The event mobilized two Government Ministers to the northern slope of
Mount Cameroon, Muyuka in Fako Division of the South West Region.
The Vice Prime Minister in Charge of Agriculture, Jean Nkuete, and the
Minister of Trade, Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana, made the journey to
the cocoa producing base of Muyuka in Fako Division where the cocoa
season for 2010-2011 was launched yesterday (18 August) to run from
1st August 2010 to 15 July 2011.The host Governor of the South West
Region, Koumpa Issa, and neighbouring Governor of the Littoral Region,
Fai Yengo Francis, joined in the exercise.
While Minister Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana declared the season open
at 12:53 pm, he announced that a project to rehabilitate cocoa drying
ovens in the Country will begin in the South West Region soon.The
Minister enjoined all stake holders to protect the cocoa sector that
remained vulnerable to fraudulent exporters and quality tricksters who
mix bad and good grains for quick market., The Minister took note of
farmers' demand for better road infrastructure to access the farms
with pesticides. He said "We need to have the cocoa sector a complete
sector" that produces and processes for local and export consumption.
As such, the Minister urged business persons of the cocoa sector to
invest in the local processing of cocoa so that Cameroon can derive
the ultimate benefit from the sector.
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