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Cattle breeding in Cameroon French Coopex Montbéliarde wins contract for FCFA 541 million

Cattle breeding in Cameroon: Coopex Montbéliarde wins contract for FCFA 541 million

A contract for the progressive acquisition of dairy and breeding cows was signed between Cameroon and the French company Coopex Montbéliarde. Contract amount, EUR824,881, or FCFA 541,086,595. According to the information made available by the Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Animal Industries (Minepia), the signing of this contract stems from the successful implementation of actions under the Livestock Development Project (Prodel). It specifically concerns the genetic improvement of cattle breeds at the local level. We find that Prodel has already promoted the training of 35 inseminators in the context of artificial insemination activities. Positive aspects acquired pending the implementation of the partnership with the French company. It should be noted that in Cameroon, up to 31 October 2019, animal production is about 345,879 tonnes of meat (beef, pork, goat, sheep and poultry). all of this meat comes from controlled slaughterings. In detail, there were 9,456 tonnes of table eggs, 199,047 tonnes of milk and honey production was 9,298 tonnes. It should also be noted that, for its part, the Society for the Development and Exploitation of Animal Production (Sodepa) was able to slaughter 153,863 cattle in the slaughterhouses in Yaoundé, Douala and Ngaoundéré, or 23,079.45 tonnes of meat supplied by the consumer society. africaaedic.eu

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African women in agribusiness

Despite holding 60% of the world's arable land, African countries import almost USD 50 billion net of food each year. However, a growing population and a rising middle class represent a huge opportunity for the current and future agribusiness and consumer market. The agricultural sector in Africa is undergoing a dramatic transformation as a result of the influx of women into the sector. As such African women are playing an important role in shaping the growth of agriculture on the continent. One of the 17 ambitious global development goals adopted in 2015 aims to give women equal rights to economic resources, including access to land ownership and control. According to a report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation ( FAO ), women account for 70% of the agricultural labour force in Africa and 10% of basic food processing. africaaedic.eu

Cacao 2019-2020 starts in Cameroon with prices above 1000 FCFA per kg

(Invest in Cameroon) - At the official start of the 2019-2020 cocoa season in Cameroon on 13 August 2019 in Sangmélima (Southern Region), producer prices stabilised between 1010 CFAF and 1050 per kilogramme. These prices revealed by the System Information (SIF) scores bode well at the beginning of the short rainy season, a period generally marked by falling prices as a result of difficulties in accessing the production basins. As a reminder, despite the insecurity that has prevailed over the past 2 years in the South West region (large bean producing area), due to separatist claims, Cameroon completed the 2018-2019 cocoa season with an increase of marketed production of 4.2% to over 264 000 tonnes of beans. africaaedic.eu

AEDIC visits ICM and a tomato farm in Chivasso

ICM institute for Italian-Maghreb trade AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT IN CAMEROON -On Monday 01/07/2019, the President of AEDIC together with the delegation comprising the Secretary General of the Cameroon Chamber of Agriculture is entrepreneurs travelled by train to Chivasso to meet the vice president Dr Souroush by ICIM - The Italian Maghreb Trade and Investment Institute.

The ICM Institute was established as a free non-profit association, whose ambition is to be a direct link between the Italian and Maghreb realities.

ICM works with leading Italian and Maghreb institutions to develop friendly relations between the two countries.

Once the Cameroon delegates arrived, they attended a presentation of the Smart Farm project and other projects for the development of the African continent.

at-growing-greenhouse- tomatoes-chivasso-camerun-delegation At the end of the meeting, they went to visit a beautiful tomato farm, which you can see in the photo, to replicate and clone the Italian experience in the world of agriculture of the CEMAC which includes several Central African states.

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