Game farming
Cane-rat farming (grasscutters) and short-cycle farmed game.
Estimated: East, South, Centre.
3 regions out of 10
Schematic map — relative positions, not to scale.
Cane-rat farming (aulacodiculture) and other short-cycle game farming offer a legal, traceable alternative to poached bushmeat, in forest areas where bushmeat remains an important source of protein and income.
- Persistent confusion between traceable farmed game and illegal poaching.
- Rearing techniques still not widely spread and poorly supervised.
- Regulatory and sanitary framework for farmed game still poorly structured.
- A legal, traceable alternative to illegal hunting, with a conservation case.
- Existing urban demand for bushmeat, to be captured through a legal channel.
- Short-cycle diversification for smallholders in forest areas.
A rearing technique still not widely spread, that needs securing.
- Breeding and management in enclosures.
- Specific feeding and health monitoring.
- Slaughtering and carcass chilling.
Traceability is what sets it apart from poaching.
- Labelled packaging, traceable by farm.
- Channels to catering and urban markets.
- Compliance with the regulatory framework for farmed wildlife.
Agrovita structures a legal alternative to bushmeat.
- Technical support for setting up captive rearing.
- Structuring traceable channels to urban markets.
- Regulatory advice on the farmed-wildlife framework.
From raw material to the circular economy (N1 → N4)
Note NS-20260829/DG/XPN-REF1: four processing levels, from raw packaged product (N1) to recovered by-products and waste (N4), with the destination industrial sector(s).
Dressed grasscutter/game carcasses.
Vacuum-packed frozen cuts.
Labelled, packed farmed bushmeat (traceable, legal alternative to poaching).
Hides, bone (craft trades, feed meal).
The product type describes what leaves the farm or the unit, in its state of sale — it is what triggers processing, cold-chain, compliance and certification services.
Market, post-harvest, logistics.
Cold chain, storage, corridor, product compliance.
Unit sizing, energy, food safety management.
Full unit, HACCP, labelling, brand.
44 referenced risks, rated and tied to a control plan. The dominant families for this value chain:
- Building a bankable file — The 7 items funders really expect — and the mistakes that get a file rejected out of hand.
- Quality certification checklist — GLOBALG.A.P., Organic, HACCP: where to start depending on your actor profile and your value chain.
- Structuring your financial plan — The CAPEX / OPEX / cash-flow-per-cycle method, applied to crop and livestock projects.
- Monter un dossier bancable — les 7 composantes essentielles — Ce qu'un comité de crédit attend réellement : les 7 composantes d'un dossier de financement solide.
- Fiche fiscale 2026 — Fiscalité foncière et sécurisation agricole au Cameroun — Ce que la Loi de Finances 2026 change pour vos terres : exonérations de TPF pour l'agriculture, l'élevage et la pêche, frais de bornage réduits de moitié, et l'immatriculation foncière en 4 étapes budgétées en FCFA.
- Guide 2026 des financements agricoles et agro-industriels au Cameroun — Les guichets qui financent réellement l'agriculture et l'élevage — BC-PME (FINAGRO, PIISAH), ACEFA, CamCCUL, MINADER, AFD (C2D), BAD — et la méthode pour leur présenter un dossier bancable.
- Auto-évaluation OHADA — votre GIC ou coopérative est-il éligible aux crédits ? — Grille de diagnostic en 4 domaines (structure juridique, comptabilité, gouvernance, sûretés) pour situer votre groupement face aux exigences de l'Acte Uniforme OHADA — la clé d'accès aux guichets de financement.
- The documents area — pieces to gather and templates.
Where projects in this value chain begin
A promoter seeking finance who wants the complete file in one engagement, rather than chaining pre-qualification, investment decision and financial structuring separately.
Indicative duration: About 16 weeks →Pre-qualify pathwayA promoter with an intention, a plot or an opportunity, but nothing formalised.
Indicative duration: 2 to 4 weeks →Decide to invest pathwayA promoter whose idea is mature and who is considering a significant financial commitment.
Indicative duration: 6 to 10 weeks →Design the facility pathwayA decided project whose means of production must be settled before costing.
Indicative duration: 8 to 14 weeks →Finance pathwayA designed project seeking financing matched to its cycle.
Indicative duration: 10 to 18 weeks →