SIT Graduate Institute/SIT Study Abroad SIT Digital Collections Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection SIT Study Abroad Spring 2014 Cultivating Rice in Import Dependent Cameroon: A Case Study of the Successes and Challenges Facing Rice Farmers in Santchou, Cameroon Kim Horwitz SIT Study Abroad Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection Part of the Agricultural and Resource Economics Commons, Growth and Development Commons, Public Policy Commons, and the Social Welfare Commons Recommended Citation Horwitz, Kim, "Cultivating Rice in Import Dependent Cameroon: A Case Study of the Successes and Challenges Facing Rice Farmers in Santchou, Cameroon" (2014). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 1869. https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/1869 This Unpublished Paper is brought to you for free and open access by the SIT Study Abroad at SIT Digital Collections. It has been accepted for inclusion in Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection by an authorized administrator of SIT Digital Collections. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Cultivating Rice in Import Dependent Cameroon: A Case Study of the Successes and Challenges Facing Rice Farmers in Santchou, Cameroon Kim Horwitz Academic Direction: Christiane Magnido Academic Supervisor: Yvonne Takang Yaoundé, Cameroon Social Pluralism and Development, SIT Study Abroad Spring 2014 ISP Key Words: Agriculture, Development Studies, Public and Social Welfare George Washington University Political Science 1 Abstract Cameroon is qualified as an import dependent country, meaning it relies on imported food to feed its population. Specifically, Cameroon imports over 80% of its rice consumption, spending 145 billion French CFA on rice imports yearly. But, Cameroon has sufficient untapped arable land and a large enough agriculturally centered population to produce adequate rice quantities to meet demand without relying on imports.