Diversity of Pathways to Organic Agriculture in Developing Countries: The Case of Cameroon

Diversité des trajectoires vers l'agriculture biologique dans les pays en développement: Le cas du Cameroun

Gerard Bayiha (), Syndhia Mathe () and Ludovic Temple ()
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Gerard Bayiha: Université de Yaoundé II, Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier, Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
Syndhia Mathe: UMR Innovation - Innovation et Développement dans l'Agriculture et l'Alimentation - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Montpellier SupAgro - Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier, IITA - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture [Nigeria] - CGIAR - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR]
Ludovic Temple: UMR Innovation - Innovation et Développement dans l'Agriculture et l'Alimentation - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Montpellier SupAgro - Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier

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Abstract: Innovation is central to the adaptation of agriculture to development issues. The issue of agricultural models especially biological able to feed a Cameroonian population in the coming years remains crucial. From semi-structured interviews, a literature review of gray and scientific literature on organic agriculture in developing countries, and results from two workshops to discuss the definition of organic farming, we analyzed three paths to organic farming. These trajectories are based on the existence of three types of organic farming (certified, "natural", "hybrid") in Cameroon. Our results show three co-evolving trajectories highlighting a pluralism of organic farming not locked in the simple dualism of problems identified in the literature.

Date: 2016-12-08
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Published in 10ème journées de recherche en sciences sociales (IESIEG),, Dec 2016, Paris, France

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