Regenerative Agriculture: Bananas Account For 73% Of Cameroon’s Exports

The 2025 report of the international NGO, Rainforest Alliance titled, "Regeneration Takes Roots in Cameroon," highlights an ecological and economic transformation driven by regenerative agriculture. Between 2020 and 2025, the NGO invested $15.4 million USD (8.8 billion FCFA) across three primary landscapes, covering 1.1 million hectares and impacting over 120,000 people. "We want to move from just protecting the environment to regenerating the same environment," explained Ndeye N. Sarr, Regional Communications Manager. Certification has achieved massive market penetration in vital commodities. With 73 per cent of national banana export volumes (about 160,000 metric tonnes/year) being Rainforest Alliance-certified. And certified cocoa production now commanding 42 per cent of the national output. In the Grand Mbam area of the Centre Region, Rainforest Alliance invested $5.2 million USD (2.99 billion FCFA) to align local cocoa producers with European Union Deforestation Regulation, EUDR rules. In the Western Highlands of the North West and West Regions facing heavy land pressure, $4.6 million USD (about 2.65 billion FCFA) was i...