Cameroon's Homegrown Maize Varieties Expected to Promote Import Substitution Policy

According to a report on the Cameroon ecomatin website on April 16, due to the sharp rise in the price of imported goods , the import substitution policy of developing domestic production to reduce imports is receiving increasing attention .
In the corn planting industry, Cameroon also has development potential .
Cameroonian researchers have cultivated a corn variety called Coca Sr.
, which was unveiled at the 2012 Geneva International Invention Exhibition.
Its yield per hectare can reach 5-6 tons, and the maturity period is 130-140 days .
But at present, the corn planting industry in Cameroon is still underdeveloped, and the corn output still cannot meet the domestic demand .
According to data from the Cameroonian Ministry of Agriculture, Cameroon has a total of 700,000 farmers who grow corn, with an annual corn output of 2.
3 million tons, making Cameroon the 13th largest corn producer in Africa .
Cameroon's domestic demand for corn is 2.
8 million tons, and the supply gap is 500,000 tons .
How to use domestic scientific research results to improve corn yield is a topic worthy of study .