Skip to main content

LARGE SCALE COFFEE PLANT INAUGURATED IN BAMENDA

By Mildred Wung 

The capacity of coffee farmers in the Northwest Region has been boosted thanks to a large scale coffee transformation plant inaugurated by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Gabriel Mbairobe.

Picture: ultra modern coffee machine

The inauguration of the plant worth two hundred million francs took place April 24, 2021 at the regional office of the Northwest Farmers Cooperative Association NWCA. 

Local farmers and agricultural technicians witnessed the installation of the coffee machine that compose of a roasting mill, a cooling mix, a storage tank and destoner and a conveyor which would enable farmers double the production of coffee from one thousand five hundred tons with an increased revenue. Speaking during the inauguration ceremony, the Minister of Agriculture reassured farmers “I am here to assure that the government will continue to support them and the creation of this transformation unit would provide another machine to produce extra coffee and support coffee farmers to increase the production by supplying improved seedlings, fertilisers and pesticides and by supplying funds for the farmers so that they can be assured that coffee is a very important agricultural crop in Cameroon and the Northwest in particular” he said.

At the site of the new coffee plant, the General Manager of NWCA Waindim Timothy made a positive remark “Our farmers would remain firm and focussed to ensure that production is increased” he intimated. Farmers are confident that the new coffee plant will yield more impact as far as coffee farming and consumption is concerned.  


Picture: General Manager of. NWCA 

Nchangwi Hellen who is President of Northwest Cooperative Association, and also a coffee farmer in Bafut underscored the importance of the machine as she disclosed to pressmen the plight previously faced by farmers “formerly we were using a seventy year old machine which does not produce large quantities that other countries have and people were not aware of drinking coffee. They only knew about Nescafe but now that this machinery has come, they have seen it and they know that coffee is not sold only to Europe but it is also transformed so that we can take it in our own locality and we can produce good quality coffee in large quantities”

Picture: Officials at coffee plant inauguration

Given that the coffee plant is coming at a time when some farmers are yet to join NWCA which is consequently causing them to sell coffee by their own initiative where they battle with price instability and incorrect scaling and at a time when other farmers had low spirit in coffee farming given the stress in transformation and distribution, agric technicians have expressed hope that the ultra modern coffee plant would attract farmers into NWCA for a common benefit. 


Comments

Post a Comment

Editor's Picks

KUMBO BISHOP SETS FEB 21 TO  PRAY FOR NGARBUH VICTIMS BY MILDRED NDUM WUNG KUM The Bishop of Kumbo Diocese His Lordship George Nkuo has set February 21 as a day of prayer for some twenty four Cameroonians attacked in the locality of Ngarbuh Ntumbaw in the wee hours of February 14th 2020. The prelate’s appeal comes 96 hours (four days) after a massacre on Ngarbuh inhabitants.  In the call for prayers to be said for victims of the incident, the communiqué carries words of compassion from Bishop Nkuo “I hereby declare Friday 21st February 2020 as a day of prayer and mourning in the entire Diocese of Kumbo for the Victims of the Ngarguh disaster. In this way, we shall vehemently say yes to life and No to dead in solidarity with the recent message of the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon... A requiem Mass should be celebrated in all our churches and where possible an ecumenical service be organised to implore God for an end to this socio political crisis that has plu...
Post a Comment
Read more
Eto'o pounds on YouTuber in Doha sparking Shock  Screenshot photo from video of squabble  A video has surfaced online showing Samuel Eto'o Fils, President of the Cameroon Football Federation FECAFOOT venting anger on a man videotaping him as he posed for pictures with fans.  Amateur video on Eto'o encounter with man taking video  The incident that engulfed onlookers in shock is said to have occurred late on Monday evening at the 974 Stadium after Brazil’s 4-1 victory over South Korea in the round of 16 at the ongoing 2022 FIFA World Cup. Eto’o, a brand ambassador of the tournament is seen in the amateur video that had gone wild on social media, taking pictures with fans before venting his anger later on a man who was apparently taking a video of him at close range. It is not clear what must have caused the fury of the four-time African footballer of the year but he is seen been held back by close aides as he attempts to go out on the videographer who was already on t...
Post a Comment
Read more
AT PALLIUM INVESTITURE PAROLIN ENTASKS ALL TO PEACE   By Mildred Ndum Wung Kum The mission to hand the pallium in Bamenda was blended with a mission of peace, dialogue and reconciliation. Pietro Cardinal Parolin, Secretary of States of the Vatican and Pope’s envoy on errand to place the pallium on the shoulders of Archbishop Andrew Fuanya Nkea accomplished his task while also calling on an end to violence affecting Bamenda. He prescribed vigilance and serenity insisting that dialogue should be pursued in place of violence. Pietro Cardinal Parolin at St Joseph Piazza Bamenda Pietro Parolin was principal celebrant of a pontifical High Mass to mark the pallium investiture on January 31, 2021 at the St Joseph Centenary Piazza in Bamenda.  He acknowledged that Bamenda is being shattered by division and rioting. His message of none violence in relation to a socio political crisis plaguing Bamenda fell on a heterogonous audience “we are all responsible for peace. All the actors ...
3 comments
Read more