Cameroon 2009 coffee production rises 53%
Cameroon’s coffee production rose 53 percent year-on-year in 2009, statistics published on Friday by the National Cocoa and Coffee Board (NCCB) showed. The Central African country produced 48,123 tonnes in 2009, up from 31,525 tonnes in 2008. Much of the increase came from robusta coffee, output of which was 44,378 tonnes, up from 28,050 tonnes. Some 68 percent of production was exported, with Italy the biggest buyer of robusta and Germany the biggest consumer of arabica. The coffee season in Cameroon, a minor coffee producer but the world’s fifth biggest cocoa grower, begins in January. Agriculture Minister Jean Kuete confirmed the figures to journalists in the western town of Foumban, where he officially launched the 2010 season.
Reuters
Good news.
good news but need to cotinue to go ahead
It’s has been very long since I hear some thing positive from this country. I told me relative a few years to stop waisting their energy on coffee and concentrate only on food. There is not one over there to emulate the people to work more. The India technology can help our country but we are under the control of the French masters that are to block any development different from their. The French have too much upon Cameroon. What a shame after 50 years of so called independence!!!
Cameroon has always been known to have the potential for mass production of cash crops, but growth in this sector of the economy has for some reason always been hindered. It is time for the state to realise that it needs to work harder, bring the country to the fore front in terms of exportation of these and other cash crops and transform these resources to money and development of the country.
No matter what some people say, a french press is without a doubt better than any other style of coffee I’ve ever tested. If you have any of time, take a look over to the guide we’ve assembled at frenchpresshowto.com. Thank you for the article!
Coffee production in Cameroon has been on a downward slide for over a decade because of old and unproductive farms, the aging population of coffee farmers, the lack of incentives for younger people to take to coffee farming, and abandoned farms. IMF and World Bank policies that favored the liquidation of PMO (or ONCPB in French) did not help matters for farmers who were shielded from rapid price fluctuations but became vulnerable after this. Coffee production has also been compounded by persistent corruption at the Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development where the last scandal had to do with the disappearance of tractors donated by India that ended up in the backyard of members of Biya’s government who don’t even own farms. While Cameroon has been in deep slumber, Vietnam has recently emerged as a major producer and exporter of coffee. And Cameroon doesn’t derive maximum revenue from its coffee export because it mainly produces lowland Robusta coffee with a low revenue yield while a country like Rwanda exports high-grade Arabica coffee to some countries where it’s even used to boost flavor in beer production. What a country!!