The RVCDP is part of a 10 Country Regional Rice Value Chain Project announced by the President of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) as a response from 10 member countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The project seeks to remove constraints in the rice value chain from the production of seeds to the table. The venture aims at deploying complementary interventions that increase rice production and productivity with a clear focus on smallholder farmers in the North-West, West and Far-North Regions of Cameroon. The project The RVCDP is jointly sponsored by the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA), Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Developement, OPEC Fund and the Government of Cameroon, and placed under the tutelage of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MINADER). The project will run for a period of five years.
