Production of palm oil in Cameroon is distributed across three plantation types or scales: ? Agro-industrial plantations (58,860 ha producing 120,000 tons); ? Supervised smallholder plantations (35,000 ha producing 30,000 tons), and ? Independent smallholdings (occupying an estimated 100,000 ha producing approximately 80,000 tons of palm oil4).
Where do oil palms grow in Cameroon?
It is estimated that in Southwest Cameroon, a top producing palm oil region of Africa, 67% of oil palm expansion from 2000-2015 occurred at the expense of forest (Ordway et al., 2019). Many regions in Cameroon have the required growing conditions for oil palm. South-West, South, and Littoral are the most attractive regions for investors.
What is Cameroon’s national development plan?
The government of Cameroon’s 2030 national development plan involves increasing current palm oil production at a rate yet to be determined. Despite several years of commercial palm oil production in Cameroon, it is only recently that the government has developed a national strategy for palm oil.
Can RSPO palmghg be used in Cameroon?
The RSPO PalmGHG tool can be modified to suit specifics of different countries around the world, which creates an opportunity to test it in Cameroon. Cameroon is one of Africa’s top palm oil producers producing about 269,000 tons of palm oil in 2018 with an average growth rate of 3.5 % per year in the last decade ( FAO, 2019 ).