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Coaching approach: Review of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and Coaching of cocoa producers

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Cameroon is the fifth largest producer of cocoa (210,000 tones), after Côte d'Ivoire (1,210,000 tones), Ghana (635,000 tones), Indonesia (490,000 tones) and Nigeria (230,000 tones). About 90% of this production is supplied by small-scale producers, who exploit areas of less than 1.5 hectares and the average age of plantations is around 25 years old. The average yield of cocoa fields is 450 kg/ha. One of solutions proposed by the national cocoa plan to increase the yield is the rehabilitation and extension of existing cocoa orchards, and diffusion of the selected plant material. There are several institutions in Cameroon that ensure the dissemination of improved varieties, allowing production ranging from 800 to 1500 kg/ha. They are Agricultural Research Institute for Development (IRAD), the Cocoa-Coffee Development Fund (FODECC), the Cocoa-Coffee Seed Program and the Cameroon Cocoa Development Corporation (SODECAO), which are closely linked with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MINADER).

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