Cameroon launched the AgriConnect pact in Yaounde on 21 October 2026, a framework backed by the World Bank Group that sets out 24 interventions across eight agricultural value chains for the period 2026-2030. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) put the investment need at about 1.87 billion USD, or close to 1,120bn FCFA.
The eight chains are maize, rice, cassava, palm oil, cocoa, soy, dairy, and fishing and aquaculture. Targets for 2030 include annual maize output of 6 million tonnes, up from 2.6 million tonnes, 800,000 tonnes of palm oil, and local supply covering 55 percent of national rice needs and 60 percent of dairy demand. Fishing and aquaculture output is targeted at 450,530 tonnes.
The state plans to contribute 201.6bn FCFA, about 20 percent of the cost, with the rest to be raised from technical and financial partners and the private sector. The government names the World Bank, the African Development Bank, IFAD, the European Union, the French Development Agency and the Japan International Cooperation Agency among expected contributors.
A steering committee co-chaired by the ministries in charge of agriculture and livestock will supervise the pact, with the economy ministry, the private sector and development partners taking part. It sits within the National Development Strategy 2020-2030 and the PIISAH import-substitution plan.
Agriculture Minister Gabriel Mbairobé presented AgriConnect at a consolidation workshop in Yaounde on 15 September 2026 as a tool to coordinate existing policies and programmes rather than replace them.