The paper examines the economic performance of a large number of African countries using an international comparable data set and the latest technique for analysis. The paper focuses on growth in total factor productivity and its decomposition into technical change and efficiency change component...
Nkamleu, G.B.
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[Productivity growth, technical progress, and efficiency change in Africa agriculture]
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Productivity growth, technical progress, and efficiency change in Africa agriculture
The link between poverty and child labor has traditionally been regarded as well established but recent researches have questioned its validity, suggesting that child labor is more important in the richest households (wealth paradox). The present study revisits the link between poverty and farm c...
Nkamleu, G.B.
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[Poverty and child farm labour in Africa: wealth paradox or bad orthodox]
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Poverty and child farm labour in Africa: wealth paradox or bad orthodox
This paper presents empirical evidence on the impact of socio-economic factors on the adoption of agroforestry practices in Cameroon. The analysis uses primary farm-level data collected from June to December 1996. Three major provinces of the country were covered, namely Centre, Southwest and Nor...
Nkamleu, G.B.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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[Factors affecting adoption of agroforestry practices by farmers in Cameroon]
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Factors affecting adoption of agroforestry practices by farmers in Cameroon
This paper uses survey data to examine the technical efficiency and productivity potential of cocoa farmers in West and Central Africa. Separate stochastic frontier models are estimated for farmers in Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, and Côte d’Ivoire, along with a stochastic metaproduction frontier to ...
Binam, Joachim N.
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Gockowski, J.
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Nkamleu, G.B.
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[Technical efficiency and productivity potential of cocoa farmers in West African countries]
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Technical efficiency and productivity potential of cocoa farmers in West African countries
Since 2000, children working in the cocoa sector of Côte d'Ivoire have found themselves in the media spotlight. This situation has assumed particular importance because approximately 40% of the world's cocoa production occurs in Côte d'Ivoire. Concerned parties have since taken great interest in ...
Nkamleu, G.B.
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Kielland, A.
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[Modeling farmers decisions on child labor and schooling in the cocoa sector: a multinomial logit analysis in Cote dIvoire]
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Modeling farmers decisions on child labor and schooling in the cocoa sector: a multinomial logit analysis in Cote dIvoire
This paper aims at analyzing fuel consumption in households of forest zones, and at showing the place of fuelwood as a source of energy in the region. The study was carried out in Cameroon and it was based on a survey done in 1996. A sample of 400 households from Yaounde, Mbalmayo and Ebolowa was...
Nkamleu, G.B.
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Endamana, D.
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Gockowski, J.
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Ndoye, O.
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Sunderlin, William D.
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[Analyse economique de la consommation du bois de feu en regions forestieres: lecons des zones urbaines camerounaises]
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Analyse economique de la consommation du bois de feu en regions forestieres: lecons des zones urbaines camerounaises
Cet article examine les changements dans la productivité agricole dans 8 pays francophones. La performance relative du secteur agricole a été évaluée à l'aide de l'analyse de l'enveloppement des données. À partir d'un ensemble de données de panel sur les 8 pays, incluant la période de 30 ans 1970...
Cet article analyze the determinants of cholera des méthodes de lutte contre les pestes, dans les plantations de café et de cacao des communautés paysannes du sud-Cameroun. Les méthodes sont chimiques, traditionnelles, et mixtes. Pour capter l'influence des variables socio-économiques sur la prob...
Nkamleu, G.B.
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Coulibaly, O.
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[Analyse des determinants du choix des methodes de lutte contre les pestes dans les plantations de cacao et cafe au sud Cameroon]
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Analyse des determinants du choix des methodes de lutte contre les pestes dans les plantations de cacao et cafe au sud Cameroon
Agricultural productivity in Africa from 1971 to 2000 is examined using the recently developed metafrontier function technique, for the purpose of studying differences in efficiency and technology gap across different regions of the continent. The results support the view that technology gap play...
Nkamleu, G.B.
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Nyemeck, J.
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Sanogo, D.
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[Metafrontier analysis of technology gap and productivity difference in African agriculture]
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Metafrontier analysis of technology gap and productivity difference in African agriculture
Nkamleu, G.B.
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Gockowski, J.
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[Study of root and tuber consumption in rural households of the forest zone of Cameroon]
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Study of root and tuber consumption in rural households of the forest zone of Cameroon