Assessment of COVID-19 Effects on Agriculture and Food Safety in Cameroon Households

Foreword

Survey on the evaluation of COVID-19 effects on agriculture and food safety in Cameroon households carried out by the Department for Agriculture Surveys and Statistics is an action which is part of the implementation of the sectoral respond plan of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MINADER) against this pandemic.
This census aims at evaluating the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic at the level of households, Producers’ Organizations (PO), agricultural monitoring personnel and agricultural enterprises on production, processing, marketing, monitoring, resilience activities and support received. With the help of four different questionnaires, data collection was conducted from March 29 to April 15 of the year 2021 in the ten regions of the country in 2087 households, 637 producer’s Organisations, 421 monitoring structures and 71 agricultural enterprises.
We seize this opportunity to thank all stakeholders of agricultural holdings and monitoring structures that willing answered the questions of our census agents.

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development

Mr. Gabriel MBAIROBE