Cameroon's agriculture ministry held a stakeholder meeting in Yaoundé to discuss plant biosecurity as a defense against food insecurity and poverty. Officials emphasized the risks posed by plant pests, diseases, climate change, and the unintended introduction of pathogens through seeds—citing examples like maize lethal necrosis in East Africa and banana bushy top virus at Cameroon's border—and outlined three-pillar prevention strategy: border control via 52 phytosanitary stations, quarantine measures, and pre-import pest risk analysis.