An Memorandum of Understanding to this effect was signed between MINRESI and IRAD in Yaounde last Tuesday April 24, 2012.

Good quality seeds will soon flood the market to boost agriculture in the country thanks to the CD2 Support Programme for Research. The Memorandum Of Understanding, MOU, was signed on Tuesday April 24, 2012 in Yaounde between the Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, MINRESI, and the Institute of Agricultural Research for Development, IRAD. The two sides were represented by Minister Madeleine Tchuinte and Dr. Noe Woin.

According to the MOU, both IRAD and MINRESI will coordinate, monitor and evaluate the programme. IRAD on its part have three main objectives including disseminating agricultural research results to farmers, developing innovation technologies with strong impact and reinforcing capacity- building of producers and stakeholders in the domains of agriculture, livestock, fisheries and environmental conservation.

In order to ensure food security and reduce poverty in line with President Biya’s vision, Dr. Noe Woin said they will focus on three main areas - roots and tubers, grains and poultry. They will also improve on plantain, banana, cocoa and coffee seeds, and on the fragile ecosystem of northern Cameroon.

During the signing ceremony, Madeleine Tchuinte gave firm instructions not only to IRAD, but to all beneficiaries of the CD2 Support Programme. She said beneficiaries of the fund must make impact on the live of Cameroonians and so, have to use the money efficiently in order to avoid being arrested as the least error will not be tolerated. To Dr Woin, she said the institute should come out with more productive research varieties to help producers obtain more yields. The Executive Secretary for CD2 Support Programme for Research, Pr. Roger Tchouamo, revealed that they will soon work with the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Technological Development in processing and exporting Cameroon’s products.