Agriculture
Farm mechanization : SODECOTON shows its recent research works
In Cameroon, Sodecoton recently organized an agro event on the mechanization of agricultural operations in the cotton-producing areas. The event...
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AFCA regional coffee competition : NWCA’s sample selected as best coffee in Cameroon
The National Cocoa and Coffee Board (NCCB) informs that it recently hosted a national coffee competition. Called “Taste the Harvest,” this competition was...
Activa and Axa pay first compensations in the framework of the index-based agricultural insurance
Last February 4, in Garoua, insurance companies Activa and Axa proceeded to the payment of more than XAF23 million to cotton producers as compensation for...
Cameroon : Coffee cooperative Uccao launches recruitment for a new managing director
Union Centrale des Coopératives Agricoles de l'Ouest (Uccao), Cameroon's largest coffee producers’ cooperative, has just launched a call for applications...
Cameroon plans to reach a production of 50,000 tons of cashew nuts in 2025
Cameroon’s ambition, in the framework of its national strategy for the promotion and development of the cashew sector, is to reach a production of 50,000...
Cameroon sets over XAF1 bln budget to promote cashew nut production in 2020
In the 2020 budget of the Ministry of Agriculture, Cameroon set aside a little over XAF1 billion for the promotion of cashew nut production. The...
Cameroon : Banana exports down 535 tons YoY in Jan 2020
In Cameroon, the two active banana exporters were less dynamic in January 2020. Compared to the country’s banana exports in January 2019, the January 2020...
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...
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