BMI View: Cameroonian agriculture stands at a crossroads, with great potential balanced by intransigentbottlenecks to growth. Weather and disease are reported to have affected the quality and farmgate pricesfor the 2012/13 cocoa crop. However, in the longer term the deciding factor in the industry''s future will bewhether infrastructure can be upgraded sufficiently to prevent spoilage and poor processing techniquesfrom diminishing the value and saleability of the country''s cocoa beans. The improvements in the coffeeindustry, where production has rebounded thanks to higher-yielding trees coming on stream and betteraccess to fertilisers, demonstrate what could be achie...
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