Coffee Processing : Productive Plant Commissioned For NW

A new chapter has opened for the North West Cooperative Association, (NWCA) to engage in large-scale production of their highly valued roasted, ground and packaged Kola coffee, add value to the coffee value chain and improve the livelihood of farmers with an ultra-modern transformation Plant to show. The visiting Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development; Gabriel Mbairobe commissioned the facility at the NWCA head office in the neighbourhood of Bamenda III Subdivision on April 25, 2021 with an appeal for the youths to take up modern farming because the soil never disappoints and agriculture pays.
Achieved by the North West Grassfield II project with funding worth about FCFA 300 million from the government of Cameroon and the African Development Bank; the processing plant is a wealth-creating instrument. It is a plant that will serve in roasting, grinding and packaging with the capacity of processing one ton of green coffee beans per hour. Minister Gabriel Mbairobe told members of NWCA's 13 Secondary Cooperative Societies and representatives of small-holder coffee farms at the event that the government is solidly by them to ensure sustainability as a rural development agent. It is against this backdrop that the government has been delivering farm inputs and providing a Revolving Fund through the Islamic Bank funded, GP IRDP Project to help matters. He hailed the management of NWCA for efforts in building the outfit from a recent situation of hopelessness into a success story with opportunities. 
Celebrating the Plant, the President of NWCA; Nchangnwi Helen and the General Manager; Waindim Timothy Ntam sounded of...