[ Les Politiques Agricoles Communes et la Sécurité Alimentaire : le cas des pays de la Communauté Economique et Monétaire de l'Afrique Centrale ]
Volume 7, Issue 1, July 2014, Pages 25–41
Ehode Elah Raoul1 and Dr. NGOUNA Serges2
1 Chargé de Recherche, Centre National d’Éducation-MINRESI, Membre de l’académie des jeunes scientifiques du Cameroun, BP 1721 Yaoundé, Cameroon
2 Institut National De la Statistique (INS), Cameroun
Original language: French
Copyright © 2014 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.
Since hunger remains a big problem for families, increasing food security through improved agricultural production families remains a challenge for the public authorities. Thus, the object of this paper is to evaluate the effects of pooling of agricultural policies on food security in the CEMAC zone. In other hands, what is the influence of the `sharing of agricultural policies on food security in CEMAC countries? To answer this question, we made use of an existing literature review followed by a statistical analysis of data related to the availability and accessibility of food because of the free trade agreement signed between the Member States in the context of strengthening sub-regional economic integration. Following this analysis, we reached the following results:
- domestic prices are negatively related to food;
- domestic prices are positively influenced by agricultural investment and customs duties.
In conclusion, the pooling of agricultural policies positively influences food security in CEMAC. For the relief of conditions related to market access in the area, a factor of trade facilitation. Thus, the adoption of a common strategy for food production is a strategy for agricultural development in the area. This strategy reinforces the population, the opportunity to acquire in any place and at any time all the nutritious food they need.
Author Keywords: integration, Strategy, trade liberalization food security, availability, accessibility.
Volume 7, Issue 1, July 2014, Pages 25–41
Ehode Elah Raoul1 and Dr. NGOUNA Serges2
1 Chargé de Recherche, Centre National d’Éducation-MINRESI, Membre de l’académie des jeunes scientifiques du Cameroun, BP 1721 Yaoundé, Cameroon
2 Institut National De la Statistique (INS), Cameroun
Original language: French
Copyright © 2014 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
Since hunger remains a big problem for families, increasing food security through improved agricultural production families remains a challenge for the public authorities. Thus, the object of this paper is to evaluate the effects of pooling of agricultural policies on food security in the CEMAC zone. In other hands, what is the influence of the `sharing of agricultural policies on food security in CEMAC countries? To answer this question, we made use of an existing literature review followed by a statistical analysis of data related to the availability and accessibility of food because of the free trade agreement signed between the Member States in the context of strengthening sub-regional economic integration. Following this analysis, we reached the following results:
- domestic prices are negatively related to food;
- domestic prices are positively influenced by agricultural investment and customs duties.
In conclusion, the pooling of agricultural policies positively influences food security in CEMAC. For the relief of conditions related to market access in the area, a factor of trade facilitation. Thus, the adoption of a common strategy for food production is a strategy for agricultural development in the area. This strategy reinforces the population, the opportunity to acquire in any place and at any time all the nutritious food they need.
Author Keywords: integration, Strategy, trade liberalization food security, availability, accessibility.
Abstract: (french)
Puisque la faim demeure un grand problème pour les familles, l'augmentation de la sécurité alimentaire à travers une amélioration de la production agricole des familles reste un défi pour les autorités publiques. Ainsi, l'objet de ce papier est d'évaluer les effets de la mutualisation des politiques agricoles sur la sécurité alimentaire dans la CEMAC. En d'autres termes, quelle est l`influence de la mutualisation des politiques agricoles sur la sécurité alimentaire dans les pays de la CEMAC? Pour répondre à cette question, avons fait recours à une revue documentaire existante suivie d'une analyse statistique des données liées à la disponibilité et à l'accessibilité des produits alimentaires du fait de l'accord de libre-échange signé entre les Etats membre dans le cadre du renforcement de l'intégration économique sous régionale. Suite à cette analyse, nous sommes parvenus aux résultats suivant :
- les prix domestiques sont liés négativement aux produits alimentaires ;
- les prix domestiques sont positivement influencés par l'investissement agricole et les taxes douanières.
En conclusion, la mutualisation des politiques agricoles influence positivement la sécurité alimentaire dans la CEMAC. Car l'allégement des conditions liées à l'accès au marché de la zone, constitue un facteur de facilitation des échanges. Ainsi, l'adoption d'une stratégie commune, en matière de production alimentaire, est une stratégie de développement agricole dans la zone. Cette stratégie renforce, pour la population, la possibilité d'acquérir en tout lieu et à tout moment tous les aliments nutritifs dont elle a besoin.
Author Keywords: Stratégie, sécurité alimentaire, disponibilité, accessibilité, ouverture commerciale, intégration.
How to Cite this Article
Ehode Elah Raoul and Dr. NGOUNA Serges, “The common agricultural policy and food security: the case of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa's countries,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 25–41, July 2014.
