France offers 900m FCFA to boost agric production in Cameroon

26 Décembre 2013

LIBREVILLE, December 26 (Infosplusgabon) -  France’s Institute of Agronomic Research for Development (IRAD) and the Cameroonian Scientific Research and Innovation Ministry have signed four agreements, worth 954 million FCFA (about US$2 million), to boost agricultural production in the African nation.

PANA reports that the pacts, signed Monday, are for the funding of four research projects in the country's agronomic sector for a period of three years (2014-2016).

The projects concern banana plantain and sorghum and the management of agro-systems and agro-forestry in the northern part of the country.

The overall objective of the pacts is to make research an important pillar of economic development and increase agricultural production in the central African nation. (PANA).

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