[ Le rôle des intermédiaires dans la performance du marché de manioc de l’Est-Cameroun ]
Volume 30, Issue 1, July 2020, Pages 251–259
Julien Brice Minkande1
1 Enseignant-Chercheur à l’Université de Douala, Cameroun
Original language: French
Copyright © 2020 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This article assesses the role of intermediaries in the performance of the cassava market in the East region of Cameroon. To ensure the representativeness of men and women, research on the different markets of this region was done according to a reasoned choice and on the basis of a random and systematic sampling. In order to assess the performance of the markets, the Gini index and its representation by the Lorenz curve were used. Also, to measure the effect of intermediaries, we used Aker's model (2010). The results of our study reveal that markets perform well when there are intermediaries at several stages in the marketing chain. In addition, a high number of intermediaries in a market will have the effect of reducing prices in that market. Thus, in order to influence the dynamics of market performance, it is necessary to intervene in policies to improve agricultural intermediation, in particular through the policies of standardization and security of the intermediary function.
Author Keywords: Intermediate, Performance, Cassava, Est.
Volume 30, Issue 1, July 2020, Pages 251–259
Julien Brice Minkande1
1 Enseignant-Chercheur à l’Université de Douala, Cameroun
Original language: French
Copyright © 2020 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
This article assesses the role of intermediaries in the performance of the cassava market in the East region of Cameroon. To ensure the representativeness of men and women, research on the different markets of this region was done according to a reasoned choice and on the basis of a random and systematic sampling. In order to assess the performance of the markets, the Gini index and its representation by the Lorenz curve were used. Also, to measure the effect of intermediaries, we used Aker's model (2010). The results of our study reveal that markets perform well when there are intermediaries at several stages in the marketing chain. In addition, a high number of intermediaries in a market will have the effect of reducing prices in that market. Thus, in order to influence the dynamics of market performance, it is necessary to intervene in policies to improve agricultural intermediation, in particular through the policies of standardization and security of the intermediary function.
Author Keywords: Intermediate, Performance, Cassava, Est.
Abstract: (french)
Cet article évalue le rôle des intermédiaires dans la performance du marché de manioc de la région de l’Est du Cameroun. Pour assurer la représentativité des hommes et des femmes, la recherche sur les différents marchés de cette région s’est faite selon un choix raisonné et sur la base d’un échantillonnage aléatoire et systématique. Afin d’évaluer la performance des marchés, l’indice de Gini et sa représentation par la courbe de Lorenz, ont été utilisés. Aussi, pour mesurer l’effet des intermédiaires, nous avons eu recours au modèle d’Aker (2010). Les résultats de notre étude révèlent que les marchés sont performants lorsqu’il existe des intermédiaires à plusieurs stades de la chaîne de commercialisation. En outre, un nombre élevé d’intermédiaires sur un marché aura pour effet de réduire les prix sur ce marché. Ainsi, afin d’influencer la dynamique de performance des marchés, il est nécessaire d’intervenir sur les politiques d’amélioration de l’intermédiation agricole, notamment par les politiques de normalisation et de sécurisation de la fonction d’intermédiaire.
Author Keywords: Intermédiaire, Performance, Manioc, Est.
How to Cite this Article
Julien Brice Minkande, “The role of intermediaries in the performance of the cassava market in East Cameroon,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 251–259, July 2020.
