Waiting on the green revolution in Cameroon

In two decades Cameroon has gone from being largely self-sufficient to a large-scale importer of basic foodstuffs. A new initiative aims to change that. In January, the government launched one of its most ambitious projects to support small-scale farmers. Backed by the World Bank, the Projet d’Investissement et de Développement des Marchés Agricoles (PIDMA) includes …