Assessing Cost Efficiency Among Small Scale Rice Producers in the West Region of Cameroon: a Stochastic Frontier Model Approach
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Mountain Resources Expliotation For
International Journal of Geography and Régional Planning Research Vol.1,No.1,pp.1-12, March 2014 Published by European Centre for Research Training and Development UK (www.eajournals.org) MONTANE RESOURCES EXPLOITATION AND THE EMERGENCE OF GENDER ISSUES IN SANTA ECONOMY OF THE WESTERN BAMBOUTOS HIGHLANDS, CAMEROON Zephania Nji FOGWE Department of Geography, Box 3132, F.L.S.S., University of Douala ABSTRACT: Highlands have played key roles in the survival history of humankind. They are refuge heavens of valuable resources like fresh water endemic floral and faunal sanctuaries and other ecological imprints. The mountain resource base in most tropical Africa has been mined rather than managed for the benefit of the low-lying areas. The world over an appreciable population derives its sustenance directly from mountain resources and this makes for about one-tenth of the world’s poorest.The Western highlands of Cameroon are an archetypical territory of a high population density and an economically very active population. The highlands are characterised by an ecological fragility and a multi-faceted socio-economic dynamism at varied levels of poverty, malnutrition and under employment, yet about 80 percent of the Santa highlands’ population depends on its natural resource base of vast fertile land, fresh water and montane refuge forest for their livelihood. KEYWORDS: Montane Resources, Gender Issues, Santa Economy, Western Bamboutos, Cameroon INTRODUCTION The volcanic landscape on the western slopes of the Bamboutos mountain range slopes to the Santa Highlands is an area where agriculture in the form of crop production and animal rearing thrives with remarkable success. Arabica coffee cultivation was in extensive hectares cultivated at altitudes of about 1700m at the Santa Coffee Estate at Mile 12 in the 1970s and 1980s. -
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SJIF Impact Factor: 3.458 WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE ISSN: 2457-0400 Alvine et al. PageVolume: 1 of 3.21 HEALTHCARE RESEARCH Issue: 4. Page N. 07-21 Year: 2019 Original Article www.wjahr.com ASSESSING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN TOOTHLESS ADULTS IN NDÉ DIVISION (WEST-CAMEROON) Alvine Tchabong1, Anselme Michel Yawat Djogang2,3*, Michael Ashu Agbor1, Serge Honoré Tchoukoua1,2,3, Jean-Paul Sekele Isouradi-Bourley4 and Hubert Ntumba Mulumba4 1School of Pharmacy, Higher Institute of Health Sciences, Université des Montagnes; Bangangté, Cameroon. 2School of Pharmacy, Higher Institute of Health Sciences, Université des Montagnes; Bangangté, Cameroon. 3Laboratory of Microbiology, Université des Montagnes Teaching Hospital; Bangangté, Cameroon. 4Service of Prosthodontics and Orthodontics, Department of Dental Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Received date: 29 April 2019 Revised date: 19 May 2019 Accepted date: 09 June 2019 *Corresponding author: Anselme Michel Yawat Djogang School of Pharmacy, Higher Institute of Health Sciences, Université des Montagnes; Bangangté, Cameroon ABSTRACT Oral health is essential for the general condition and quality of life. Loss of oral function may be due to tooth loss, which can affect the quality of life of an individual. The aim of our study was to evaluate the quality of life in toothless adults in Ndé division. A total of 1054 edentulous subjects (partial, mixed, total) completed the OHIP-14 questionnaire, used for assessing the quality of life in edentulous patients. Males (63%), were more dominant and the ages of the patients ranged between 18 to 120 years old. Caries (71.6%), were the leading cause of tooth loss followed by poor oral hygiene (63.15%) and the consequence being the loss of aesthetics at 56.6%. -
An Inventory of Short Horn Grasshoppers in the Menoua Division, West Region of Cameroon
AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY JOURNAL OF NORTH AMERICA ISSN Print: 2151-7517, ISSN Online: 2151-7525, doi:10.5251/abjna.2013.4.3.291.299 © 2013, ScienceHuβ, http://www.scihub.org/ABJNA An inventory of short horn grasshoppers in the Menoua Division, West Region of Cameroon Seino RA1, Dongmo TI1, Ghogomu RT2, Kekeunou S3, Chifon RN1, Manjeli Y4 1Laboratory of Applied Ecology (LABEA), Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Dschang, P.O. Box 353 Dschang, Cameroon, 2Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture and Agronomic Sciences (FASA), University of Dschang, P.O. Box 222, Dschang, Cameroon. 3 Département de Biologie et Physiologie Animale, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Yaoundé 1, Cameroun 4 Department of Biotechnology and Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture and Agronomic Sciences (FASA), University of Dschang, P.O. Box 222, Dschang, Cameroon. ABSTRACT The present study was carried out as a first documentation of short horn grasshoppers in the Menoua Division of Cameroon. A total of 1587 specimens were collected from six sites i.e. Dschang (265), Fokoue (253), Fongo – Tongo (267), Nkong – Ni (271), Penka Michel (268) and Santchou (263). Identification of these grasshoppers showed 28 species that included 22 Acrididae and 6 Pyrgomorphidae. The Acrididae belonged to 8 subfamilies (Acridinae, Catantopinae, Cyrtacanthacridinae, Eyprepocnemidinae, Oedipodinae, Oxyinae, Spathosterninae and Tropidopolinae) while the Pyrgomorphidae belonged to only one subfamily (Pyrgomorphinae). The Catantopinae (Acrididae) showed the highest number of species while Oxyinae, Spathosterninae and Tropidopolinae showed only one species each. Ten Acrididae species (Acanthacris ruficornis, Anacatantops sp, Catantops melanostictus, Coryphosima stenoptera, Cyrtacanthacris aeruginosa, Eyprepocnemis noxia, Gastrimargus africanus, Heteropternis sp, Ornithacris turbida, and Trilophidia conturbata ) and one Pyrgomorphidae (Zonocerus variegatus) were collected in all the six sites. -
N I G E R I a C H a D Central African Republic Congo
CAMEROON: LOCATIONS OF UNHCR PERSONS OF CONCERN (September 2020) ! PERSONNES RELEVANT DE Maïné-Soroa !Magaria LA COMPETENCE DU HCR (POCs) Geidam 1,951,731 Gashua ! ! CAR REFUGEES ING CurAi MEROON 306,113 ! LOGONE NIG REFUGEES IN CAMEROON ET CHARI !Hadejia 116,409 Jakusko ! U R B A N R E F U G E E S (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC AND 27,173 NIGERIAN REFUGEE LIVING IN URBAN AREA ARE INCLUDED) Kousseri N'Djamena !Kano ASYLUM SEEKERS 9,332 Damaturu Maiduguri Potiskum 1,032,942 INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSO! NS (IDPs) * RETURNEES * Waza 484,036 Waza Limani Magdeme Number of refugees MAYO SAVA Mora ! < 10,000 EXTRÊME-NORD Mokolo DIAMARÉ Biu < 50,000 ! Maroua ! Minawao MAYO Bauchi TSANAGA Yagoua ! Gom! be Mubi ! MAYO KANI !Deba MAYO DANAY < 75000 Kaele MAYO LOUTI !Jos Guider Number! of IDPs N I G E R I A Lafia !Ləre ! < 10,000 ! Yola < 50,000 ! BÉNOUÉ C H A D Jalingo > 75000 ! NORD Moundou Number of returnees ! !Lafia Poli Tchollire < 10,000 ! FARO MAYO REY < 50,000 Wukari ! ! Touboro !Makurdi Beke Chantier > 75000 FARO ET DÉO Tingere ! Beka Paoua Number of asylum seekers Ndip VINA < 10,000 Bocaranga ! ! Borgop Djohong Banyo ADAMAOUA Kounde NORD-OUEST Nkambe Ngam MENCHUM DJEREM Meiganga DONGA MANTUNG MAYO BANYO Tibati Gbatoua Wum BOYO MBÉRÉ Alhamdou !Bozoum Fundong Kumbo BUI CENTRAL Mbengwi MEZAM Ndop MOMO AFRICAN NGO Bamenda KETUNJIA OUEST MANYU Foumban REPUBLBICaoro BAMBOUTOS ! LEBIALEM Gado Mbouda NOUN Yoko Mamfe Dschang MIFI Bandjoun MBAM ET KIM LOM ET DJEREM Baham MENOUA KOUNG KHI KOUPÉ Bafang MANENGOUBA Bangangte Bangem HAUT NKAM Calabar NDÉ SUD-OUEST -
A Collection of 100 Proverbs and Wise Sayings of the Medumba (Cameroon)
A COLLECTION OF 100 PROVERBS AND WISE SAYINGS OF THE MEDUMBA (CAMEROON) BY CIKURU BISHANGI DEVOTHA AFRICAN PROVERBS WORKING GROUP NAIROBI KENYA MAY 2019 i ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I wish to thank sincerely all those who contributed towards the completion of this document. My greatest thanks go to Fr. Joseph G. Healey for the financial and moral support. My special thanks go to Cephas Agbemenu, Margret Wambere Ireri and Father Joseph Healey. I also thank all the publishers of African Proverbs whose publications gave me good resource and inspiration to do this work. I appreciate the support of the African Proverbs Working Group for reviewing the progress of my work during their meetings. Find in this work all my gratitude. DEDICATION I dedicate this work to God for protecting and strengthening me while working on the Medumba. To HONDI M. Placide, my husband and my mentor who encouraged me