Agricultural subsidies
Jules Adrien, a cocoa farmer in Ebolowa (southern Cameroon), uses the Agri Edenred app to manage his agricultural subsidies in just a few clicks.
He explains how this solution has improved his daily life and the cocoa he produces.
“In 2022, I heard about ‘Farmer Gateway’, a funding program launched by the President of Cameroon to support and develop the coffee and cocoa sectors, which are key to the country’s economy. It began with 10,000 beneficiaries for coffee and cocoa in 2022 and is set to reach 600,000 by 2025, including food crops, then eventually reaching 2 million for the entire country.
On the Agri Edenred app, I enter my contact details and the characteristics of my farm: geolocation, plot size and type of crop. The application automatically generates a QR code. Then, as soon as my profile is validated, I can place my order for quality fertilizers with approved local merchants, pay for it and pick it up at the point of sale in a completely securely by displaying my digital voucher.
This system allows me to place orders without leaving my field, and, most importantly, to increase my yields and the quality of my cocoa.
The app is also a larger-scale management tool: the analysis of my field data, geolocated and consolidated, will be used by the government to create, for the first time in Africa, a digital map of plots, measure the impact of agricultural policies, and multiply the country's cocoa production by 2.5 between 2020 and 2030. I'm very proud to be able to contribute, at my level, in achieving food sovereignty goals and better governance in my country.
Thanks to this digital revolution, tomorrow's cocoa farming begins today in Cameroon!”