This paper draws together information from three separate projects on the production of Dacryodes edulis (G. Don) H.J. Lam or 'safou' in Cameroon, and its domestic and international trade. The volume of safou fruit commercialised in Cameroon in 1997 was estimated at 11,000 tonnes, equivalent to U...
Awono, A.
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Ndoye, O.
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Schreckenberg, Kate
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Tabuna, H.
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Isseri, F.
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Temple, L.
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[Production and marketing of safou (Dacryodes edulis) in Cameroon and internationally: market development issues]
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Production and marketing of safou (Dacryodes edulis) in Cameroon and internationally: market development issues
Gender roles and the potential to tap women's experiences are keys for African economic development. The paper illustrates this potential with a gender analysis of forest product markets in the humid forest zone of Cameroon by describing the functioning of the market and analysing male-female dif...
Ruiz Perez, M.
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Ndoye, O.
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Eyebe, A.
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Ngono, D.L.
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[A gender analysis of forest products markets in Cameroon]
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A gender analysis of forest products markets in Cameroon
The contribution that domesticated indigenous fruit trees make to many farmers’ livelihoods is often not acknowledged in either national- or international-level poverty reduction strategies. Current agricultural data tend to be restricted to a narrow range of exotic fruit (e.g. mango, avocado, ci...
Schreckenberg, Kate
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Awono, A.
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Degrande, A.
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Mbosso, C.
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Ndoye, O.
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Tchoundjeu, Z.
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[Domesticating indigenous fruit trees as a contribution to poverty reduction]
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Domesticating indigenous fruit trees as a contribution to poverty reduction
The rate of forest clearing by small farmers in the humid forest zone (HFZ) of Cameroon increased significantly in a period of economic crisis dating from 1986. A random sample survey of 648 households was conducted in 54 villages in the HFZ to understand the effect of the crisis and of a 1996 cu...
Sunderlin, William D.
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Ndoye, O.
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Bikie, H.
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[Economic crisis, farming systems, and forest cover change in the humid forest zone of Cameroon]
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Economic crisis, farming systems, and forest cover change in the humid forest zone of Cameroon