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Thursday, 08 December 2011

Cameroon sets sights on rice to improve food security

YAOUNDE (AlertNet) - Cameroon has launched a project to boost local rice production by 25 percent in a bid to reduce dependence on imported rice and ensure food security in the country, government officials say.

Rice has become a staple food for many Cameroonians with annual demand estimated at 600,000-650,000 tonnes but the west-central African nation produces only 40 percent of the cereal.

For instance, between January and September this year the country imported 441,000 tonnes of rice, experts say.

The $25.5 million project run by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to support small scale farmers and producer organisations in four of Cameroon’s 10 regions is expected to help reduce that gap.

"Cameroon is endowed with great potential to not only meet its food demand but also to be the breadbasket in the Central African sub-region and improve the living conditions of the rural population," said Jean Kuete, Cameroon’s minister for agriculture and rural development.

"It is taking cognizance of this potential that the government intends to revive domestic food supply to meet the ever growing demand," he said at a ceremony to launch the IFAD project this week.

The project was designed in line with measures taken by the Cameroonian government to improve food security after food riots hit the country in 2008, amid skyrocketing commodity prices.

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