Cameroonian rice farmers caught between national ambition and rural realities

Cameroonian rice farmers caught between national ambition and rural realities

Rice accounts for more than half of Cameroon’s foreign grain suppliesOriginally published on Global VoicesFarmers harvesting rice in a rice field (paddy) in Cameroon. Screenshot from the video “How to grow rice in Cameroon?” on the My Agric Pro YouTube channel In January 2023, the Cameroonian government announced a policy of rice self-sufficiency, the population’s staple food. In the country’s northwest region, rice farmers combine courage with …