Trade union delegates met on Friday 12 April in Douala to analyze the new cocoa price set by the government.

Le nouveau prix Of cacao fixed at 1500 FCFA per kg for the intermediate season does not satisfy the producers gathered within the Synapci-Anaproci-Conasaci platform. For this, in a final statement from the meeting held last Friday, “the producers' delegates thank the President of the Republic for the increase in the price. bord champ du cacao which went from 1,000 FCFA to 1,500 FCFA. However, producers want an upward review, including 2500 FCFA the price field edge, given the large increase in global costs”. The numerous planters present at the meeting formulated three other resolutions addressed to the Government for the improvement of their living conditions, the development of the sector and, therefore, the development of the national economy. We are talking about the increase in the income differential of coffee-cocoa cooperative companies from 20 FCFA/ kg currently to 250 FCFA/kg; the revision of the texts that govern the operation of the sector; and the application of ordinance No. 2011-473 of 21 December 2011 relating to agricultural interprofessional organizations.