REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON PEACE – WORK – FATHERLAND
LAW N° 2025/013 OF 17 DEC 2025
TO LAY DOWN THE RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING ORGANIC FARMING IN CAMEROON
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The Parliament deliberated and adopted, the President of the Republic hereby enacts the law set out below:
# CHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
I - PURPOSE AND SCOPE
SECTION 1: (1) This law governs organic farming in Cameroon. As such, it outlines the principles and rules governing organic farming and related activities.
(2) It seeks to:
- promote the findings of research on organic farming;
- professionalize and protect operators in the organic farming industry;
- ensure the quality of organic farming products;
- protect consumers from counterfeit;
- lay down conditions for the production, transportation, preparation, labelling, storage, inspection, certification and marketing of organic farming products;
- lay down the conditions for using the label “organic product” on the domestic market;
- specify the monitoring and certification system for organic products;
- provide conditions for promoting and developing organic farming.
SECTION 2: (1) The provisions of this law shall apply to organically produced natural or processed products derived from plants, animals, aquaculture, beekeeping and non-timber forest resources.
These include:
- unprocessed plants and plant products, livestock and livestock products;
- processed plant and livestock products for human consumption;
- products obtained from harvesting or gathering of plants or parts of wild plants that grow naturally, in forests and agricultural areas.
(2) The following are excluded from the scope of this law:
- products derived from fishing, wildlife hunting and forest fishery resources;
- genetically modified organisms.
SECTION 3: Organic farming shall be carried out under the supervision of the State, which shall lay down the technical standards in the sector.
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# II - DEFINITIONS
SECTION 4: Within the meaning of this law and its subsequent implementing instruments, the following definitions shall apply:
"Accreditation": procedure whereby an authorized body certifies an organization's technical competence and impartiality for specific tasks.
"Animal feed additives": Products used in animal nutrition for their effects on the feed itself, on the animals, on the food products derived from animals consuming the additive, or on the environment.
"Sworn official": Any individual, who has been sworn in, designated by the competent authority to inspect or monitor organic products.
"Organic agriculture or farming": an agricultural production system for plants, animals, aquaculture and forestry resources, compliant with all the regulations under this law, whose uniqueness lies in the implementation of practices that preserve natural balance, by greatly reducing the use of synthetic chemical inputs, avoiding the use of genetically modified organisms, and promoting sustainable farming methods that preserve biodiversity and uphold the principles of equity.
"Competent Authority": Ministry responsible for regulating and monitoring activities relating to organic agriculture, or any other authority entrusted with this responsibility.