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4.41. (...) The PDIDE is a long term plan for the economic development of Central African countries. Gradual, ongoing implementation is a key factor in its success. It is set to be implemented in three phases:
(...)
• Phase 3: (2031 35). Focus on improving national industries so that they are globally competitive, and on implementing high level technologies to achieve sustainable development.

3.4. The National Development Strategy (SND30) is based on three fundamental goals: (...) (iii) reducing the trade deficit from 8.8% of GDP in 2018 to less than 3% in 2030. This target incorporates Sustainable Development Goals 8, 9, 11 and 12 (...)

[Cameroon expects progressively to reduce the structural requirements in energy needs]
4.13. There are also plans to construct:
• the Colomines and Ndokayo mini hydroelectric power stations in the eastern region;
• the Menchum hydroelectric dam;
• the Ngoila hydroelectric dam;
• the Chollet hydroelectric dam;
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• the Grand Eweng hydroelectric dam;
• the Kikot hydroelectric dam;
• the Njock hydroelectric dam;
• the Katsina Ala hydroelectric dam;
• the Maroua and Guider solar power plants;
• the Ngaoundéré solar power plant;
• the Garoua solar power plant;
• the Song Mbengue solar power plant;
• the Warak solar power plant. The overall cost of this 10 year programme is estimated at nearly CFAF 5,853 billion for the electricity generation and transmission works and CFAF 663 billion for the rural electrification programme .

4.25. Rural sector. Following the adoption of the rural sector development strategy in 2005 and the mixed results of its implementation, the Government intends to make the transition to second generation agriculture. The overall aim of second generation agriculture is to generate sustainable growth in the sector that respects environmental capital. It seeks to ensure the country's food and nutritional sovereignty through the rational and balanced modernization of production systems. It involves both medium sized and large farms, strengthening their complementarities and promoting their integration into value chains and their links to markets. It must contribute to the sound management of natural resources and the protection of the environment, and is part of a green economy approach. (...)

4.26. (...) new agricultural policy has been implemented through the adoption of a new development strategy for the rural sector and a new agricultural investment plan for 2020-30, which are linked to the new development strategy whose vision is to transform the rural sector into "a major driver of the national economy that creates decent jobs and products to meet domestic demand and to be exported, in addition to ensuring food and nutritional security in a context of sustainable development" by 2030.

4.27. The four strategic axes of the new development strategy for the rural sector and the new agricultural investment plan 2020-30 are:
a. sustainable growth of production in the plant, forestry, livestock and fisheries sectors;
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c. strengthening the resilience of production systems, the sustainable management of resources and the food and nutritional security of vulnerable populations in the face of climate change;
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4.28. The modernization of the production system in the rural sector is being accompanied by the improvement of the institutional environment in the sector through the adoption of a number of policies and laws:
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iii. National Climate Change Adaptation Plan, drawn up in 2015;
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vii. National Strategy for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, Promoting Sustainable Forest Management and Forest Conservation and Increasing Carbon Stocks, drawn up in 2018;
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4.33. (...) number of major problems continue to hamper the growth of the mining sector, particularly small scale mining. These problems include: (...) (v) failure to comply with environmental constraints; (...)

4.35. One of the innovations in the new Mining Code is the creation of bodies to implement mining policy. These are: (...) (ii) the Fund for the Restoration, Rehabilitation and Closure of Mining Sites and Quarries, which will be used to finance activities under the programme to preserve and rehabilitate the environment damaged by mining projects; (...)

4.44. In order to support sustainable and job creating growth, Cameroon's development and trade diversification policy was incorporated in the sectoral strategy of the Ministry of Trade adopted in 2011. This policy is part of a plan to develop exports by strengthening subregional and regional integration, consolidating market share on the traditional markets (Europe and America) and then seeking outlets on the emerging markets. It focuses mainly on products of the soil by taking advantage of the environment and its five fairly favourable agro-ecological zones, and above all, by progressing from the raw product to the processed product stage.