Cassava value chain development through partnership and stakeholders platform in Cameroon

In order to understand product flows of cassava and actors along its value chain, a study was conducted in three out of the five antennas of National Program for Roots and Tuber Development (PNDRT); South and Centre, West and North West and East regions in Cameroon with the aid of structured questio...

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Main Authors: Njukwe, E., Hanna, R., Sarr, S., Shigeru, A., Kirscht, H., Mbairanodji, A., Ngue-Bissa, T., Tenkouano, A.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Journal Issues Limited 2014
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/76097
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author Njukwe, E.
Hanna, R.
Sarr, S.
Shigeru, A.
Kirscht, H.
Mbairanodji, A.
Ngue-Bissa, T.
Tenkouano, A.
author_browse Hanna, R.
Kirscht, H.
Mbairanodji, A.
Ngue-Bissa, T.
Njukwe, E.
Sarr, S.
Shigeru, A.
Tenkouano, A.
author_facet Njukwe, E.
Hanna, R.
Sarr, S.
Shigeru, A.
Kirscht, H.
Mbairanodji, A.
Ngue-Bissa, T.
Tenkouano, A.
author_sort Njukwe, E.
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description In order to understand product flows of cassava and actors along its value chain, a study was conducted in three out of the five antennas of National Program for Roots and Tuber Development (PNDRT); South and Centre, West and North West and East regions in Cameroon with the aid of structured questionnaires, interviewing producers, processors, transporters, marketers and consumers. It was observed that the major challenge affecting cassava enterprise development were age (60.84%) above 45 and education status (76.67%) below primary including poor organization and planning while women represent 65.83%. Transportation is dominated by head or back-load (60%) while 32.5% of cassava is consumed fresh and 51.67% of the product is sold in village market. In a partnership agreement between the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and PNDRT to enhance cassava production, IITA adopted the value chain approach in research-for-development that guarantees the coverage of production to consumption and considers all groups from farmers to consumers and developed a variety of cassava processing techniques to broaden the range of products derived from cassava. To achieve successful partnership, collaboration is formalized through appropriate agreements that clearly define responsibilities and expectations and required for a specific level of product based on partner’s category, status, geographic location, years of experience, current activities and capacity.
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spelling CGSpace760972024-04-25T06:00:18Z Cassava value chain development through partnership and stakeholders platform in Cameroon Njukwe, E. Hanna, R. Sarr, S. Shigeru, A. Kirscht, H. Mbairanodji, A. Ngue-Bissa, T. Tenkouano, A. cassava stakeholders value chain In order to understand product flows of cassava and actors along its value chain, a study was conducted in three out of the five antennas of National Program for Roots and Tuber Development (PNDRT); South and Centre, West and North West and East regions in Cameroon with the aid of structured questionnaires, interviewing producers, processors, transporters, marketers and consumers. It was observed that the major challenge affecting cassava enterprise development were age (60.84%) above 45 and education status (76.67%) below primary including poor organization and planning while women represent 65.83%. Transportation is dominated by head or back-load (60%) while 32.5% of cassava is consumed fresh and 51.67% of the product is sold in village market. In a partnership agreement between the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and PNDRT to enhance cassava production, IITA adopted the value chain approach in research-for-development that guarantees the coverage of production to consumption and considers all groups from farmers to consumers and developed a variety of cassava processing techniques to broaden the range of products derived from cassava. To achieve successful partnership, collaboration is formalized through appropriate agreements that clearly define responsibilities and expectations and required for a specific level of product based on partner’s category, status, geographic location, years of experience, current activities and capacity. 2014 2016-07-11T08:41:57Z 2016-07-11T08:41:57Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/76097 en Open Access Journal Issues Limited Njukwe, E., Hanna, R., Sarr, S., Shigeru, A., Kirscht, H., Mbairanodji, A., ... & Tenkouano, A. (2014). Cassava value chain development through partnership and stakeholders’ platform in Cameroon. International Journal of Agricultural Policy and Research, 2(11), 383-392.
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stakeholders
value chain
Njukwe, E.
Hanna, R.
Sarr, S.
Shigeru, A.
Kirscht, H.
Mbairanodji, A.
Ngue-Bissa, T.
Tenkouano, A.
Cassava value chain development through partnership and stakeholders platform in Cameroon
title Cassava value chain development through partnership and stakeholders platform in Cameroon
title_full Cassava value chain development through partnership and stakeholders platform in Cameroon
title_fullStr Cassava value chain development through partnership and stakeholders platform in Cameroon
title_full_unstemmed Cassava value chain development through partnership and stakeholders platform in Cameroon
title_short Cassava value chain development through partnership and stakeholders platform in Cameroon
title_sort cassava value chain development through partnership and stakeholders platform in cameroon
topic cassava
stakeholders
value chain
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