NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR ROLES IN PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN CAMEROON : SUSTAINABLE COCOA PRODUCTION IN MEME DIVISION SOUTH WEST REGION CAMEROON
- 주제(키워드) MY DESSERTATION SUBMISSION
- 발행기관 아주대학교
- 지도교수 IAIN WATSON
- 발행년도 2011
- 제출일 2011
- 학위수여년월 2011. 2
- 학위명 석사
- 학과 국제대학원 NGO학과
- 실제URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ajou/000000011412
- 본문언어 영어
- 저작권 아주대학교 논문은 저작권에 의해 보호받습니다.
초록/요약
Cocoa is one of the most important cash crops in Cameroon. Its production plays a very important role in the economy of rural communities of the country with a production rate representing about 37% of the total cultivable land of the country. But sustainability of cocoa production still remains a big issue. Some scholars attribute the alleged decline in cocoa quality and the production system to be associated with the dangers of Economic liberalization which came up as a result of the structural adjustment reforms set up by the World Bank and IMF in developing countries. Others attribute this decline to the lack of proper management and control by the government and other market institutions. This study looks at this problem to be associated with the neglect of NGO roles in promoting sustainable cocoa production. The research thus seek to analyze the changing challenges that NGOs are facing in these communities and brings out some good practices for NGO interventions. Encouraging the intensification of cocoa production and bringing up good policies to promote its marketing is necessary for reducing rural poverty and promote sustainable rural development as cocoa production offers a significant opportunity for poverty alleviation
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CHAPTER I 1
I. General Introduction. 1
I.1 Hypothesis. 3
I.2 Research objective 3
I.3 Research Questions. 3
I.4 Chapter outline 3
I.5 Methodology of Study 4
I.6 Result 4
I.7 Theoretical Framework and Literature Review 5
I.7.1 Neoliberal theory. 5
I.7.2.The Marxist Theory 7
I.7.3 The Neo Marxist theory. 9
I.7.3.1 The Modern World system Theory. 9
I.7.3.2.The Dependency Theory 11
I.7.4.The Structural Functionalist Theory. 16
CHAPTER TWO A Review of Cameroon and the History of Cocoa Production in Meme Division 18
2. Introduction.. 18
2.1 An overview of cocoa production in Meme division, South west Region 18
2.2 An overview of agriculture in Cameroon 20
2.3 Agriculture in Cameroon after independence 20
2.4 The Washington consensus and the Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs) 23
2.4.1 Structural Adjustment Program and Cameroons Economy History 25
2.4.2 Structural Adjustment Program and Cocoa production. 26
2.5 The present cocoa situation in the South West Region of Cameroon 30
2.6 Conclusion. 31
CHAPTER THREE The NGO sector in Cameroon and their role in Promoting Sustainable Agriculture 32
3. Introduction 32
3.1 An Overview of NGOs in Cameroon. 33
3.2 The emergence of NGOs in Cameroon. 33
3.3 Legal Framework of NGOs in Cameroon. 35
3.4 NGO Case study: The Federation of Environmental and Ecological Diversity for Agricultural Revampment and Human Rights (FEEDAR & HR). 37
3.4. 1Introduction and overview of the organization 37
3.4.2 FEEDAR & HR strategies for development and its activities. 38
3.4.3Challenges faced by FEEDAR&HR and other local NGOs of Cameroon. 42
3.4.4 The Global financial crisis and its impact on FEEDAR & HR. 44
3.4.5 Implication of the crisis on FEEDAR & HR. 44
3.4.6 Strategies to overcome the crisis. 46
3.4.7 Conclusion 47
CHAPTER FOUR Recommendations and Conclusion 48
4.1 Recommendation to the government 48
4.2 Recommendation to NGOs. 49
4.3 General conclusion. 52
LIST OF MAPS 19
The general map of Kumba and its environ. 19
LIST OF FIGURES 29
Figure 1 Nominal average cocoa price (US $ per kg) on the New York and London markets 29
