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Cameroon: 32,000 tons of coffee produced in 2014

Domestic production has doubled following the recovery of the sector and the various support provided to farmers.
"On the world market, coffee production declined while consumption is increasing. Consequently, Africa's market share in terms of the global production also decreased, going from 30% to 11%. This means that we must increase production. It would be beneficial to Africa. " This recommendation Edgard Koffi Kouamé, chief economist of the Inter-African Coffee Organization (IACO), was heard in Cameroon and efforts are being made to increase coffee production. Because, as said Yves Abissi, communications manager of the Interprofessional Council of Cocoa and Coffee (Cicc), the annual coffee production increased from one to two abreast of 2014. "This coffee production increased 16000 tonnes to 32000 tonnes in 2014 in Cameroon. The main production areas are


 Coastline, mainly Mungo, and the great West. 80% of Arabica coffee is produced in Foumban and 80% Robusta coffee is produced in the Littoral, "he notes.
The increase in coffee production in Cameroon is the result of the revival of this sector in Cameroon. "We have more than 26,000 coffee plants that we will plant and thousands of other plants are in the pipeline," says Adamou Ndam Njoya, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Agro Industrial Cooperative Noun division (Coopagro). A strong cooperative growers and 1924 totaling an area of ​​101 hectares, in terms of growers whose plantations are listed. This cooperative alone produces 80 to 100 tons of coffee per year. A production which, we learn, will be revised upwards in the coming years.
The rise in coffee is also due to a greater involvement of women in the villages. They now meet in cooperatives with thousands of women (more than 3000 women in Coopaferlos an area of ​​19 hectares). Coffee production of women increased from 86 tons to 3,000 tons in 2014. Especially since, according to the Director of Economic Studies, IACO, "the regeneration of the coffee culture through the involvement of women and youth in coffee farming. This helps to fight against the rural exodus and unemployment, it created jobs. If women are involved in the cultivation of coffee and give them ways to work is on track to meet the coffee, "he notes. This is also why the theme of the 3rd edition of festicoffee which is celebrated under the theme: "The Cameroonian woman in the cafe."
The program put in place to ensure lasting recovery in cocoa and coffee growing in Cameroon also takes into account the youth. This, to the extent that the producers are increasingly aging. The "New generation" already established, accompanies and supports young people from agricultural training centers in their involvement so that they truly become professionals in cocoa and coffee growing. At the end of the training will benefit these young people, each farmer who agrees to set up a cocoa farm or coffee with a minimum area of ​​3 hectares will receive coaching in the nursery, logistics, and technology from the Cicc.

Blaise Djouoke
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