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H.E President Paul Biya in his end of year speech to the nation took firm stands as to his intentions of developing the youths of Cameroon and particularly in the agricultural industry. In the 2024 to 2026 integral development plan for the nation, the Cameroon Government has offered grants to the youths in the agropastoral industry worth two billion seven hundred and fifty million francs through MINADER and Five billion Francs through PROFALCAM a private operator in the production of locally made flour. Within the context of an integrated plan for Import-substitution for this period, the government interns to reduce the quantity of imported flour and encourage the consumption of locally produced flour made out of plantain, cassava and sweet potatoes. The first category of grants is dedicated to the…

Dear members of PROFALCAM, ladies and gentlemen, `I wish to send to you this message at the moment when we are closing the last pages of the year 2023, a year that constitutes without any doubt a memorable and remarkable phase of thelife of this important innovation enterprise PROFALCAM. Dear members, ladies andgentlemen, on the 24th August 2022, a long 5 years dream came to life with thecreation of the Platform of the Promoters of Local Flour in Cameroon (PROFALCAM).Following 2 days of intensive discussions and work about 100 delegates from the10 regions of Cameroon put in place an Executive Bureau comprise of 20 electedmembers and among whom you elected me unanimously as president. Born in the heat of the Russo-Ukraniancrisis which witnessed the scarcity of some imported produce among…

Les journalistes de ce programme diffusé sur la Chaine Canal 2 International ont visité les nouveaux locaux de la plateforme le vendredi 29 septembre dernier. Il était 15 heures 03 minutes lorsque Jacques Donsu et Patricia Matanga ont passé la porte des locaux du siège de la Plateforme des Promoteurs des Farines Loca les au Cameroun (PROFALCAM). L’équipe restreinte de l’émission hebdomadaire diffusée sur les antennes de la chaine camerounaise Canal 2 Internationale est venue en repérage. En effet, elle travaille sur une émission prochaine qui portera sur les farines locales. Cependant, cette visite a été l’occasion pour les deux partie d’envisager des pistes de partenariats possible qui peuvent les liés dans le futur. Cette idée émisse par le Jacques a trouvé un écho favorable auprès des officiels de PROFALCAM.…

The platform is working to help the Mustard Seed Production Common Initiative Group achieve its objectives. A total of 20 young people make up the Mustard Seed Production Common Initiative Group. The group, whose Executive Board is made up of 6 members, carries out its activities in the locality of Bessi Fomukong, in the Mbengwi district of the MOMO department. In fact, all the members come from this department of the North-West region. The main objective of this youth group is to improve the living conditions of its members by producing cassava cuttings. To achieve their goal, the group has rented land (7 hectares) from the Development Committee of the village where their activities take place. The rent is CFAF 30,000 per hectare per year. Of the seven hectares leased,…

On Thursday July 13, a meeting was held between various ministerial departments and the Platform of the Promotion of Local Flour (PROFALCAM), at Immeuble Rose. The aim of the meeting was to discuss the various ways in which the Cameroonian government intends to support PROFALCAM. This was the objective of the meeting held on July 13, 2023 on the premises of the Ministry of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development (MINEPAT). The meeting, chaired by the Director General of Planning and Regional Development, Zoutene Doufene, was attended by representatives from several ministerial departments, including MINFI (Ministry of Finance), MINDCAF (Ministry of Domains, Cadastre and Land Affairs), MINRESI (Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation), MINMIDT (Ministry of Mines, Industry and Technological Development), and MinCommerce (Ministry of Trade). On the PROFALCAM side,…

 Two projects funded by the European Union with one common expected result in Cameroon; Bring together stakeholder in the cassava subsector, structure and strengthen their capacities so that they can appropriate and sustain their activities when the projects end. In 2010, the EU funded the project: Sustainable Production of Cassava and Marketing in the Central African Sub-Region. This project was implemented by the Pôle Régionale de Recherche Appliquée au Developpement des Systèmes Agricoles d’Afrique Centrale (PRASAC) in the six countries of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) including Cameroon. In 2014 PRASAC brought together farmers, processors, buyers and researchers who eventually created the Cameroon branch of the Platform of Multi-Actors of the Cassava Value Chain (PMA-CV Manioc). In 2015, a regional CEMAC Cassava Value Chain was structured;…

Dear Esteemed members, partners and the general public, you are all welcome to PROFALCAM, the National Platform of Promoters of Local Flour in Cameroon. In about two months PROFALCAM shall celebrate its first anniversary of birth and its official recognition. The Constituent General Assembly of members that held on the 23 and 24th of August 2023 saw the official birth of PROFALCAM that had been in gestation since 2017 following the official creation of an Inter-Ministerial Work group enlarged to the private sector by the then Minister of Economy, Planning and Regional Development, (MINEPAT), Mr Louis Paul MOTAZE. A real tool for the development of Cameroon flour from cassava, sweet potatoes, plantains, yams, cereals etc… the birth of PROFALCAM is proof of government commitment to develop a public-private partnership in…

It gains access through the Institut de Recherche Agricole Development (IRAD). Cameroon will now sit on the Board of Directors of the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and in Eastern and Southern Africa (ASARECA). This admission was made through through the Institut de recherche agricole pour le développement (IRAD), heade by Dr Noé Woin. It was during the Ministerial Conference on Agriculture organized by the Association from May 17 to 19, 2023, at the Speke Resort in the Ugandan capital Kampala. The theme which underpinned the conference's work is: "Building resilient food systems to feed Africa for generations". IRAD's rise to this position is a real boon for Cameroon's youth. It opens many doors to training, technology transfer and innovation between partner countries. The same applies to national…

On May 10, the two associations initialed a partnership agreement that will bind them for the next two years. It's a done deal! ANI International and PROFALCAM are now partners. On May 10, 2023, representatives of these associations signed the partnership agreement that will link them for the next two years. The signing ceremony took place at ANI International's offices in the GETEC building in Melen. Represented by ANI International's Managing Director and PROFALCAM's 1st Vice President, both parties expressed their delight at this new partnership. For Yiepmou Jean Claude, "it was unthinkable for these two institutions not to work together, given all the ties that bind them". The partnership, which took effect as soon as it was signed for a two-year period, was immediately materialized by PROFALCAM's invitation to…