SEMRY
Société d’Expansion et de Modernisation de la Riziculture de Yagoua
Former names : SEMRY
SEMRY runs Cameroon's main irrigated double-cropping rice scheme in the Far North, at Yagoua and Maga. Once a major national rice producer in the 1980s, it has faced recurring capacity and storage problems more recently.
- Sector
- Agro-industry
- Ownership
- State-owned
- Supervising ministry
- Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
- Founded
- 1971
- Head office
- Yagoua
Official sourceMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MINADER)Published 4 Sept 2026Verified 4 Sept 2026
Key facts
- SEMRY operates 11,500 hectares of developed irrigated riceland: 5,300 ha at Yagoua and 6,200 ha at Maga (source: minader, read 2026-09-04).
- The company aimed to double its paddy-rice output to 180,000 tonnes by 2024 (source: investir-au-cameroun, read 2026-09-04).