Cameroon: too much oil was bad news for cocoa: the government of Cameroon has launched an initiative to revive the country's cocoa and coffee sectors. Tansa Musa reports from Yaounde.
New African › Nbr. 2003, July 2003
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Cameroon: too much oil was bad news for cocoa: the government of Cameroon has launched an initiative to revive the country's cocoa and coffee sectors. Tansa Musa reports from Yaounde.
Before Cameroon began exporting oil in 1977, cocoa and coffee were the mainstay of the economy, contributing about 80% of the country's gross domestic product. But after two decades of neglect and a poorly handled economic liberalisation policy, the two sectors now represent only 1.5% of GDP.
Today, with declining...See the full content of this document
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