Wissenschaftliche Literatur Cameroon

Eric Asoh

Assessing the Impact of Sustainability Standards as a Strategy for Livelihood Sustainability in the Cocoa Industry

in the South West Region of Cameroon

Schriftenreihe agrarwissenschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse

This study assesses the impact of Fairtrade on the livelihood sustainability of smallholder cocoa producers in the South West region of Cameroon. In Cameroon just like in many other developing countries, the smallholder farmers have deficient strategies with limited production and productivity resulting in vulnerability such as poverty, low resilient level etc. Though there are other factors that might limit production and productivity of the farmers, deficient strategies is noted to be one of the major causes of vulnerability in the cocoa sector in the South West…

Ambe Emmanuel Cheo

Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)

The Case Study of the Far-North Region, Cameroon

GEOGRAPHICA – Schriftenreihe Geowissenschaften und Geographie

Die Far-North-Region in Kamerun wird durch extremen Wassermangel und Klimavariabilität beeinflusst. Daraus ergeben sich große Ernteverluste durch Dürre, starke Regenfälle, Überschwemmungen und Schrumpfen des Tschadsees. Viele Studien haben diese Katastrophen auf zwei mögliche Ursachen zurückgeführt: Den menschlich induzierten Klimawandel und die menschlichen Aktivitäten (wie schlechte landwirtschaftliche Praktiken, nicht nachhaltige Nutzung von Wasser, erhöhte Nachfrage aufgrund des Bevölkerungswachstums, schlechte Wasserwirtschaft, Entwaldung usw.). [...]

Livingstone Sewanyana

Comparative Experiences of NGO Regulatory Frameworks

Eastern and Southern Africa

Verfassungsrecht in Forschung und Praxis

The growth of NGOs in sub-Saharan countries beginning in the 1990s, can be attributed to the ’new wave of democracy’ that led to the rebirth of associational life thus creating new spaces for people to organise. Hitherto many countries amended their constitutions to allow for political reforms. In countries such as Côte d‘Ivoire, Cameroon, Kenya, Tanzania, Senegal and Uganda, “one party constitutions were amended to introduce a bill of rights.

However, the increase in NGO activities brought two important challenges: the challenge of their legitimacy and…