|
|
Article: Planning rubber's future in Cameroon. (Column)
- Article from:
- European Rubber Journal
- Article date:
- January 1, 1992
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1992 Crain Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
John Ngu has risen quickly to become Minister of Agriculture in a land with some of the most fertile soil in the world. He sets his country's policies on its export crops, including rubber.
On a personal level, John Ngu is a rubber industry enthusiast. Professionally, as Minister of Agriculture in the Republic of Cameroon, he is more circumspect about the troubled crop's benefits.
Ngu grew up in the English-speaking region of Cameroon, where the biggest rubber plantations are. These are operated by the Cameroon Development Corp (CDC), central Africa's largest agro-industrial firm, Cameroon's biggest rubber producer and second largest employer after the ...