,453 tons of cottonseed during the 2019-2020 cotton campaign, which was technically completed in May 2020. With that...
Cameroon plans to raise onion production to 200k tons this year through IFAD-funded program PADFA
Cameroon is planning to boost onion production. This was revealed during the signature, on September 25, 2020, of a credit agreement between the...
Cameroon: Adamaoua joins the rank of cocoa-producing regions (ONCC)
During the 2019-2020 cocoa season (which ended on July 15, 2020), a little over 82 tons of cocoa was sold in Adamaoua (one of the three northern regions...
CEMAC: prices of agricultural export commodities dropped by 7.6% in Q2-2020 (BEAC)
In Q2-2020, the global prices of agricultural products exported by CEMAC countries dropped by 7.6%, according to the commodity price index recently...
Cameroon exported cocoa to 13 countries during the 2019-2020 campaign
During the 2019-2020 cocoa campaign (which ended on July 15, 2020) Cameroonian cocoa was exported to 13 countries. According to the campaign review...
Semry suggests increased subsidy to reduce the price of rice in Cameroonian markets
The Cameroonian government should increase its subsidies to SEMRY (Society for the Expansion and Modernization of Rice in Yagoua) to help reduce the price...
Cameroon: World bank grants XAF110 bln loan to boost agricultural output in Benue Valley
On September 8, 2020, the World Bank’s board of directors approved a loan of $200 million (about XAF110 billion) for Cameroon, the Bretton Woods...
Cameroon: National cereals board estimates current storage capacity at 47,650 tons
The national cereals board of Cameroon informs that currently, it has 44 cereal storage facilities in the three northern regions: Adamaoua, the North, and...
Cameroon: Cocoa prices rise slightly on the eve of the new season
After a slight decline (from XAF975 to 950 per kg) recorded at the end of July 2020, and throughout August, the price per kilogram of Cameroonian cocoa...
Cameroon: Cocoa prices rise slightly despite the rainy season
XAF975 FCFA. This is the maximum price at which a kilogram of cocoa beans is being sold today September 1, 2020. This is revealed by SIF, the information...
Cameroon spent XAF807 bln to import food products, up by 14.9% YoY (INS)
Cameroonian economic operators spent XAF807 billion to import food products in 2019, according to the national institute for statistics INS. These imports...
Cameroon: Food canning company SCAN to relaunch operations after 20 years of cessation
The Cameroonian government announces that food canning company Société des conserveries alimentaires du Noun (Scan) will soon resume operations. The...
Cameroon: NGOs’ massive cereal purchases inflate prices in the Far-north
In the last few days, it has become hard for residents in the Far North region of Cameroon to purchase maize, sorghum, or millet since the prices of these...
Cameroon: Cocoa prices drop below XAF1,000 for the first time since Q1-2019
Since late July 2020, the average coca prices per kilogram in production areas in Cameroon has dropped below XAF1,000. According to système d’information...
Cameroon authorizes the duty-free importation of 200,000 tons of rice to build up reserves
To build its rice reserve and cover the national demand for the rest of 2020, Cameroon has authorized the duty-free importation of 200,000 tons of rice,...
Cameroon plans a revival plan for the tomato sector affected by border closure
Cameroon is currently elaborating on a revival plan for the tomato sector. This was revealed during the inter-ministerial meeting held via videoconference...
Cameroon: The EU provides CFAF10 bln to support transformation in cotton-producing areas
On July 16, in Yaoundé, the Minister of Economy Alamine Ousmane Mey and Hans-Peter Schadek, head of the European Union delegation in Cameroon, signed a...
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