Agriculture

NY sugar at 3-month high, coffee and cocoa drop – 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 statistics. * The top price of the benchmark Kenyan coffee grade … Continue reading

Cameroon: MINADER unveils agric. revolution plan – AllAfrica.com

“We will work to prosper Cameroon.” This is the commitment taken by the Minister … The ministry plans to produce 20 million cocoa and coffee seedlings this year. Much more, there has been a resolve for synergy in action between … Continue reading

Cameroon cocoa exports at end-Jan down 14 pct y/y – Reuters

YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Cameroon exported 149,792 tonnes of cocoa by the end of January since the start of the season in August, versus 174,004 tonnes exported in the same period last year, statistics from the National Cocoa and Coffee Board … Continue reading

Cameroon: Early Rains – Farmers Warned Against Planting – AllAfrica.com

In a chat with Cameroon Tribune yesterday February 21, Djakou Dagobert, Unit Chief for Prospective Analyses and Agricultural Policy in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, said the current rains are only a prelude to the planting expected by … Continue reading

DJ SOFTS HIGHLIGHTS: TOP STORIES OF THE DAY – Zacks.com

COCOA Sluggish Trade Shrinks Cameroon’s January Cocoa Exports – Industry YAOUNDE, Cameroon (Dow Jones)–Hoarding of Cameroon’s cocoa beans, due to low prices paid for the crop, caused its January exports to drop significantly in that month, an official of …

Rhino horn illegally offered on the web – Independent Online

A second advert in the “for sale” column of the same website’s Ethiopian section claims that the horns for sale are all older than 30 years and were “legally registered antiques under the ministry of agriculture and wildlife in Cameroon”.

Online sale of rhino horn investigated – Independent Online

A second advert in the “for sale” column of the same website’s Ethiopian section says that the horns for sale are all older than 30 years and were “legally registered antiques under the ministry of agriculture and wildlife in Cameroon”.

Farmer Training Launched in Ghana as Part of the Cargill Sustainable Cocoa Program – Yahoo Finance

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 …

We will increase food supply by 20m metric tonnes in four years – Agric Minister – Businessday Online

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

Dr. Nathan Wolfe hunts viruses to prevent pandemic – San Francisco Gate

Years of research in Cameroon and Borneo. Speaking engagements at the Davos … Their first meeting morphed from coffee, to dinner, to a ride on his Vespa through San Francisco to watch the sunset. “It became a serious date very … Continue reading