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    CONSTRAINING RESOURCES PREVENTING THE OPTIMAL PROFITABILITY BY GOAT RAISERS IN CAMEROON

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    Cameroon is on the way to render its pastoral sector more productive by 2035 through the alleviation of the main problems faced by breeders. Because of the interest of most breeders to raise goat, this paper evaluates the constraints faced by goat raisers in the Centre region of Cameroon. From the field results, land and labour are available in sufficient quantity for goat raising activity. Their zero marginal productivity testify that these two resources are not exhausted/non-scarce in comparison to the five other constraining factors (credit, capital, transport to markets, health and food) which are exhausted/scarce hence displaying non-zero marginal productivities in linear programming model. In conclusion, if the government aims at improving the farmers’ returns, then resources with the highest marginal productivities should be allocated in priority to goat raisers i.e. credit at first, followed in order by capital, transport to markets, health, food, land and labour. Concrete governmental actions would be the creation of agricultural banks necessary to grant credit or capital facilities to breeders, veterinary hospitals and centers for training personnel to prevent illnesses and vaccination of goats, to develop road infrastructures and marketing channels for goat activity, to provide goat raisers with quality and sufficient food for their animals

    Analyse économique de la structure des coûts de production apicole au Cameroun

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    Economic Analysis of the Bee Farming Costs Structure in Cameroon. Beekeeping is spreading in Cameroon, and contributes to the sustainable management of the non timber forest products. This study presents the structure of the bee farms production factors in the North-West of the aforesaid country. The assumption is that there would be a significant difference in the production costs components between the types of bee-farms in the North-West of Cameroon. The data collected in 2005 related to the operation of the exploitations, the cost factors and income. The analyses were made using Excel and SPSS software, and the principal results are the following. Bee farming returns to scale are decreasing in the North-West of Cameroon. The bee farms of this zone invest more in the capital factor. Their follow-up is very insufficient, whereas all can maximize profit. Although there is a significant difference of the total fixed costs of production between the traditional bee exploitations and the semi modern ones, there is no difference in variable costs, nor in total cost of production between them. The setting-up of an apiculture policy which insists on extension services close to the bee-farmers is essential for the rise of this sub sector

    Etude comparative de la rentabilitĂ© de deux types d’apiculture au nord ouest Cameroun

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    La prĂ©sente Ă©tude examine la rentabilitĂ© financiĂšre de l’apiculture au Cameroun. Son objectif global est de comparer la rentabilitĂ© des deux types d’apiculture pratiquĂ©s au Nord Ouest Cameroun. L’hypothĂšse globale est qu’il existerait une diffĂ©rence significative en rendement de miel et en bĂ©nĂ©fice net entre les exploitations apicoles traditionnelles et celles amĂ©liorĂ©es. Un sondage Ă  deux degrĂ©s de stratifications a Ă©tĂ© utilisĂ© pour obtenir un Ă©chantillon de 100 exploitations apicoles. Les donnĂ©es primaires portaient sur les Ă©lĂ©ments de coĂ»t et de revenu. Le modĂšle d’analyse B/C a Ă©tĂ© utilisĂ©. A la suite des analyses faites Ă  l’aide des logiciels Excel et SPSS, Les principaux rĂ©sultats suivants ont Ă©tĂ© obtenus: les exploitations apicoles traditionnelles (avec les ruches traditionnelles) et les celles semi modernes ou amĂ©liorĂ©es (avec les ruches kenyanes «KTBH») produisent respectivement 77,46 et 112,68 litres de miel par an en moyenne, pour des revenus totaux respectifs de 86 832,39 et 143 791 FCFA. La valeur annuelle moyenne respective de leur ratio de bĂ©nĂ©fice net sur coĂ»t total est de 1,168 et 1,193. MalgrĂ© quelques difficultĂ©s, l’apiculture au Nord Ouest Cameroun est rentable. En dĂ©pit du caractĂšre statique de l’étude, nous suggĂ©rons aux apiculteurs d’adopter les ruches amĂ©liorĂ©es

    Politique des prix agricoles, exportation et production agricole au Cameroun : une analyse de la politique des prix selon une approche systémique

