The Government, ADB/Islamic Bank funded projects are meant to promote agriculture in some divisions in the North West Region.

A new chapter opens for rural development in the North West Region with the official launching of projects to improve infrastructure that facilitates production, productivity and marketing of agricultural produce in Mbaw Mbonso and Gayama production basins. In effect, the launching event in Sabongari and Esu on March 14^th and 16^th,  2016 set the pace for works to rehabilitate some 79 km of farm-to-market roads from Esu-Gayama and  253 km of  rural roads in the Mbaw/Mbonso basins.

The government, African Development Bank and Islamic Bank funds, worth about FCFA 12 billion are also expected to finance the construction of border markets and warehouses, ensure  land development, plant mills, install high tension transformers, supply electricity generators, construct cocoa dryers etc. Grassfield II projects Engineer, Andrew Mbakwa Tayong said social infrastructures like the construction of schools, water supply schemes, community action supply centers, bridges etc also feature prominent.

Away from that, the Grassfield project II Agronomist, Fobuzo Benjamin disclosed that the project activities are expected to assist a farming population of some 50,000 people currently in the two basins. It will open up 1,000 hectares  of farm land towards  the resettlement of people eager to invest in agriculture but hindered  by lack of basic infrastructure and support in the Mbaw Mbonso basin and 1,000 more hectares in Gayama which lacks an access  road to the over 7,000 hectares of arable land and support for activities.

The project will see the construction of adapted warehouses that reduces post harvest loss, setting up of efficient processing facilities, construction of accessible sales point, provision of high yielding improved seeds/seedlings of targeted crop speculation, mechanization of production etc. The 1st Assistant SDO of Donga Mantung said the Mbaw/Mbonso projects will cost about FCFA 8 billion while records about Gayama basin reveal that their projects will cost about FCFA 3.9 billion.

Speaker after speaker saluted the government and international partners for the projects which come to ensure food self sufficiency, contribute towards economic growth, increase the income  level of  producers and contribute towards the employment of exports of agricultural produce. The Mbaw Mbonso and Gayama basins are part of the overall four production areas covered by phase II of the Grassfield Support Project for Rural Infrastructure and Participatory Development.