The Société des Plantations du Haut Penja (PHP), the Cameroonian subsidiary of Compagnie Fruitière de Marseille, which operates banana farms in the Littoral region of the country, plans to produce 230,000 tons of bananas by 2020 (against 168,000 tons in 2015).
To achieve this ambition, which will allow the leader in banana production in Cameroon to add its contribution to reaching government's target of 500,000 tons by 2035, PHP has already launched a programme to expand its farms.
Indeed, in addition to the 3,000 hectares which it already operates in the Moungo District, in the Littoral region, this agro-industrial company announced the creation of new banana farms covering a total area of 800 hectares in the town of Dehane, in the Southern region of Cameroon. The first phase of this programme, whose implementation is underway, will consist of “irrigating 52 hectares”.
Leader in the banana industry in Cameroon with close to 50% of the national production, PHP is the result of the merger-acquisition of Société des Bananeraies de la Mbome (SBM), Société des Plantations Nouvelles de Penja (SPNP) and Plantations du Haut Penja (PHP). During 2016, its production is expected to be 185,000 tons, an increase of 17,000 tons compared to 2015.
Source: businessincameroon.com