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    National audienceCe document prĂ©sente une analyse systĂ©mique de l'impact des politiques des prix sur la production et l'exportation de produits agricoles au Cameroun. L'analyse se base sur une enquĂȘte rĂ©alisĂ©e dans les exploitations agricoles des quatre principales zones exportatrices de produits agricoles du Cameroun : le nord pour le coton, le sud-ouest pour le cacao, l'ouest pour le cafĂ© arabica et le littoral pour le cafĂ© robusta. Des exemples d'exploitations sont prĂ©sentĂ©s pour montrer les changements survenus au niveau du marchĂ© du travail, de la production, des revenus et de la rĂ©partition des revenus en fonction du sexe et de la rĂ©gion, Ă  l'Ă©chelle nationale Ă  cause de la chute des prix Ă  l'exportation, ainsi qu'Ă  l'Ă©chelle de la famille agricole Ă  cause de la politique des prix. La conclusion du document est que la politique des prix a un impact rĂ©el sur la production et l'exportation des produits. Il souligne l'importance des innovations visant Ă  augmenter la productivitĂ© agricole et Ă  abattre les obstacles institutionnels au financement de l'agriculture, Ă  la fourniture d'intrants et Ă  la prestation de services aux femmes. Les exemples permettent aussi d'estimer l'impact de la dĂ©valuation du franc CFA sur l'agriculture, bien qu'aucune analyse n'ait Ă©tĂ© faite puisque la collecte des donnĂ©es a Ă©tĂ© terminĂ©e avant la dĂ©valuation de janvier 1994

    Etude comparative de la rentabilité de deux types d'apiculture au nord ouest du Cameroun

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    La prĂ©sente Ă©tude examine la rentabilitĂ© financiĂšre de l’apiculture au Cameroun. Son objectif global est de comparer la rentabilitĂ© des deux types d’apiculture pratiquĂ©s au Nord Ouest Cameroun. L’hypothĂšse globale est qu’il existerait une diffĂ©rence significative en rendement de miel et en bĂ©nĂ©fice net entre les exploitations apicoles traditionnelles et celles amĂ©liorĂ©es. Un sondage Ă  deux degrĂ©s de stratifications a Ă©tĂ© utilisĂ© pour obtenir un Ă©chantillon de 100 exploitations apicoles. Les donnĂ©es primaires portaient sur les Ă©lĂ©ments de coĂ»t et de revenu. Le modĂšle d’analyse B/C a Ă©tĂ© utilisĂ©. A la suite des analyses faites Ă  l’aide des logiciels Excel et SPSS, Les principaux rĂ©sultats suivants ont Ă©tĂ© obtenus: les exploitations apicoles traditionnelles (avec les ruches traditionnelles) et les celles semi modernes ou amĂ©liorĂ©es (avec les ruches kenyanes «KTBH») produisent respectivement 77,46 et 112,68 litres de miel par an en moyenne, pour des revenus totaux respectifs de 86 832,39 et 143 791 FCFA. La valeur annuelle moyenne respective de leur ratio de bĂ©nĂ©fice net sur coĂ»t total est de 1,168 et 1,193. MalgrĂ© quelques difficultĂ©s, l’apiculture au Nord Ouest Cameroun est rentable. En dĂ©pit du caractĂšre statique de l’étude, nous suggĂ©rons aux apiculteurs d’adopter les ruches amĂ©liorĂ©es. Comparative Study of the Profitability of Two Types of Bee Farming in the North West Cameroon The present study examines the financial profitability of beekeeping in Cameroon. The global objective is to compare the profitability of two types of bee farms in the North West Region. The main hypothesis, however, is the following: there is a significant difference in output and in net benefit between traditional and semimodern bee farms. As regards the methodology used, a two stage stratified random sampling technique was used to select 100 bee farmers. Primary data was collected on elements of costs and revenue. The technique of cost benefit analysis was used to analyze the data. Findings showed that traditional beekeeping and semi-modern beekeeping (using Kenyan hives «KTBH») farms have an average production of 77.46 and 112.68 liters of honey per year respectively, for the respective average total revenue of 86 832.39 FCFA and 143 791 FCFA. The average annual value of their ratio Net Benefit/Total Cost is 1.168 and 1.193 respectively. The semi-modern bee hives perform better than the traditional one. Even with some difficulties faced by some farmers, bee farming in the North West Cameroon remains profitable. Despite the static character of this study, we suggest that beekeepers should adopt the semi-modern (Kenyan) hives

    Governance and performance of MFIs ::the Cameroon governance case

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    The main challenge of microfinance institutions and social economy firms remains their survival, and to meet this challenge, MFIs need to be compet-itive. The poor performance of MFIs is usually attributed to their decision-making and operational processes. The governance of MFIs is therefore identified as one of their main risks. Despite this, governance is still little explored in these organiza-tions and empirical studies find a weak relationship between classical governance mechanisms and MFI performance, especially for the MFIs situated in Africa (Thrikawala et al. in Asian J Financ Account 5(1):160–182, 2013a). In this study, we examine whether the effect of governance mechanisms on the performance of MFIs differs according to their legal status in the Cameroonian context. On the one hand, our empirical results show that there is a significant relationship between some specific governance mechanisms and MFIs’ performance. On the other hand, adjusting the governance mechanisms according to the MFIs’ legal status improves their efficiency. The analysis of the impact of the governance mechanisms on the performance of MFIs requires not only an approach that is specific to this sector but also an approach that is adapted to their legal status. Moreover, from a managerial point of view, it would be desirable to adjust the governance mechanisms, depending on the legal status of the MFIs, to make them more efficient from the social as well as the financial standpoint
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