African agriculture is at a crossroads. Persistent food shortage has led to mass protests and created panic among policymakers in some big cities. However, there seems to be some light in the tunnel, with three major opportunities that can help transform Africa’s agriculture to be the global engine of economic growth. First, advances in science, […]
Country Strategic Plans — Cameroon (2018–2020)
1. Country Analysis 1.1 Country Context 1. Cameroon is a lower-middle-income country with a population of 23.3 million people of 230 ethnic and linguistic groups; 80 percent of the people live in eight French-speaking regions, the remainder in two English-speaking regions; 54 percent live in urban areas. There are five agro-ecological zones. The country produces […]
STRATEGIE DE DEVELOPPEMENT DU SECTEUR RURAL (SDSR)
INTRODUCTION Sur la période 1993-2003, l’économie camerounaise a connu un taux de croissance moyen annuel de 4,6%. Il en a été de même pour le secteur rural dont la part dans le PIB s’est maintenue autour de 20%, avec 15% pour le PIB des productions végétales. Durant cette période, la croissance du PIB agricole a […]
Growth and Employment Strategy Paper 2010-2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Cameroonian authorities used the participatory approach in designing the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) in April 2003. For the purpose of monitoring and implementing this paper, the Government established this strategy’s steering institutional framework comprising: (i) an Inter-ministerial Committee to monitor implementation of the PRSP, and (ii) a Technical Committee to monitor and […]
Report for project to support the national agricultural r...
The project to support the National Agricultural Research and Extension Programme (NAREP) is in line with the Cameroonian government’s sector policy that aims to reduce institutional constraints in order to promote competitive, sustainable and equitable agricultural and rural development in all the agro-ecological regions of the country. Hence the Bank’s favourable answer to the request […]