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Experts urge youths to embrace agriculture to improve Cameroon’s economy
Published on 07.06.2019
Experts in the sector of agriculture have urged youths to be more involved in agriculture in order to help boost Cameroon’s economy. According to World…
Agribusiness
Kekem cocoa processing plant

Cameroon: Kekem cocoa processing unit goes operational
Published on 27.04.2019
One of Africa’s biggest cocoa beans processing unit dubbed Neo Industry has been launched this Friday April 26 in Kekem in the Upper Nkam of…
Agribusiness
Women tilling farmland (c)Business in Cameroon

Cameroon encouraged to revive traditional farming after losing billions to imports
Published on 13.02.2019
The Government of Cameroon has been urged to revive and encourage traditional and ecological farming methods after the country recently lost over 9.000 billion from…
Agribusiness

Israeli, Germany pledge to boost mango cultivation in Cameroon
Published on 05.02.2019
The Israeli Agency for International Development Cooperation (MASHAV) and the German Technical Cooperation (GIZ) ,will on Thursday sign a Memorandum of Understanding to kickstart the…

Cameroon: Banana exports on a decline due to Anglophone crisis

Banana exports from Cameroon, which have been on a downward spiral for the last ten months, have plummeted further in…
Published on 30.01.2019 par Journal du Cameroun Agribusiness
Cameroon: Women farmers armed with skills to fight climate change

Climate change affects everyone, but certain demographics and groups are at greater risk. One such demographic is women, who are…
Published on 24.01.2019 par Journal du Cameroun Agribusiness
Cameroon: Crisis stricken CDC adopts 2019 budget

The Cameroon Developmet Corporation, CDC has adopted a budget of 93 billion FCFA for the 2019, the Board of Directors…
Published on 16.01.2019 par Journalducameroun Agribusiness
UNCTAD African e commerce forum focus on ways to boost online trade

Key findings from assessments of what African countries need to do to benefit from e-commerce and the digital economy were…
Published on 11.12.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Agribusiness
Cameroon:Crisis-stricken CDC holds crucial Council meeting today

The Cameroon Development Coporation, CDC holds an extraordinary joint industrial council meeting today in Limbe. The meeting will be held…
Published on 29.11.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Agribusiness
Cameroon: Innovative volunteerism encouraged among youths

Dr. Richard Munang, a climate change expert and African coordinator of the ecosystem based adaptation for food security assembly, EBAFOSA,…
Published on 08.11.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Agribusiness
MINADER, OCP Foundation partner to promote agriculture in Cameroon

Cameroon's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, MINADER, has signed a partnership agreement with the OCP Foundation, in the bid…
Published on 05.11.2018 par Marriane Enow Tabi Agribusiness
Cameroon gov’t tasked to improve accountability in agric sector

The Government of Cameroon has been called upon to show more proof of accountability in managing agricultural projects. The call…
Published on 28.10.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Agribusiness
Cameroon’s fisheries production has increased in five years- Statistics

According to statistics released Tuesday by the relevant departments of the Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Animal Industries, Cameroon's fisheries production…
Published on 09.10.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Agribusiness
Cameroon: Telcar and Cargill reward cocoa farmers

The award ceremony and end-of-training diplomas were held this Monday, September 24 at the head office of Telcar company in…
Published on 28.09.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Agribusiness
African Development Bank supports Cameroon livestock, fish farming with loan

The African Development Bank Group has extended a loan of €84 million to Cameroon to support livestock and fish production…
Published on 14.09.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Agribusiness
IITA becomes first African Institution to win food prize

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), a pioneer in the field of "food security innovation", on Friday received the…
Published on 11.09.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Agribusiness
Greenpeace Africa expresses shock over Wijma activities in Cameroon

Forest campaigner Greenpeace Africa has expressed shock at the the activities of Dutch firm Wijma and her subsidiary COFECO in Cameroon.…
Published on 06.08.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Agribusiness
CDC urges staff to remain calm in midst of Anglophone crisis

The General Manager of the Cameroon Development Corporation, CDC has called on workers of the institution to remain calm despite…
Published on 23.07.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Agribusiness
CDC dismisses privatisation allegations

The Cameroon Development Coporation, CDC has not been privatised contrary to claims, the General Manager of the corporation Franklin Ngoni…
Published on 04.07.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Agribusiness
Nigeria intercepts contraband rice from Cameroon

A Nigerian navy ship has intercepted 3,434 bags of rice estimated at about CFA100 million in Calabar, Cross River state. Nigerian…
Published on 28.06.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Agribusiness
Anglophone crisis could force CDC to drop 5000 workers

At least five thousand workers of the Cameroon Development Corporation, CDC, could lose their jobs if the crisis rocking the…
Published on 13.06.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Agribusiness
Cameroonians encouraged to engage in Apiculture

The economy of Cameroon could receive a huge boost in Cameroon's economic drive and development if farmers are strongly encouraged…
Published on 25.05.2018 par Francis Ajumane Agribusiness
Cameroon: Climate change downs banana exports

Cameroon's Banana Association (ASSOBACAM) on Monday revealed that Cameroonian banana exports estimated at 59,149 tons declined in the first quarter…
Published on 08.05.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Agribusiness
Environmental campaigner tasks stakeholders to promote traditional farming

This advocacy comes at a time when the Investment and Market Development Project PIDMA has announced the importation of 1000…
Published on 12.04.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Agribusiness
Cameroon: Cocoa exports down by nine percent

Official statistics say Cameroon's cocoa exports were down by nine percent at the end of February. The price of cocoa…
Published on 23.03.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Agribusiness
SODEPA opens FCFA 8.5 Billion worth storehouse in Yaounde

SODEPA, an Animal Productions and Exploitation Company, has open a cold store house worth FCFA 8.5 billion in Yaounde. The cold…
Published on 15.03.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Agribusiness
Cameroon plans to step-up rice production

Reports say Cameroon is planning to produce 1.2 million tonnes of rice annually in the next ten years, in line…
Published on 13.02.2018 par Journal du Cameroun Agribusiness
Cameroon cocoa producers still anxious over fall in prices

Cocoa producers in Cameroon are reportedly still anxious the fall in farm gate prices. According to APA, the price of…
Published on 11.07.2017 par Journal du Cameroun Agribusiness
Modern slaughter house soon to go operational in Ngaoundere

Dr. Taiga, Minister of Livestock, Fisheries and Animal Industries has said the government constructed modern slaughterhouse and cold-storage warehouse in…
Published on 15.06.2017 par Journal du Cameroun Agribusiness
Gov’t supports poultries in North West region

Government has offered support to poultry farmers in the North West region to boost production as prices of chicks hit…
Published on 06.06.2017 par Journal du Cameroun Agribusiness
Falling prices discouraging Cameroon’s cocoa farmers

Cocoa farmers in Cameroon say falling prices is discouraging them from planting and engaging new crops. According to Jerome Mvondo,…
Published on 09.05.2017 par Journal du Cameroun Agribusiness
Gov’t assesses palm oil production to curb fraud

The reorganization of the palm oil sector is underway. Government officials visited production centres from April 24 to May 2…
Published on 04.05.2017 par Journal du Cameroun Agribusiness
African Development Bank invests 57billion FCFA in Cameroon’s agriculture

The African Development Bank, AfDB, is investing about 75billion FCFA in a project to develop agricultural value chains in Cameroon.…
Published on 28.04.2017 par Journal du Cameroun Agribusiness
Cocoa prices drop below 1000FCFA per kilo

According to the Information System of the sector, the price of a kilogram of cocoa currently fluctuates between 950 and…
Published on 28.03.2017 par Journal du Cameroun Agribusiness