Japan has donated CFA 1.3 billion to
Cameroon within the framework of the implementation of the Agricultural Markets
Investment and Development Project (PIDMA), its Ministry of the Economy,
Planning and Regional Development confirmed to APA on Wednesday.
Already financed by the World Bank to the tune of CFA 50
billion, the project is intended to improve maize, sorghum and cassava
production in Cameroon with a view to supplying the food industry.
With the Japanese grant, in addition to producing more for
industries, cooperatives retained within the PIDMA will develop
nutrition-related sub-projects.
In this perspective, it will be about introducing improved
bio-fortified seeds in agricultural subsistence activities and improving the
quality of nutrition of the population through the implementation of nutrition
education strategies.