Agriculture

Moroccan firm to build Cameroon chocolate factory – Reuters

Cameroon is the world’s fifth largest grower of cocoa, the main ingredient in chocolate, with more than 200,000 tonnes of production, and its government has been seeking to boost value-added exports. “The Compagnie Cherifienne de Chocolaterie is …

Cameroon Gets 48 Million Euros From EU to Boost Banana Output – Bloomberg

Cameroon is Africa’s fourth-biggest cocoa producer and is Central Africa’s biggest coffee grower. To contact the reporter on this story: Pius Lukong in Yaounde via Accra at ebowers1@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this …

Ivorian cocoa crop to hit 1.35 mln T: ICCO – Reuters

and No. 5 producer Cameroon will see a decrease from 230,000 to 200,000 tonnes, according to ICCO statistics seen by Reuters at the conference. The organisation has forecast a global cocoa deficit of 71,000 tonnes this season, following 347,000 …

Cameroon Delegation in Seattle to Explore Agro-product Partners – pressbox.co.uk

As one of the top 10 producers in the world, Coffee, Cocoa and Pepper, Cameroon can potentially become a leading players for roasters in the greater Seattle area. “Seattle is the Mecca of coffee and with Cameroon having an abundance … Continue reading

Cameroon: Western Grassland Incantations Revisited – AllAfrica.com

The fowl (chicken), palm-oil, palm-wine, salt and dracaena (or “peace plant … In Part One titled ‘Background and Society,’ the three chapters discuss the location of Cameroon’s Western Grasslands, particularly those of the twelve ethnic groups and …

Barry Callebaut: The future of chocolate at CHOCOVISION 2012 in Davos – msnbc.com

CEO Ghana Cocoa Board; Lazare Essimi Menye, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Cameroon; and Sona Ebai, World Cocoa Foundation Policy Advisor, will map out different stakeholder interests. Prof. Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate …

Barry Callebaut: The future of chocolate at CHOCOVISION 2012 in Davos – Market Wire

CEO Ghana Cocoa Board; Lazare Essimi Menye, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Cameroon; and Sona Ebai, World Cocoa Foundation Policy Advisor, will map out different stakeholder interests. Prof. Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate …

G8 urged to elevate food security issues – United Press International

The United Nations reported this year that Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Chad, northern Cameroon and Nigeria were suffering … support “innovative programs” like the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program, which seeks …

PA Resources AB: PA Resources’ Production Report for April 2012 – Worldnews.com

The country consists of a mainland territory, Río Muni, which is bordered by Cameroon to the north and Gabon to … successive brutal regimes has diminished any potential for agriculture-led growth. Equatorial Guinea is a member of the …

First camera trap video of world’s rarest gorilla includes shocking charge – News.Mongabay

… the Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes ellioti), a subspecies of chimp listed as Endangered. Deforestation for grazing and agriculture, hunting, low genetic diversity, and fragmentation of gorilla populations imperils the species.