Socio-economic Characteristics of Family-run Maize Farm in the Centre Region of Cameroon

Eloundou Etoundi Christian; Fon Dorothy Engwali; Minkoua Nzie Jules René

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Socio-economic Characteristics of Family-run Maize Farm in the Centre Region of Cameroon

Eloundou Etoundi Christian, Fon Dorothy Engwali, Minkoua Nzie Jules René

Published in American Journal of Agriculture and Forestry (Volume 9, Issue 4)

Received: 1 July 2021 Accepted: 12 July 2021 Published: 19 July 2021

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This work presents the elements that characterise the socio-economic life of family maize farms. The research method was based on field surveys. The study was carried out between September 2019 and December 2020 in centre region of Cameroon. Data was collected through face-to-face interviews with 1060 (545 women and 515 men) maize farm managers who were selected in a reasoned manner using the snowball method based on the file of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Cameroon. Data from the study was analysed using descriptive statistics. The results revealed that maize cultivation is mainly done by women, although women do not control the produce from these farms when they are married. 70.1% of the respondents are over 35 years old, 50% of the maize producers live in households with 4 to 8 people. Forty (40) percent of the respondents are in common-law unions without companies, but 73.9% of the respondent’s state that their main activity is farming and 13.6% state that they are engaged in "other" activities. The level of education of the maize farmers is low and 13.9% said they had never been to school for several reasons. However, the 21.5% of respondents who rent land do so from indigenous people who have customary rights to the land but whose rental principles prohibit the establishment of perennial crops. The characteristics of family maize farms in Central Cameroon predispose them to unprofitable and inefficient agriculture. Producers are limited by their social conditions to make the farms evolve over time.

Published in	American Journal of Agriculture and Forestry (Volume 9, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajaf.20210904.19
Page(s)	227-232
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Family, Main Activity, Maize Producers, Social Conditions

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Eloundou Etoundi Christian, Fon Dorothy Engwali, Minkoua Nzie Jules René. (2021). Socio-economic Characteristics of Family-run Maize Farm in the Centre Region of Cameroon. American Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, 9(4), 227-232. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajaf.20210904.19

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Eloundou Etoundi Christian, Fon Dorothy Engwali, Minkoua Nzie Jules René. Socio-economic Characteristics of Family-run Maize Farm in the Centre Region of Cameroon. Am J Agric For. 2021;9(4):227-232. doi: 10.11648/j.ajaf.20210904.19

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Eloundou Etoundi Christian

Department of Rural Socio-Economics and Agricultural Extension, Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences, University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon
Fon Dorothy Engwali

Department of Agribusiness, Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon
Minkoua Nzie Jules René

Department of Economics and Management, Faculty of Social and Management Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

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