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permanence of land clearing (deforestation or temporary clearing). Even though subsistence households act independently, their … that is able to mimic the spatial patterns (mosaic) of land use typical of subsistence agriculture in southern Cameroon …
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Rural agroforestry landscapes in West and Central Africa face a number of threats. Since decades, the ever escalating bushmeat crisis is pushing populations of threatened wildlife closer to extinction in many parts of West and Central Africa. In addition, population growth and economic needs are...
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dramatic conclusion that shifting cultivators are causing deforestation in the forested region of Cameroon. …Shifting cultivation is often blamed as a principal cause of deforestation in tropical Africa. It is claimed that the … support two of these claims in southern Cameroon. First, using both cross-sectional and panel data, I find that there is …
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Shifting cultivation is the primary means of livelihood for subsistence farmers in the Congo Basin of central Africa. This agroforestry system, which depends on long periods of forest-fallow to maintain soil fertility as well as for the provision of non-wood forest products, is under pressure as...
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In this paper we examine gender differences in cocoa production in Cameroon using a survey of about 1000 cocoa … producers in Southern Cameroon. We find that women farmers have access to land (of similar size to men), but through different … women farmers are a reality in Cameroon that need equal access to inputs and technologies, and support. If given equal …
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