Mt. Mbappit Dev’t Project : Creation Of Agro-Processing Units In View

The creation of eight agro-processing units has been envisaged as part of the Mount Mbappit Development Project. This decision is the outcome of a fourth steering committee meeting that was held in Yaounde on February7, 2019. Speaking during the event, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Gabriel Mbairobe shed light on the projects to be executed before the five-year span of the project runs to an end.

He made mention of the development of agricultural value chains in the Noun Division and the acquisition of eight ploughing machines. He equally talked of the rehabilitation and opening of 200 kilometers rural roads to ease the transportation of agricultural products from farm to market. Mbairobe also highlighted the construction and equipping of seven health centers, 11 academic blocks in primary schools, plus the construction of 42 boreholes.

“The development of agricultural production, processing and commercialization envisaged within the framework of the second phase of the  Mount Mbappit Rural Development Project (MMRDP-II) lies essentially in some major food crops: corn in Kouo...