Cameroon

Experts from Ivory Coast will help Cameroon to increase coffee production by planting hybrid species, said the independent newspaper Le Messager on Thursday, 19. "Our goal is to double or even triple our production of Robusta and Arabica by 2015", said the Executive Secretary of the Council of Cocoa and Coffee Inter-professional Cameroon, Omer Gatien Maledi, after a meeting with the Ivorian ambassador in Cameroon Adama Dosso, according to the publication.

Cameroon Robusta coffee exports totalled 34,072 tonnes in the 2011/12 season, which ended in November, according to industry and government of the country data disclosed.
The number represents an increase of 12.8% compared to the previous business year. Twenty-three countries imported beans from Cameroon during the season. The cycle of Robusta Cameroonian extends from November to December. The country produced 37,539 tonnes of Robusta coffee in 2011/12, exceeding the 30,840 tonnes of the previous crop year.
Source: Dow Jones