Priority Value Chain

🌺 Horticulture

Floriculture, Nurseries and Ornamental & Medicinal Horticulture

Develop my nursery
6
nurseries
certified nurseries created and operational
2,4 M
plants/an
production capacity of supported nurseries
3
pays
of cut flower exports from Cameroon

Value chain overview

Cameroon has exceptional floral biodiversity and a growing local market for ornamental plants, forest nurseries and certified seedling production. XP-NOVA structures this high-potential value chain.

Demand for certified seedlings (cocoa, coffee, forest plants) far exceeds available supply. Meanwhile, urbanisation is generating growing demand for ornamental plants, corporate gardens and landscaping.

Potential & Key Figures

50 M
plants/an

cocoa and coffee seedlings demanded for rehabilitation programmes

×3
added value

for a certified seedling vs a non-certified seedling from a standard nursery

Export fleurs
EU market

export opportunity for tropical cut flowers (heliconia, anthurium)

Production Zones

  • Yaoundé & surroundings (ornamental nurseries)
  • Bafoussam & Highlands (altitude floriculture)
  • Mbalmayo (MINFOF forest nurseries)
  • Kribi & coast (tropical ornamental plants)

XP-NOVA services for this value chain

  • ✓ Design and management of certified nurseries (cocoa, coffee, fruit trees)
  • ✓ Business plans for commercial nurseries and floriculture
  • ✓ Training in vegetative propagation (cuttings, grafting)
  • ✓ Support for tropical cut flower export
  • ✓ Landscaping and green spaces for companies and hotels
  • ✓ Promoting local forest species (ornamental NTFPs)

Certifications & Standards

MINFOF agrément pépinièrePhytosanitaire exportCITES (protected species)GlobalG.A.P. pépinière