Women set up factory

In May 2001, the Cameroonian women s group GIEFAN opened their cassava-processing factory for producing tapioca, starch, and cassava flours and cassava-bars in Ngoumou, in a cassava growing area near Yaoundé. The women met almost half of the start-up costs of t 61,000 themselves; the rest came from the European Union, through the channels of the UN Development Programme.

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Main Author: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Format: News Item biblioteca
Language:English
Published: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 2001
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/46293
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99598
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Summary:In May 2001, the Cameroonian women s group GIEFAN opened their cassava-processing factory for producing tapioca, starch, and cassava flours and cassava-bars in Ngoumou, in a cassava growing area near Yaoundé. The women met almost half of the start-up costs of t 61,000 themselves; the rest came from the European Union, through the channels of the UN Development Programme.