Agriculture
Agriculture plays an important role in the economy of the country. Apart from the main cultures listed below, the other cultures in Cameroon are coffee, cotton and cocoa. Breeding brings a more important contribution to food. Generally, the country is self-sufficient from the food point of view.
Up to now, research supports and financial assistance were steered towards the export cultivating sector to the detriment of the food-producing production. The collapse of raw materials prices on the world markets has affected the state economy and the farming sector in particular. That is why the current agricultural policy of the country is focused on the increase of food-producing production, the stimulation and protection of markets and the development of processing activities and food storage. |
Farmland surface area:
| The areas under cultivation include arable lands and those with permanent crops. They represent 7,160,000 hectares in Cameroon. |
Crops
Crop |
Yield (in Metric Tons) |
Surface (in hectares) |
|
Manioc
|
2,067,000
|
127
|
162,756
|
Bananas
|
850
|
57
|
149,123
|
Corn
|
850
|
350
|
24,286
|
Sorghum
|
500
|
600
|
8,333
|
Sweet potatoes
|
150
|
20
|
75
|
Livestock
Species |
Headcount |
Cattle
|
5,900,000
|
Ovine races
|
3,880,000
|
Goats
|
3,850,000
|
Pigs
|
1,430,000
|
Poultry
|
20,100,000
|
Number of tractors:
Irrigated land (surface area):
Fishing
Yield in metric tons
Shellfish, mollusks and cephalopods |
Saltwater fish |
464 Tm.
|
63,536 Tm.
|
Aquacultural yield in metric tons:
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February 2004
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