The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development signed an agreement with the research institute on Friday.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, MINADER, has discovered that palm oil production in Cameroon is handicapped by the unavailability of quality palm nut seeds so much so that farmers collect seeds from everywhere and when planted are unable to produce the required quantity needed for domestic and industrial use. This pushed the Ministry's Seed Fund to negotiate with the Institute of Agricultural Research for Development, IRAD, for the rehabilitation of its infrastructure, re-equipping of its laboratories to increase capacity of palm oil seed production which stands today at less than two million seeds per year.
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