Cameroon - Agricultural Value Chain Development Project

About this project

The Agricultural Value Chain Development Project (AVC-DP) is the mechanism for realizing the Cameroon’s vision of expanding its role as the agricultural locomotive of the Central African sub-region, embraced in 2009, which is outlined in the 2010-2020 Growth and Employment Strategy Paper (GESP) that focuses on three pillars, namely: (i) growth, (ii) employment, and (iii) governance and strategic management of the State. The project will help to create wealth and employment, especially for the youth, as well as to boost food and nutritional security by enhancing the competitiveness of the three agricultural value chains (oil palm, banana and pineapple). The components and expected outcomes of the project are: (i) rural infrastructure development: 1,000 km of rural roads, 30 warehouses, 15 rural markets, 30 km of electricity networks, 30 drinking water supply (DWS) systems, a quality control laboratory for agricultural products; (ii) crop sector development: support for the establishment of processing units, institution building for farmer organizations, technical guidance, facilitation of the interface with service providers, training, research support for the production of quality seeds and seedlings, establishment of a crop sector development fund to finance value chains (VC); (iii) development of youth agricultural entrepreneurship: close to 600 businesses created in the agro-business sector for approximately 1,500 young graduates (40% being women) and ensuring access to c…

Published by

African Development Bank · Multilateral

Countries

Cameroon

Sectors

Agricultural policy and administrative management

Places

South Region, Littoral Province, East, Centre Province

Funded by

African Development Bank

Implemented by

Ministère de l'agriculture

Passes funds through

Government Of Cameroon

Published by African Development Bank to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 24 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: 46002-P-CM-AA0-012.

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