Plantain yields in Cameroon have declined 43 percent in the 20 years since 1991 because of increasing temperatures and dryness. Villagers use proceeds from crop sales to pay for higher education, ...

This photo taken on Dec. 5, 2023 shows plantains in Limbe, Cameroon. TO GO WITH "Feature: Cameroon aspires to become leading plantain producer"(Photo: Xinhua) With his muddied bare feet and ...

Cameroon: In Vitro Plantain Project - Five Million Plantain Plantlets By October. 4 June 2015. Cameroon Tribune (Yaoundé) By Nkeze Mbonwoh.

If you say plantains are not the most coveted of food items these days (especially in the southern parts of Cameroon); then you've got it wrong. A sizeable bunch can't cost less than 2,000 francs ...

YAOUNDE, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Cameroon will inject "fresh impetus" into banana and plantain production as part of efforts to become the world's leading producer of the crops by 2030, according to ...

In Cameroon, the Bayam-Sellam ... Items such as fish, eggs, and plantains from various regions are being sold at prices at least 15–20% lower than those in traditional markets." More for You.

YAOUNDE — Cameroonians are returning to traditional methods of transporting and packaging food after the government banned the production, sale and use of non-biodegradable plastic bags. People ...

The villagers say elephants have destroyed more than 250 banana, plantain, corn and bean plantations. ... Bakingili lies at the foot of Mount Cameroon, known locally as Mount Fako.

According to Cameroon's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, plantains account for 16 percent of farmers' income and 4.3 percent of Cameroon's agricultural gross domestic product (GDP).