Constraints in Marketing of Agroforestry Products in the South West Region of Cameroon: The Case of Manyu Division

Authors

  • Frida Njiei Achu Researcher/ Anthropologist, National Centre for Education , Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation , P. O Box 1721 Yaounde, Cameroon
  • Pr. Isaac R. Tchouamo Professor University of Dschang, Department of Agricultural Extension , And Rural Sociology , Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Science
  • Pr. SOCPA Antoine Professor, University of Yaounde 1 , Faculty of Arts, Letters and Social Science , Department of Anthropology

Keywords:

Marketing, Agroforestry Products, Poverty alleviation

Abstract

Cameroon’s South West region has great potentials in the production of Agroforestry products but production and marketing are done using rudimentary technologies, which make it difficult to sustain growing demand for the products in both domestic and international markets. Difficulties in production have been attributed to social, economic, environmental and other constraints which grossly affect production and marketing. The main objective of the study is to examine difficulties encountered by actors in Agroforestry activities and how these problems affect marketing and income generation in the study area. The study was carried out in eleven random selected villages producing agroforestry products while respondents were selected through purposive sampling. Data collected for the study were anaylsed through qualitative and quantative methods. According to this study, marketing of agroforestry products in Manyu Division and else where in Cameroon can only play a significant role in poverty alleviation, if government and other stalkholders could  provide an enabling enrivornment backed by packages of incentives and motivations. This will significantly minimise production and marketing  problems encountered by actors and stalkholders in the agroforestry value chain.

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2020-04-24

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Achu, F. N., R. Tchouamo , P. I. ., & Antoine, P. S. . (2020). Constraints in Marketing of Agroforestry Products in the South West Region of Cameroon: The Case of Manyu Division. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 51(2), 14–27. Retrieved from https://gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/10956

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