West region: Gov’t counts on potatoes farmers to reach 1M tons national production milestone.
By Stephen TADAHA
Over 40% of the 180 000 tons of Potatoes produced in the West Region yearly comes from Bangang, a village in Batcham subdivision of the Bamboutos, thanks to the rich nature of its black soil.
Farmers in the locality were over the weekend urged to transform their agricultural potentials to an agricultural basin. The call was made by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Gabriel Mbairobe during a potato exhibition at the esplanade of the Bangang Royal palace. The Minister commended the agricultural diversity of the Bamboutos and promised that is ministry will render support, so they can reach the 1 000 000 national production milestone.
“I noticed the agricultural diversity of Cameroon here in the Bamboutos and precisely in Bangang. We have plantain, maize, Irish potatoes, beans, cabbage and many other food crops grown here. We also noticed that there is a huge potential here in this division. So we are encouraging farmers here to continue this way so that this place be an agricultural in Cameroon” the minister said.
“I think by helping them with inputs like fertilizers, we can achieve our national potatoes production objectives which stands at 1 000 000 tons year.
Apart from the Potato plantations from Messang to the border between the Bamboutos in the West and Wabané in the South West, the minister during his 22-day working visit, also made stopovers at the avocado orchard of Bagam.
