Priority Value Chain

🥭 Tropical Fruits

Mango, Pineapple, Avocado, Plantain Banana & Fruit Processing

Valorise my tropical fruits
5
processing units
fruit processing units created and operational
−42%
reduced losses
in value chains with cold storage
3 pays
export markets
Gabon, CAR, Nigeria for processed fruits

Value chain overview

Cameroon has diversified but insufficiently valorised tropical fruit production — high post-harvest losses, low processing, marginal exports. XP-NOVA structures the value chain to reduce losses and access regional and international markets.

Kent mangoes from the South, Sanaga pineapple, Hass avocado from the highlands and plantain banana from the Littoral constitute value chains with strong commercial potential, both for supplying Cameroonian cities and for export to Europe and the CEMAC region.

Potential & Key Figures

40–60%
post-harvest losses

reducible to less than 15% with an appropriate cold chain

Avocat Hass
EU export

growing demand in Europe — Cameroon could position itself from 2026

Transformation
juices, dried, purées

added value ×3 to ×5 vs fresh fruit

Production Zones

  • South & Centre (mango, citrus, pineapple)
  • Littoral (plantain banana, pineapple)
  • Western Highlands (Hass avocado, strawberries)
  • Adamaoua (mango, guava)

XP-NOVA services for this value chain

  • ✓ Feasibility studies for fruit processing units (juice, drying, freezing)
  • ✓ Plantation plans for export varieties (Hass avocado, Kent mango)
  • ✓ Setting up cold chains and appropriate packaging
  • ✓ GlobalG.A.P. and export phytosanitary certification
  • ✓ Access to EU and CEMAC export markets
  • ✓ Training in packaging and grading standards

Certifications & Standards

GlobalG.A.P.Phytosanitaire MINADEROrganic (dried fruits)HACCP transformation