of CFAF 2,440,894,768433. Between 2013 and 2016, about 2,303 women out of 7,578
beneficiaries received funding under the programme to Support Renovation and Development
of Vocational Training in agriculture, husbandry and fishing which are agro-pastoral fields
and in setting up a business.
883- Besides, subvention agreements under the Agronomic Research Support Programme
were signed on 23 December 2013 covering banana, sorghum, management of agrosystems of
the North and agroforestry systems, within the Debt Reduction and Development Contract
(C2D). Approximately 10 260 rural women received training in 2014 in modern techniques
of production, transformation and conservation of agro-pastoral products.
884- The evolution of women in the coffee and cocoa cultivation sectors is increasingly
encouraged as was the case during the 4th Edition of Festi Cacao organised by
MINCOMMERCE and the Interprofessional Cocoa and Coffee Council (CICC) from 3 to 5
December 2015 in Douala and Yaounde. To this effect, it was revealed that the greatest cocoa
exporter in Cameroon was a woman434.
885- Female organisations received small-scale equipment and agricultural inputs given to
them during the commemoration of the day of the rural woman. The 2015 edition was centred
on the theme “Rural Women: access to financial resources in the agri-food sector” and was
an opportunity for showcasing and sellin gagricultural products.
886- Within a context of climate change, 50 rural women were trained in 2014 during a
national consultative workshop on programming in respect to the implementation of the
Support Programme for Gender, Climate Change and Agriculture. Since then, several other
trainings have been organised. In December 2017, a rural woman fair took place in Yaounde
under the aegis of MINPROFF in collaboration with UN Women. The aim was to offer rural
women a platform and the opportunity to build business partnerships.
§2: Guaranteeing Access to Quality Food
887- In an effort to guarantee food quality, the National Committee of Codex Alimentarius
and Food Safety were established. Some locally produced or imported products were subject
to certification in 2015 and 2016, while in 2017, a project on "Women and standardization”
was set up to create awareness in women regarding the importance of standards and quality,
particularly during a workshop organized in Yaounde from 6 to 8 December 2017, with the
aim of networking all women's initiatives in Cameroon through a National Women and
Standardization Unit in Cameroon.
888- In a bid to promote the transformation and conservation of agricultural products, women
were trained in Centres for the Promotion of Women and the Family (CPWF), while
processing equipment were acquired for the communities. Facilities for storage and marketing
of agricultural products were equally constructed. A project for the construction of packaging
and storage facilities for agricultural products was initiated in June 2015 and subsequently
implemented in Kye-Ossi, Foumbot and Mbouda during its pilot phase. Moreover, 8 other
storage facilities were built in 2017.
Sub-section 3: Right to Adequate Housing (article 16)
889- In addition to the information provided in Section 6 of Chapter 3 of Part A of this report,
it is worth mentioning that women enjoy the same rights as men in terms of access to housing
under various construction programmes. There is no gender discrimination in allocation of
social housing and legal security of tenure.
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About 3,726,557 Euros.
She is Mrs Kate Kaniy TOMEDI-FOTSO
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