A civil society group, Association citoyenne de défense des intérêts collectifs (ACDIC), is organising a march on May 13th to protest against recent agricultural policy measures which it says do not benefit small-scale farmers-the vast majority of Cameroon's agricultural producers. The president of ACDIC, Bernard Njonga, says that most farmers will not improve productivity as a result of the new tractor plant that is currently being built in Ebolowa, South Region (August 2010, Economic policy), nor will farmers have access to credit offered by a planned agricultural bank (December 2010, Economic perform-ance). Moreover, he criticised the creation of a new body to purchase and distribute food-dubbed Mission de régulation des approvisionnements des produits de grande consommation (March 2011, Economic policy)-for having commercial objectives rather than boosting production and safeguarding the livelihood of farmers. According to Mr Njonga, there are 4.2m small-scale farmers and they are being ignored by the government's agricultural policy. Local media reports suggest that ACDIC has received more than 600,000 signatures for its petitions. Although agricultural policy appears recently to have focussed on stabilising prices for urban consumers, ACDIC hopes that a well-attended march in advance of the presidential election may attract the regime's attention to the plight of small-holders.