(Business in Cameroon) - Yesterday June 1, Corrie MacColl, the parent company of d’Hévéa Cameroon (Hevecam), announced the launch of its outgrower program aimed at training 13,000 small farmers in Cameroon to ensure their self-empowerment. The program consists of developing 27,000 hectares using the multi-cropping farming system, but the main crop will be 100% traceable rubber. The investment in this 15-year program is $28 million (about XAF15 billion) and according to Corrie MacColl, the program will help ensure food security in rural communities and boost farmers’ revenues by increasing the yields of degraded or low-yielding croplands. The cash crops planted during the program will generate $139 million (XAF74.59 billion) of farm income for the subsistence and operating resources farmers will need until the rubber trees planted start generating $38 million (XAF20.39 billion) of additional yearly income.