The Minister of Livestock, Fisheries and Animal Industries reminded the World Bank’s new Director of Operations in Cameroon of this.

On Friday 18 November 2023, Guillemette Sidonie Jaffrin, accompanied by a delegation, was received in audience by the Minister of Livestock, Fisheries and Animal Industries (MINEPIA). The World Bank’s new Director of Operations has just led a mission to support the implementation of the Emergency Food Crisis Response Project in the field, particularly in the five regions covered by the project. These are the North-West, South-West, East, Adamaoua and Far-North. It emerged from this hearing that the preparatory activities are progressing smoothly and that the project itself should start in the first quarter of 2024.

MINEPIA was keen to point out to his host that “the project has to get off the ground, but activities have to be planned before they can be implemented among the needy. All the teams are mobilised to reach the people”, Dr Taïga told his host. For the implementation of this project, MINEPIA will make use of implementing agencies such as the CDEN, the CDENO, the CDPM and the MIDEPECAM. Support will be provided to 7,500 livestock farmers, including equipment and production inputs for pork, poultry, table eggs, small ruminants, honey and milk. Support is also expected for 4,000 fisheries and aquaculture producers.

PULCCA’s mission is to provide practical solutions for people facing food crises. Financed to the tune of 100 million Euros, or 55 billion CFA francs, the livestock component should come out ahead with at least 13 billion. It will run for 3 years.