to complete this research, To my collaborator Emmanuel Fandja who helped me to collect the 100 Medumba Proverbs. To all the members of my community in Nairobi and to all those who will appreciate in finding out the wisdom that it contains. i A COLLECTION OF 100 MEDUMBA PROVERBS AND WISE SAYINGS (CAMEROOON) INTRODUCTION Location The Bamileke is the native group which is now dominant in Cameroon's West and Northwest Regions. It is part of the Semi-Bantu (or Grassfields Bantu) ethnic group. The Bamileke are regrouped under several groups, each under the guidance of a chief or fon. Nonetheless, all of these groups have the same ancestors and thus share the same history, culture, and languages. -
Evaluating the Constraints and Opportunities of Maize Production in the West Region of Cameroon for Sustainable Development
Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa (Volume 13, No.4, 2011) ISSN: 1520-5509 Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Clarion, Pennsylvania EVALUATING THE CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES OF MAIZE PRODUCTION IN THE WEST REGION OF CAMEROON FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Godwin Anjeinu Abu1, Raoul Fani Djomo-Choumbou1 and Stephen Adogwu Okpachu2 1. Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Agriculture PMB 2373, Makurdi Benue State- Nigeria 2. Federal College of Education (Technical), Potiskum, Yobe State, Nigeria ABSTRACT A study of Evaluating the constraints and opportunities of Maize production in the West Region of Cameroon was carried out using primary and secondary data collected. One hundred and twenty (120) maize farmers randomly selected from eight (8) villages were interviewed using structured questionnaire. Data from the study were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequency distribution, percentages, and inferential statistics such as multiple linear regressions. The study found that most maize farmers in the study area were small scale farmers and are full time farmers, the major maize production constraints was poor access to credit facilities. it was also found any unit increase in the quantity of any of the resources used for maize production will increase maize output by the value of their estimated coefficients respectively , however to raise maize production, the study recommend that financial institutions such as agricultural and community banks should be established in the study area with the simple procedure of securing loans. The relevant government agencies and non- governmental organization should mobilize the maize farmers to form themselves into formidable group so that they can derive maximum benefit of collective union. -
Assessment of Prunus Africana Bark Exploitation Methods and Sustainable Exploitation in the South West, North-West and Adamaoua Regions of Cameroon
GCP/RAF/408/EC « MOBILISATION ET RENFORCEMENT DES CAPACITES DES PETITES ET MOYENNES ENTREPRISES IMPLIQUEES DANS LES FILIERES DES PRODUITS FORESTIERS NON LIGNEUX EN AFRIQUE CENTRALE » Assessment of Prunus africana bark exploitation methods and sustainable exploitation in the South west, North-West and Adamaoua regions of Cameroon CIFOR Philip Fonju Nkeng, Verina Ingram, Abdon Awono February 2010 Avec l‟appui financier de la Commission Européenne Contents Acknowledgements .................................................................................................... i ABBREVIATIONS ...................................................................................................... ii Abstract .................................................................................................................. iii 1: INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background ................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Problem statement ...................................................................................... 2 1.3 Research questions .......................................................................................... 2 1.4 Objectives ....................................................................................................... 3 1.5 Importance of the study ................................................................................... 3 2: Literature Review ................................................................................................. -
Cholera Outbreak
