"Provide qualified personnel to accompany those of HEVECAM (Hévéa Cameroun S. A) and provide assistance during field work; share workspaces, experimental sites and scientific data, as well as improved plant material for testing, wherever possible; provide other laboratory equipment and services as required; host and supervise HEVECAM technical staff, according to an approved plan and depending on the availability of resources; undertake research on rubber and other plant and animal species, support routine research activities and ensure the security of fields and equipment".

This is the expertise that the Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) intends to bring to HEVECAM, within the framework of this Partnership Agreement, signed by Dr Noé WOIN and Benoît SNOECK, respectively IRAD DG and HEVECAM DG; on 30 January 2024 in Yaounde.

Within the framework of this memorandum of understanding spread over a period of 05 years, HEVECAM is responsible for providing all necessary support (financial, technical, etc.) to IRAD to facilitate the implementation of the activities identified; contribute to the maintenance, rehabilitation and repair of the equipment used to carry out the tasks identified; host trainees on internships ; share workspaces, experimental sites and genetic material with IRAD researchers, the secular arm of the State of Cameroon in agricultural development.

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