Agriculture
Cameroon to disburse XAF3.7 bln to settle part of Pamol Plantations’ salary arrears and social debts
The government plans to release XAF3.7 billion to help state-owned company Pamol Plantations Plc settle part of the debt it owes employees. Indeed,...
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Cameroon: New agribusiness firm CFC increases capital 4-folds to XAF10 bln
On January 12, 2022, Compagnie fermière camerounaise (CFC), the new subsidiary inaugurated (on November 5, 2021) by leading brewing group SABC increased...
Anglophone crisis: State firm Pamol shed 1,688 jobs in 2018-2020
Between 2018 and 2020, the number of jobs offered by state-owned company Pamol Plantations Plc decreased by 1,688. In its 2020 report on the performance...
Cameroon: CENEEMA inks partnership agreement to speed-up agricultural mechanization
On January 13, in Yaoundé, the director-general of CENEEMA -National Centre for the Study and Experiment of Agricultural Machinery- and the managing...
Cameroon: Brewing group SABC seeks incentives for phase 2 of the XAF90 bln investment plan
Société Anonyme des brasseries du Cameroun (SABC), leader of the Cameroonian brewing market, plans to launch the second phase of its XAF90 billion...
Far-North: Granivorous birds threaten cereal availability
For several weeks now, grain fields have been under the attack of granivorous birds in the Logone et Chari and Mayo Tsanaga departments in the Far-North,...
Brewing group SABC plans a rebranding to mark transformation into a full-fledged agribusiness group
In the coming months, Société Anonyme des brasseries du Cameroun (SABC), leader of the Cameroonian brewing market, will rebrand itself. “We will gradually...
Cameroon exported 198,634 tons of bananas in 2021, up 5.41% YoY
Cameroon exported 198,634 tons of bananas in 2021, according to data compiled by the Cameroon Banana Association (ASSOBACAM). The performance is up by...
Cameroon: PHP and CDC boosted banana exports by about 10% YoY in Dec 2021
Cameroon exported 20,631 tons of banana in December 2021, data from the Banana Association of Cameroon (ASSOBACAM) reveal. The figure is up by 9.7%...
Cameroon assumes chairmanship of the Consultative International Cashew Council CICC
On December 20, 2021, Cameroon’s Minister of Agriculture Gabriel Mbairobe (photo) assumed chairmanship of the Consultative International Cashew Council...
Cameroon cancels export duties on honey and pepper
Starting from the 2022 fiscal year, honey and pepper will become exempt from export duties in Cameroon. That exemption is consecrated by article 9 of the...
Far-North: Government bans cereal exports to neighboring countries to safeguard local supply
To guarantee cereal supplies in the Far North, Cameroon is prohibiting exports from the region to neighboring countries. Indeed, in a correspondence dated...
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...
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...
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