Agriculture
Cameroon imported XAF120 bln worth of corn and by-products in 2020 (PM)
On November 5, 2021, while inaugurating the corn processing plant of Compagnie fermière du Cameroun (CFC) in Mbankomo, not far from Yaoundé, Prime...
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Cameroon exported 17,842 tons of banana in Oct 2021, up 7.3% YoY
Cameroon exported 17,842 tons of banana in October 2021, up by 7.3% year on year, according to figures compiled by the Banana Association of Cameroon...
Cameroon: Brewing group SABC to inaugurate its XAF18 bln Mbankomo corn processing plant next Nov 5
Next November 5, in Mbankom, some twenty kilometers from Yaoundé, Prime Minister Joseph Joseph Dion Nguté will inaugurate the new corn processing plant of...
Cameron: Cocoa Valley commits to buying “Golden Cocoa” beans at XF1800 per kilogram
On October 27, 2021, under the aegis of Trade Minister Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana, Cocoa Valley and Cameroon Golden Cocoa signed a framework agreement...
Cameroon: Improvement in palm oil sales volume boosts Socapalm’s H1-2021 net profit by 40.5% YoY
In the first six months of 2021, all the indicators were positive for BVMAC-listed Société camerounaise des palmeraies (Socapalm), a subsidiary of the...
Cameroon: CENEEMA and SODEPA partner to boost farming in ranches
On October 20, 2021, in Yaoundé, Livestock Development Corporation (SODEPA) and the National Centre for the Study and Experiment of Agricultural Machinery...
Cameroon: BEAC expects palm oil production to drop in Q4-2021
In Q4-2021, palm oil production would drop in Cameroon, according to the quarterly business survey “ test prévisionnel de conjoncture” recently published...
Cameroon: Banana exports rose 14% YoY in Sep 2021
In September 2021, banana exporters operating in Cameroon exported 20,471 tons of the product, according to figures recently published by the Banana...
Cameroon to equip aerial treatment firm UTAVA with a second plane
State aerial crop treatment firm UTAVA will soon be equipped with a second plane. Indeed, during a meeting on September 29, 2021, aimed at reviving the...
CEMAC: Coffee and cocoa boosted agricultural products’ export price index in Q2-2021 (BEAC)
The prices of agricultural products exported by CEMAC countries in the second quarter of 2021 rose by 1.8%, down from 2.2% in Q1-2021, according to...
Cameroon: Prodel injected XAF10 bln in 88 projects in Jan-Sep 2021
The World Bank-backed Livestock Development Project (Prodel) recently published its activity report covering the first nine months of 2021. From the...
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...
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...
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