Market Gardening and Poverty Reduction in Jakiri Subdivision North West Region Cameroon

Tsi Evaristus Angwafo* and Nsaidzemi Eric Bime
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Tsi Evaristus Angwafo*: Department of Fundamental Sciences Higher Technical Teacher Training College (HTTTC) Bambili P.O. Box 39 Bambili the University of Bamenda, Cameroon
Nsaidzemi Eric Bime: Department of Rural Sociology Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences (FASA) P.O. Box 222 Dschang University of Dschang, Cameroon

Journal of Agriculture and Crops, 2020, vol. 6, issue 4, 32-57

Abstract: Poverty reduction has been one of the main objectives of major international organisations like FAO, World Bank, UNICEF and governments’ especially those of Africa. This study contributes to the fight against poverty through the analysis of market gardening as a strategy to poverty reduction in the Jakiri municipality. Data were collected through household interview, focus group discussion, interview of personnel of the ministry of agriculture and rural development, councils, religious heads and local chiefs) and field observations. Data were analysed by descriptive statistics, correlation and regression. The findings revealed that 73% of the market gardeners in Jakiri subdivision did not attend secondary school, lack skills to compete for jobs in urban areas. Agriculture particularly market gardening was their major source of income generating activity as more than 75% of the household income comes from market gardening. Also, more than 80% of what is produced is sold. Moreover, 90% of the gardeners in Jakiri subdivision think that if government could help them improve on their productivity their livelihoods will improve and this will take them out of poverty. There are high expectations that the income and the number of market gardeners will rise over time and space. This can be seen by the number of farmers involved and their earning where more than 70% earn from 1,000,000FCFA and above per year, an average of 83,334FCFA and above per month. Targeted marketing development strategies need to be followed by market gardeners and various stakeholders in Jakiri to better exploit the economic potential of these crops and at the same time maintaining its contributions to the local crop diversity.

Keywords: Market gardening; Poverty reduction; Rural areas; Jakiri municipality; Agriculture; Income generating activity; livelihood. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.32861/jac.64.32.57

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