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Cameroon : Minimum cocoa farm gate price drops to XAF1,080 per kilogram
Since December 31, 2019, the farm-gate price per kilogram of cocoa beans in Cameroon's production basins has declined slightly from a high of XAF1,250 to...
Cameroon : A half-billion Sorghum husking unit inaugurated in the Far-North
On January 10, 2020, the Cameroonian Minister of Agriculture Gabriel Mbairobe inaugurated a sorghum husking and storing unit in Maroua, the capital...
Cameroon : Banana exports 1,036 tons up YoY in Dec 2019
In December 2019, the volume of banana exported by producers reached 16,641 tons, according to figures published by the Banana producers’ association...
Cameroon : 300,000 fingerlings to be distributed to fish farmers in 2020 to boost production
The marine fishing development agency CDPM plans to distribute 300,000 fingerlings to local fish farmers to contribute to an improvement of aquaculture...
Cameroon : Castel group plans to go into the agriculture sector
In Cameroon, French brewery group Castel is planning investments in the agriculture sector. On December 20, the CEO of the group, Pierre Castel and a...
Cameroon has approved 1,153 phytosanitary products since 1996
Since the launch, in 1996, of phytosanitary certificates, Cameroon, through the Ministry of Agriculture, has approved 1,153 phytosanitary products for use...
Cameroon seeks investors for large rice-growing project in the Far-North
On December 5, 2019, Cameroon, through the ministry of agriculture and rural development (Minader) issued a call for expression of interest for local and...
Cameroon : Floods and elephants destroy over 11,000 tons of cereals in the Mayo-Danay
The heavy rains, which fell in the Far North, Cameroon, in October 2019, have been devastating for farmers, in the department of Mayo-Danay...
Cameroon elaborates 29 mandatory standards for the agribusiness sector
Since November 10, 2019, the Cameroonian Standards and Quality Agency ANOR has been enforcing 29 mandatory standards for agri-food products. These...
Cocoa: Farmgate prices rise to XAF1,250
According to figures recently revealed by Système d’information de filières (SIF), a system that provides updated information about the coffee and...
There are many sectors in which Brazil can provide Cameroon its expertise - Vivian Loss Sanmartin
Brazil’s ambassador to Cameroon explores opportunities for a win-win cooperation between the two countries, especially related to agribusiness...
Sawn Timber: Cameroon becomes the EU’s leading supplier in Jan-Sep 2019
European Union (EU) countries imported 582,500 metric tons of tropical timber in the first nine months of 2019, according to the International Tropical...
Cameroon: Banana exports up by 661 tons YoY in October 2019
Banana exporters operating in Cameroon were more dynamic in October 2019, compared to their performance in October 2018. According to data compiled by the...
Cameroon: Banana exports close to 25% down YoY in Jan-Sep 2019
The volume of banana exported by producers operating in Cameroon between January and September 2019 was 155,435 tons. According to figures provided by the...
The drop in Cameroon’s plywood exports to the USA reached a peak of 88% in Aug 2019
Since January 2019, Cameroon’s exports of tropical plywood to the USA has been in constant decline, the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)...
French chocolate-maker Puratos eyes Cameroonian cocoa
Today October 21, 2019, a delegation of French chocolate maker Puratos was in Ntui, in the Central region, Cameroonian Minister of commerce Luc Magloire...
Germany offers a non-timber forest products’ processing plant to women in Northern Cameroon
GIZ, a German development agency, is currently building a store in Gashiga, not so far from Garoua, Northern Cameroon. The infrastructure, official...
Nigeria-Cameroon: Towards an association in the cocoa sector for better prices
Nigeria plans to associate with Cameroon to obtain better prices for their cocoa. This was announced, on October 10, 2019, by Sayina Riman, president of...
Cameroon: Boosted by PHP, banana exports rose by 3,200 tons in Sep 2019
In September 2019, the two banana exporters still operating in Cameroon exported 18,309 tons of banana, according to figures published by the banana...
Cameroon: XAF1,400 bln needed to boost rice production to 1.4 mln tons by 2024
XAF 1,400 billion is the amount needed to implement the recovery plan suggested by the Cameroonian Ministry of economy to relaunch the rice industry....
Programme agropoles has been struggling financially for three years now, the INS reveals
The national institute for statistics (INS) recently published a report assessing the Programme agropoles (PAG). This programme was implemented since 2016...
Cameroon: IDPs exposed to acute food insecurity in the NW and SW (FEWS NET)
Internally displaced people in Northwest and Southwest Cameroon are currently exposed to acute food insecurity. According to the USAID’s Famine Early...
Brazil to share its agricultural experience with Cameroon
On September 26, 2019, in Yaoundé, Cameroon, the Brazilian embassy will organize an agribusiness seminar. During the seminar, organized in collaboration...
Cameroon: Banana exports recorded 2,200 tons YoY decrease in August 2019
In August 2019, the two banana producers still operating in Cameroon (PHP and Boh Plantations) exported 12,692 tons of the product. Compared with the...
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