A significant portion of these resources will also be used to establish a permanent working capital fund for the direct purchase of production from farmers in the Far North, thereby ensuring immediate outlets for cultivators from the earliest stages of harvest.


The executive of the public entity materializes through this programming the state financial support officially endorsed for the current agricultural campaign, in continuation of the arbitrations conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture. The stated objective is to raise national production volume to 450,000 tonnes, aligning with the trajectory of the Integrated Agropastoral and Fisheries Import-Substitution Plan, which concludes in November 2026. The previous campaign yielded a harvest of 369,330 tonnes, reflecting an annual progression of 6.3%, a volume that nonetheless remains below global consumption needs estimated at 673,000 tonnes.


Reducing persistent dependence on external supplies, which necessitated the importationed the importation of 869,039 tonnes of milled rice for an amount of 268.7 billion CFA francs in 2025, remains the major imperative of authorities. To valorize these harvests, the inauguration in late 2025 of the industrial unit in Sanguéréré, Garoua, endowed with an annual capacity of 18,000 tonnes for an investment of one billion CFA francs, offers a processing outlet capable of absorbing a substantial share of production from the great northern basin.


Bernardo

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