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Number 88 on the 2024 list
Gabriel Mbairobe is a minister of agriculture and rural development from Cameroon, named to the AFN 100 in 2024 for launching a farming season that subsidised 30 per cent of fertiliser costs.
On 5 April 2024 at Pouma, in the Littoral region, Cameroon's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Gabriel Mbairobe, launched the 2024 farming season. The plan subsidised 30 per cent of the cost of 80,000 tonnes of fertiliser, set aside 2.4 billion FCFA for improved seed and 740 million FCFA for equipment, and targeted an extra 1.2 million tonnes of maize, 150,000 tonnes of rice and a 10 per cent rise in average yields.