Cocoa prices in Cameroon remained
largely steady in April, ranging from 1300 CFA francs ($2.23) in the South-West
region to 1600 CFA francs in the Centre. Joachim Landry Nanga Mevoa, the
general director of the Cameroon agro-business cooperative (Camagrob), said the
crop has not been good so far, partly because farmers have used non-approved
pesticides.
But Laurent Atangana, a cocoa
producer, blamed buyers who purchase beans illegally before the crop has been
dried or harvested, decreasing the price for producers. Not all regions have
been affected by stagnant prices and buyers have regularly purchased beans in
the Centre area for prices higher than in other regions.
Below are the average farmgate
prices in CFA francs per kg, recorded throughout the central African country's
growing regions:
|
Region
|
District
|
Price(in CFA/kg)
|
|
South West
|
Mamfe
|
1300
|
|
|
Konye
|
1350
|
|
|
Muyuka
|
1300
|
|
|
Kumba
|
1380
|
|
Centre
|
Mbalmayo
|
1500
|
|
|
Emana
|
1600
|
|
|
Bafia
|
1450
|
|
South
|
Ebolowa
|
1350
|
|
|
Sangmelima
|
1400
|