Agriculture 
Robusta and Arabica Coffee Sent From Cameroon Dropped in January – Businessweek
Feb. 24 (Bloomberg) — Shipments of robusta from Cameroon, central Africa’s biggest coffee grower, dropped 85 percent in January, while arabica exports plummeted, according to a joint report from the Cocoa and Coffee Board and the Cocoa and …
Another Volatile Year For Agriculture Prices After Wicked Weather Of 2011 – Forbes
In 2011, the agriculture industry had its share of challenges … An infestation of the Capsid insect in Cameroon is wreaking havoc on crops, and there are shortages of insecticide in Nigeria while black pod disease has already caused yield … Continue reading
Farmer Training Launched in Ghana as Part of the Cargill Sustainable Cocoa Program – PR-USA.net
handling and/or exporting of cocoa beans in Brazil, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Indonesia and Vietnam. Presence in all the leading producing countries allows Cargill to oversee the supply chain from beans at origin to cocoa and chocolate products on our …
Cameroon: Report Urges a Rethink of Informal Sector As Nation Longs for Full Employment – AllAfrica.com
“Current projections show that informal agriculture is likely to remain the main provider of employment in Cameroon in the short and medium term. Attention should therefore be focused on increasing productivity in this sector,” Singh says. The report notes …
Nigeria – Boost to beef production – Meattradenewsdaily (blog)
Our cocoa plan is to make our country to compete with Ivory Coast because we lost our place to Ivory Coast, Ghana and Cameroon. Take the issue of oil palm which is very important to our plan. Our transformation action … Continue reading
Cameroon: Drought-Hit Region Counts the Cost of Reduced Trade – AllAfrica.com
According to the Cameroon Ministry of Agriculture, a drop of 80,000 tonnes in rice production in 2010 led to the importing of 120 billion CFA francs ($240 million) worth of rice. As part of its response to climate change, the … Continue reading
Cameroon cocoa purchases up for year, fall in Jan – Reuters
YAOUNDE Feb 22 (Reuters) – Cameroon’s sole cocoa grinder Sic-Cacaos had bought 26,998 tonnes by the end of January since the beginning of the 2011/12 season in August, National Cocoa and Coffee Board (NCCB) statistics showed. The figures …
Cameroon: Commercial Agriculture – Poorly Negotiated Land Leases Condemned – AllAfrica.com
The report is based on the SG Sustainable Oils Cameroon Plc (SGSOC) that signed a contract with government in 2009 to develop 73,086 hectares of oil palm plantations and construct oil mills in Ndian and Kupe Muanenguba Divisions in the … Continue reading
Hermetic bags save African crop, but not how experts once thought – PhysOrg
Murdock led a team in 1987 that developed the PICS bags as a way to combat weevil infestations in Cameroon that discouraged farmers … dean and director of International Programs in Agriculture, said more than 1.75 million bags have been … Continue reading
Drought looms as UK reports less rains – BusinessWorld Online
While Britain battles a potential drought, early rains bring relief to cocoa farmers in Cameroon. The farmers said on Monday that abundant rains in the past week have raised hopes of a better mid-crop harvest after a long dry spell … Continue reading
