Transparency and the value chain in extractive industries in Central Africa

2011 ◽  
pp. 33-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Fouda
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Extractive Industries

scholarly journals Améliorer la compétitivité du bois de sciage légal en provenance de la zone agroforestière au Cameroun

Afrika Focus ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Romain Kana ◽  
Norbert Sonne ◽  
Barthelemy Ondua ◽  
Patrick Tadjo ◽  
Benjamin Ondo
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Community Forestry ◽  
Rural Poverty ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Domestic Market ◽  
Community Forest ◽  
Community Forests

Since 1997, the year the first community forest in Cameroon was created, sawn wood from community forests has been facing difficulties to find a place in an expanding domestic market. The low competitiveness of community forest products is among the major obstacles to have them help reduce rural poverty as desired in the new forest policies in Central Africa. This article, from the work of the World Wide Fund for Nature team and organizations partners, identifies the factors explaining the low competitiveness of community forests in the domestic market and proposes by way of conclusion some strategies whose implementation will allow community forestry to play its full role in the supply of domestic markets, improving sustainable management of the agroforestry landscape and fostering poverty reduction in rural areas. Key words: wood value chain, artisanal logging, forest policy, community forests 

Preliminary observations on the commercialisation of Rynchophorus phoenicis larvae at Mvog-Mbi market in Yaoundé, Cameroon

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Meutchieye ◽  
S. Niassy
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Palm Tree ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Palm Weevil ◽  
Food Market ◽  
The City

The palm weevil Rhynchophorus phoenicis is among the most consumed species of insects in Africa particularly in Western and Central Africa. This insect species is considered as a delicacy. The objective of this work was to assessthe trade of palm weevil larvae in an urban food market in the capital city Yaoundé. From the findings, it appears that the trade of R. phoenicis larvae is considered as a woman’s business and is lucrative. A handful of 0.1 l of palm weevil larvae costs 1000 francs (US$ 2) which is quite a substantial income. Larvae are shipped from surrounding or distant villages and delivered with raffia or palm dead fibres as food substrates to keep larvae alive up to 4 days. Larvae pseudo reared on raphia palms using indigenous knowledge are much more preferred than of palm oiltree. Although this commerce is still very informal, the value chain involves various participants who control the market between producers in numerous villages and the retailers in the city and since the demand of this insectis somehow high, this business could be associated to a serious threat to palm tree ecosystems in Cameroon. The study suggests a mitigating research programme between the consumption of this insect and the conservation of palm tree ecosystems in Africa. Further investigations are needed for a better capture of palm weevils trade and its implications for value chains actors as well as for policy-makers.

Author response for "New U–Pb zircon ages of Nyong Complex meta‐plutonites: Implications for the Eburnean/ Trans‐Amazonian Orogeny in southwestern Cameroon (Central Africa)"

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sébastien Owona ◽  
Lothar Ratschbacher ◽  
Gulzar Afzal M ◽  
Moussa Nsangou Ngapna ◽  
Joseph Mvondo Ondoa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central Africa ◽  
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