Rural Development and Agricultural Progress: challenges, strategies and the Cameroonian experience

Agriculture is the most important rural enterprise, contributing an average of 30% of total gross domestic product in Cameroon. Rural food processing and marketing which depend on agricultural growth, is responsible for an additional 10% of total gross domestic product and about 25% of total rural incomes. This paper reviews the agricultural production situation in Cameroon, appraises the approachs to rural development in the country and its role in agricultural production...