Case study · 2026
Complete engineering of a rice project — rainfed rice NERICA / FARO
Private farm · Lobo, Yaoundé
The assignment
Turning the scenario selected by the comparative analysis into a financeable project: a crop protocol adapted to the sub-equatorial climate of Yaoundé (two growing seasons per year), equipment sizing and a file presentable to funders.
Engineering deliverables submitted
- Technical specifications: NERICA 4 / FARO 44 varieties, crop protocol over 2 growing seasons, irrigation system
- Equipment quotation (partial mechanisation: power tiller, thresher)
- CAPEX with annual breakdown and detailed OPEX
- Bankable business plan + investor executive summary
- Pricing schedule and terms of sale
Result: Bankable file delivered: target output 4–6 t/ha/year (16–24 t/year at cruising speed), estimated IRR 15–20 %, return on investment in 3–4 years, financing backed by MINADER / ACEFA schemes.
- 2
- growing seasons per year
- 15–20 %
- estimated IRR
- 3–4 ans
- payback
Frameworks & standards used in our files
Our deliverables are built to the formats and standards expected by funders and institutions — that is what makes a file genuinely bankable.
- MINADERAgricultural policy and public financing schemes
- ACEFAAgropastoral advisory and collective investment
- BC-PMEFINAGRO and PIISAH agropastoral credit windows
- CamCCULRural cooperative savings and credit network
- BADAgricultural value chains, agri-industrial infrastructure
- AFDValue chains, young agri-entrepreneurs, agrifood SMEs
- ANORCameroonian standards and product certification
- OHADACompany law, security interests and escrow
Reference anonymised out of respect for confidentiality — full file available in a meeting.