Industrial Production, Processing of Pineapple Underway at Awae

By Godlove Bainkon, Cameroon Tribune, 16-10-2013

A FCFA 1.5 billion Agropole programme to produce 26,000 tons on 325 hectares was launched Monday October 14, 2013.

 

All things being equal, pineapple producers in Awae, Mefou and Afamba Division of the Centre Region, will in the next farming season witness an improvement in their activities in both production, processing and commercialisation.

The Minister Delegate in the Ministry of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development, Yaouba Abdoulaye, on Monday October 14 launched an Agropole programme in the locality. Objective, move production from the current 12,000 metric tons per farming season on 150 hectares of land to 26,000 metric tons on 325 hectares of land per farming season which spans through 14 months.

The FCFA 1.5 billion financing with FCFA 966.7 million to come from promoters and FCFA 504.36 from the State,  is also expected to enhance  local processing of 14,000 metric tons of pineapple into juice for the local and world markets. The processing will be enhanced by a plant whose foundation stone was also laid in the Messa neigbourhood at Awae within the sidelines of the programme’s launch.>>>