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This shift in focus, henceforth incorporating food crops is reflected in:

(i) more attention paid to food crops in national economic policies and sectoral policies documents;

(ii) implementing sector support projects and programs that provide multifaceted support to producers

to strengthen their capacities and improve their performance;

(iii) strengthening sector competitiveness by removing external constraints to production. This involves

creating basic productive and marketing infrastructure, and strengthening producers’ equipment,

organization and structure;

(iv) the geographic opening of production areas through the implementation of maintenance programs

of dirt and rural roads, developing critical points to facilitate the flow of goods to consumption

centers. At the level of CEMAC, the road construction network will link countries together;

Table 7: GDP Evolution by sector in Cameroon

Historical Estimated

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

GDP at constant price 4.5 4.0 4.0 3.7 2.7 3.9

Oil -4.0 -4.4 -5.0 -9.3 -9.7 6.2

Non oil 5.5 4.9 4.9 4.9 3.6 3.7

Primary sector 3.7 3.7 3.5 4.4 2.9 3.3

Agricultural 3.7 4.7 3.4 4.3 3.4 4.1

Food Crops 4.6 5.0 3.5 3.4 3.9 4.2

Export Products -2.0 2.8 2.4 10.8 -0.2 3.0

Secondary sector 1.0 0.8 0.5 -0.2 -1.9 3.1

Tertiary sector 8.5 7.3 7.4 6.6 5.2 5.2

Source: MINEFI/Economic Affairs Directorate

Table 8: Sectoral contribution to GDP growth, 2001-2006

Historical Estimated

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Primary Sector 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.7

Agricultural 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.6

Food crops 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6

Export Products 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1

Secondary Sector 0.3 0.2 0.2 -0.1 -0.6 0.9

Tertiary Sector 3.3 2.9 3.1 2.8 2.3 2.3

GDP 4.5 4.0 4.0 3.7 2.7 3.9

Source: MINEFI/Economic Affairs Directorate