Timber & service wood
Silviculture, logging, sawing and primary wood processing.
East, South, Centre (dense forest massifs).
3 regions out of 10
Schematic map — relative positions, not to scale.
Cameroon holds one of the largest forest massifs in Central Africa (East, South, Centre). Logging remains dominated by raw log export; local processing — sawing, drying, joinery — captures only a fraction of the value of the timber logged.
- Access to logging titles and regulatory compliance (permits, quotas).
- Low share of local processing: the raw log leaves, the value is made elsewhere.
- Traceability of the resource, a condition for access to demanding export markets.
- Local processing (sawing, drying, joinery) at higher value than the raw log.
- Energy recovery of offcuts and sawdust (biomass, pellets).
- Forest certification as access to demanding export markets.
A real forest massif, but a logging title to secure first.
- Regularity of the logging permit or title.
- Silviculture and primary sawing in the forest.
- Traceability of the resource from felling onward.
Processing on site captures value currently exported raw.
- Industrial drying and peeling/slicing.
- Joinery, framing and finished furniture.
- Recovery of offcuts into board or biomass energy.
Agrovita structures the timber value chain, from logging to joinery.
- Engineering of sawing and drying units.
- Compliance and traceability for export.
- Financing structured for timber's long cycle.
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).
Graded logs; rough-sawn lumber (primary sawing) in lots.
Industrially kiln-dried wood; veneers; semi-finished plywood.
Finished furniture; finished joinery/framing; packed flooring.
Sawdust, bark, offcuts (particle board, biomass energy/pellets).
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 →