Emergency appeal final report Cameroon: Cholera outbreak Emergency appeal n° MDRCM011 GLIDE n° EP-2011-000034-CMR 31 October 2012 Period covered by this Final Report: 04 April 2011 to 30 June 2012 Appeal target (current): CHF 1,361,331. Appeal coverage: 21%; <click here to go directly to the final financial report, or here to view the contact details> Appeal history: This Emergency Appeal was initially launched on 04 April 2011 for CHF 1,249,847 for 12 months to assist 87,500 beneficiaries. CHF 150,000 was initially allocated from the Federation’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the national society in responding by delivering assistance. Operations update No 1 was issued on 30 May 2011 to revise the objectives and budget of the operation. Operations update No 2 was issued on 31st May 2011 to provide financial statement against revised budget. Operations update No 3 was issued on 12 October 2011 to summarize the achievements 6 months into the operation. Operations update No 4 was issued on 29 February 2012 to extend the timeframe of the operation from 31st March to 30 June 2012 to cover the funding agreement with the American Embassy in Cameroon. PBR No M1111087 was submitted as final report of this operation to the American Embassy in Cameroon on 03 August 2012. Throughout the operation, Cameroon Red Cross volunteers sensitized the populations on PBR No M1111127 was submitted as final report of this how to avoid cholera. Photo/IFRC operation to the British Red Cross on 14 August 2012. Summary: A serious cholera epidemic affected Cameroon since 2010. -
NW SW Presence Map Complete Copy
SHELTER CLUSTER PARTNERS SW/NWMap creation da tREGIONe: 06/12/2018 December 2019 Ako Furu-Awa 1 LEGEND Misaje # of Partners NW Fungom Menchum Donga-Mantung 1 6 Nkambe Nwa 3 1 Bum # of Partners SW Menchum-Valley Ndu Mayo-Banyo Wum Noni 1 Fundong Nkum 15 Boyo 1 1 Njinikom Kumbo Oku 1 Bafut 1 Belo Akwaya 1 3 1 Njikwa Bui Mbven 1 2 Mezam 2 Jakiri Mbengwi Babessi 1 Magba Bamenda Tubah 2 2 Bamenda Ndop Momo 6b 3 4 2 3 Bangourain Widikum Ngie Bamenda Bali 1 Ngo-Ketunjia Njimom Balikumbat Batibo Santa 2 Manyu Galim Upper Bayang Babadjou Malentouen Eyumodjock Wabane Koutaba Foumban Bambo7 tos Kouoptamo 1 Mamfe 7 Lebialem M ouda Noun Batcham Bafoussam Alou Fongo-Tongo 2e 14 Nkong-Ni BafouMssamif 1eir Fontem Dschang Penka-Michel Bamendjou Poumougne Foumbot MenouaFokoué Mbam-et-Kim Baham Djebem Santchou Bandja Batié Massangam Ngambé-Tikar Nguti Koung-Khi 1 Banka Bangou Kekem Toko Kupe-Manenguba Melong Haut-Nkam Bangangté Bafang Bana Bangem Banwa Bazou Baré-Bakem Ndé 1 Bakou Deuk Mundemba Nord-Makombé Moungo Tonga Makénéné Konye Nkongsamba 1er Kon Ndian Tombel Yambetta Manjo Nlonako Isangele 5 1 Nkondjock Dikome Balue Bafia Kumba Mbam-et-Inoubou Kombo Loum Kiiki Kombo Itindi Ekondo Titi Ndikiniméki Nitoukou Abedimo Meme Njombé-Penja 9 Mombo Idabato Bamusso Kumba 1 Nkam Bokito Kumba Mbanga 1 Yabassi Yingui Ndom Mbonge Muyuka Fiko Ngambé 6 Nyanon Lekié West-Coast Sanaga-Maritime Monatélé 5 Fako Dibombari Douala 55 Buea 5e Massock-Songloulou Evodoula Tiko Nguibassal Limbe1 Douala 4e Edéa 2e Okola Limbe 2 6 Douala Dibamba Limbe 3 Douala 6e Wou3rei Pouma Nyong-et-Kellé Douala 6e Dibang Limbe 1 Limbe 2 Limbe 3 Dizangué Ngwei Ngog-Mapubi Matomb Lobo 13 54 1 Feedback: [email protected]/ [email protected] Data Source: OCHA Based on OSM / INC *Data collected from NFI/Shelter cluster 4W. -
Shelter Cluster Cameroon – Meeting Minutes Meeting: Shelter Cluster
Shelter Cluster Cameroon ShelterCluster.org Coordinating Humanitarian Shelter Yaounde 30 October 2020 Shelter Cluster Cameroon – Meeting Minutes Meeting: Shelter Cluster Date: 29.10.2020 Time: 15:00 Meeting Facilitator: Medar Mitima Kajemba Location: Yaounde Minutes Prepared By: Medar Mitima Kajemba Location: UNHCR Office Agenda • Introduction and round table • Agreement on frequency of Yaounde shelter cluster meeting. • Shelter-NFI activities-presentation-Who is doing What and Where. • Current Shelter-NFI needs(gaps) in the NW/SW regions. • Recommendation • AOB Introduction and round table Everyone introduced themselves by name, organization and position in the organization, which allowed participants to get to know each other Agreement on frequency of Yaounde shelter cluster meeting. The schedule of meetings will be set after consultation with the field clusters to ensure that inputs from