Farmers’ response to maize production risks in Cameroon: An application of the criticality risk matrix model

Mbah, Leslie T.; Molua, Ernest L.; Bomdzele, Eric

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15124

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“…Akhtar et al (2018) stated that most farmers in Punjab Province, Pakistan are inherently risk averse and view price, biological factors, and climate as potential sources of risk for their agricultural businesses. So are Mbah et al (2023) stated that farmers in Cameroon tend to choose to avoid production risks, further explaining that gender, experience, and employment status also significantly influence decision-making in the agricultural sector.…”

Section: Practical Marketing System Viewed From the Buyer's Sidementioning

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Practical Marketing System as a Solution to Limited Labor and Post-Harvest Processing Areas for Rice

ARISENA,

DARMAWAN,

SUKENDAR

et al. 2024

Theor. Pract. Res. Econom. Fields

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The majority of rice farmers in Denpasar City chose a practical marketing system, this system implements rice sales based on estimated production results. Farmers generally sell their produce when the rice is approaching harvest time. The buyer determines the purchase price for rice by estimating the number of transaction objects after carefully observing and viewing the rice to be harvested. With this system, farmers no longer need to think about the availability of labor to harvest, transport the harvest home, dry the grain until it reaches a certain level of dryness. The novelty of this research is conducting in-depth research on the practice of buying and selling rice using a practical marketing system in Denpasar City. This research will also examine in depth the practical marketing system from two sides, namely from the perspective of farmers and buyers. The results of this research reveal that the practice of buying and selling rice using a practical marketing system in Denpasar City involves farmers as sellers and buyers who are usually called penebas. The reason why farmers choose a practical marketing system is that this system is considered more profitable for farmers with all the limitations of farming in urban areas, where farmers only need to care for the rice they plant until it is ready to harvest.

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Section: Practical Marketing System Viewed From the Buyer's Sidementioning

confidence: 99%

Practical Marketing System as a Solution to Limited Labor and Post-Harvest Processing Areas for Rice

ARISENA,

DARMAWAN,

SUKENDAR

et al. 2024

Theor. Pract. Res. Econom. Fields

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“…Therefore, effective supply chain risk management is vital for ensuring business continuity and resilience, emphasizing the need for organizations to proactively approach risk management (Emrouznejad, Abbasi, & Sıcakyüz, 2023). The threats posed by various risk factors have become one of the reasons behind the growing food vulnerability (Mbah, Molua, Bomdzele, & Egwu, 2023).…”

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Risk Analysis on the Cassava Value Chain in Central Lampung Regency

Suryani,

Masyhuri,

Waluyati

et al. 2023

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The Central Lampung Regency is the center of cassava production in Lampung Province, the Indonesia’s largest cassava-producing province. Cassava has much promise; however, various risks arise throughout the value chain. Risks in the agricultural sector, including cassava farming, are unavoidable and severely impact stakeholders and consumers. This study aimed to identify the risks and the most effective mitigation measures for the cassava value chain. This research was conducted using the House of Risk (HOR) method, divided into two phases: HOR 1 and HOR 2. It involved 286 samples encompassing 263 farmers, six traders, three tapioca industries, eight non-tapioca industries, and six financial institutions. The risks were determined through the Supply Chain Operational Reference (SCOR) model. The results unveiled several priority risks in the cassava value chain, consisting of unpredictable weather changes, scarcity of fertilizers, the absence of farming standards, limited capital, delivery technical problems, price fluctuations, negligence of the workforce, default credit, and lack of customer or farmer knowledge leading to confusion. Furthermore, the risk mitigation actions covered preventing the risks of cassava farming; applying appropriate technology; utilizing production, marketing, and financing system assistance; preventing the risks of cassava trading business; implementing a structured market system; developing access to financing, institutions, and markets; developing marketing infrastructure; developing adaptive farming; monitoring during the credit period; socializing risk management to employees; and providing institutional, financing, and production assistance.

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“…In Cameroon, humanitarian crises include natural disasters that affect nearly every part of the country, such as flooding, deforestation, desertification/droughts, and landslides (Bang, 2021; Bang & Balgah, 2022) (Figure 1, I). Additionally, there are human-induced challenges including armed conflicts like the Boko Haram insurgency in the Far North region, the separatist conflict in the Northwest and Southwest regions, societal challenges related to the influx of refugees from the Central African Republic in the East, Adamawa and North regions, and political instability across the nation (Bang & Balgah, 2022; Mbah et al, 2023). The agricultural communities in these areas are affected by these compounding crises, diminishing already limited resources.…”

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Pathogen and pest risks to vegetatively propagated crops in humanitarian contexts: Toward a national plant health risk analysis for Cameroon and Ethiopia

Mouafo-Tchinda,

Etherton,

Plex Sulá

et al. 2024

Preprint

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Cameroon and Ethiopia face complex humanitarian crises that disrupt the production of key food security crops like banana and plantain, cassava, potato, and sweetpotato. These vegetatively propagated crops are prone to the buildup of pests and diseases causing seed degeneration. In this study, we address seed degeneration in the context of natural and human-driven crises, to provide insights that can guide the decisions of humanitarian groups to reduce seed degeneration. We identified locations in Cameroon and Ethiopia that are likely to be particularly important for pathogen and pest spread in cropland network analyses. We analyzed cropland networks in each country to develop a map of locations that are candidate priorities for disease and pest management and surveillance. For example, locations in central and western Oromia, Ethiopia, are likely important for potato pathogen and pest spread given the locations' roles in the cropland network. Next, we used expert knowledge elicitation to characterize crop health risk in these systems. For example, experts reported with high consensus that there are formal and informal imports of cassava from Gabon to Cameroon, which pose a risk to cassava production in Cameroon through seedborne pathogens. These results can inform regional and national surveillance and management strategies and provide a baseline for more in-depth studies in Cameroon and Ethiopia. The results can also inform decision-making in the humanitarian sector, for designing on-the-ground actions to avoid unintentional spread of pathogens and pests during agricultural recovery interventions.

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Farmers’ response to maize production risks in Cameroon: An application of the criticality risk matrix model

Cited by 9 publications

References 62 publications

Practical Marketing System as a Solution to Limited Labor and Post-Harvest Processing Areas for Rice

Practical Marketing System as a Solution to Limited Labor and Post-Harvest Processing Areas for Rice

Risk Analysis on the Cassava Value Chain in Central Lampung Regency

Pathogen and pest risks to vegetatively propagated crops in humanitarian contexts: Toward a national plant health risk analysis for Cameroon and Ethiopia

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