Wheat import-substitution and competitiveness for cassava, plantain and sweet potato-based bread flour in Cameroon

Politique d'import-substitution au blé et compétitivité des farines panifiables à base de manioc, banane plantain et patate douce au Cameroun

Eric Joël Fofiri Nzossié and Ludovic Temple ()
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Eric Joël Fofiri Nzossié: UN - Université de Ngaoundéré/University of Ngaoundéré [Cameroun]
Ludovic Temple: UMR Innovation - Innovation et Développement dans l'Agriculture et l'Alimentation - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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Abstract: This study aims to document the renewal of an import-substitution food policy in Cameroon. It examines how the production of bread flour from local food crops like cassava, plantain and sweet potato can become competitive with imported wheat. This study uses a food chain and cluster analysis framework, coupled with primary and secondary databases and surveys. The results confirm the trend towards wheat imports, with risks on future food sovereignty. However, it will be difficult to focus solely on the objective of substituting imported flour. Domestic production of cassava, plantain and sweet potato still provides little surplus to meet the needs of industrial production of bread flour. Nevertheless, these results confirm the opportunity to develop clusters made up of small processing units that add value to a diversity of local products from tropical starch products.

Keywords: Cameroun; banane plantain; farine de patate douce; manioc; farine; sécurité alimentaire; politique alimentaire; politique agricole; consommation alimentaire; secteur agroindustriel; Musa (bananes); tapioca; blé tendre; Manihot esculenta; blé; Plantain; Manioc; Farine; Innovation; Competitivité; Système alimentaire; Blé (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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Published in Cahiers Agricultures, 2023, 32, pp.25. ⟨10.1051/cagri/2023018⟩

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DOI: 10.1051/cagri/2023018

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