# Cameroon Country Report 2024
The African Seed Access Index
By Edward Mabaya Stanislas Bila Hortense Mafouasson Michael Weithaka Mainza Mugoya Winnie Anyoro Jackline Sawe Krisztina Tihadyi
TASAI The African Seed Access Index
# Cameroon Country Report 2024
The African Seed Access Index
By
- Edward Mabaya
- Stanislas Bila
- Hortense Mafouasson
- Michael Waithaka
- Mainza Mugoya
- Winnie Anyoso
- Jackline Sawe
- Krisztina Tihanyi
Reviewed by
- Fidèle Kengni
Version November 2025
The findings in this report were presented to seed sector takeholders in a TASAI dissemination meeting held in Yaounde, Cameroon on 23rd July 2025. The current version incorporates feedback from the meeting.
Cite as:
Mabaya, E., Bila, S., Maffouasson, H., Waithaka, M., Mugoya, M., Anyoso, A., Sawe, J., and Tihanyi, K. 2025. Cameroon 2025 Country Study - The African Seed Access Index (version November 2025).
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IITA Transforming African Agriculture AATF PROPERTY THROUGH TECHNOLOGY
# CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...1 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT...6 INDUSTRY COMPETITIVENESS...11 SEED POLICY AND REGULATIONS...20 INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT...27 SERVICE TO SMALLHOLDER FARMERS...29 CONCLUSION...32 REFERENCES...33
# LIST OF ACRONYMS
| ACOSEC | Association du Commerce des Semences du Cameroun/ Association of Seed Companies in Cameroon | MIDENO | Mission de développement de la région du Nord-Ouest/ North-West Development Authority | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | CEMAC | Communauté économique et monétaire de l'Afrique centrale/ Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa | MINEPAT | Ministère de l'Economie, de la Planification et de l'Aménagement du Territoire/ Ministry of Economy, Planning, and Regional Development | | CONSOV | Conseil National des Semences et Obtentions Végétales/ National Council for Seeds and Plant Varieties | MINADER | Ministère de l'Agriculture et du Développement Rural/ Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development | | CHEV | Commission d'homologation des espèces et variétés/ Species and Varieties Approval Commission | NDS | National Development Strategy | | CMS | Cameroon maize series | OAPI | l'Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle/ African Intellectual Property Organization | | DDA | Direction du Développement de l'Agriculture/ Directorate of Agriculture Development | PARPAC | Programme d'appui au Renforcement de la Production Agricole au Cameroon/ Program to Strengthen Agricultural Production in Cameroon | | DRCQ | Direction de la Réglementation, du Contrôle de Qualité des Intrants et Produits Agricoles/ Directorate for Regulation and Quality Control of Agricultural Inputs and Products | SEMRY | Société d'Expansion et de Modernisation de la Riziculture de Yagoua/ Yagoua Rice Expansion and Modernization Company | | DUS | Distinctness, Uniformity, and Stability | SOWEDA | South-West Development Authority | | ECCAS | Economic Commission for Central African States | TAAT | Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation | | IITA | International Institute for Tropical Agriculture | TASAI | The African Seed Access Index |