the field will be available before each meeting in Yaounde Shelter-NFI activities-presentation-Who is doing What and Where Catholic Relief Services (CRS): CRS's shelter and resettlement program is part of its RRF (Rapid Response Fund) program, which has just been launched in 4 African countries including Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Cameroon. The West Africa RRF mechanism is designed to meet unanticipated needs as they emerge, ensuring rapid, short-term, life-saving assistance through Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Multi-Purpose Cash (MPCA), and Shelter and Settlement (S&S) interventions. Through organizational and emergency response capacity building, the project will emphasize the use of local partner networks to deepen the potential for sustainability and transition. In Cameroon, the project will cover Far North, East, North West and South West regions. -
Filière Porcine Galim-Yaoundé Du 02.06.09Il
Diagnostic exploratoire de la filière porcine de la Filière porcine « Galim-Mbouda-Bafoussam-Yaoundé » Rosine TCHATCHOUA Université de Dschang, PRP Innovation Tél. 75 25 96 00, [email protected] Philippe PEDELAHORE IRAD/CIRAD, PRP Innovation Tél. 96 26 13 86, [email protected] juin 2009 Diagnostic exploratoire de la Filière porcine « Galim-Mbouda-Bafoussam-Yaoundé » RESUME (226 mots) Depuis quelques années, l’élevage porcin à l’Ouest du Cameroun connait des difficultés du fait de l’émergence de maladies tels que le rouget et la peste porcine, et du fait de la concurrence des élevages intensifs du Nord du pays pour l’approvisionnement des villes de Yaoundé et de Douala. C’est dans ce contexte que des éleveurs, membres de la coopérative Binum de Galim, et dans le cadre du partenariat avec le Projet de Recherche en Partenariat (PRP) sur les processus d’innovation, ont exprimé le besoin d’être informés sur l’organisation et les contraintes de la filière de commercialisation des porcs et sur la possibilité de trouver des acheteurs pour leurs produits. Une première étude portant sur l’axe Galim-Mbouda- Bafoussam-Yaoundé a ainsi été programmée par le collectif de ce PRP. Une enquête auprès des éleveurs de Galim, et des commerçants des marchés de Mbouda, Bafoussam et Yaoundé, a ainsi été réalisé sur la base d’un questionnaire et d’un guide d’entretien. Cette étude exploratoire a permis d’identifier le site de Mbouda comme nœud commercial de premier plan et les différents acteurs impliqués dans le fonctionnement de cette filière. Elle à également permis d’obtenir des premières indications sur la formation des prix et sur la répartition de la valeur ajoutée entre ces différents acteurs. -
Predicted Distribution and Burden of Podoconiosis in Cameroon
Predicted distribution and burden of podoconiosis in Cameroon. Supplementary file Text 1S. Formulation and validation of geostatistical model of podoconiosis prevalence Let Yi denote the number of positively tested podoconiosis cases at location xi out of ni sample individuals. We then assume that, conditionally on a zero-mean spatial Gaussian process S(x), the Yi are mutually independent Binomial variables with probability of testing positive p(xi) such that ( ) = + ( ) + ( ) + ( ) + ( ) + ( ) 1 ( ) � � 0 1 2 3 4 5 − + ( ) + ( ) 6 where the explanatory in the above equation are, in order, fraction of clay, distance (in meters) to stable light (DSTL), distance to water bodies (DSTW), elevation (E), precipitation(Prec) (in mm) and fraction of silt at location xi. We model the Gaussian process S(x) using an isotropic and stationary exponential covariance function given by { ( ), ( )} = { || ||/ } 2 ′ − − ′ Where || ||is the Euclidean distance between x and x’, is the variance of S(x) and 2 is a scale − pa′rameter that regulates how fast the spatial correlation decays to zero for increasing distance. To check the validity of the adopted exponential correlation function for the spatial random effects S(x), we carry out the following Monte Carlo algorithm. 1. Simulate a binomial geostatistical data-set at observed locations xi by plugging-in the maximum likelihood estimates from the fitted model. 2. Estimate the unstructured random effects Zi from a non-spatial binomial mixed model obtained by setting S(x) =0 for all locations x. 3. Use the estimates for Zi from the previous step to compute the empirical variogram. 4. Repeat steps 1 to 3 for 10,000 times.