Optimal Cropping Sequence in Pluriactive Non-specialised Vegetable Farms in the Northwest Region of Cameroon

Godlove Shu; Jules René Minkoua Nzie; Ernest L. Molua

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Optimal Cropping Sequence in Pluriactive Non-specialised Vegetable Farms in the Northwest Region of Cameroon

Godlove Shu, Jules René Minkoua Nzie, Ernest L. Molua

Published in International Journal of Agricultural Economics (Volume 3, Issue 5)

Received: 26 May 2018 Accepted: 4 October 2018 Published: 29 October 2018

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Cameroon champions the vegetable subsector in the Central African sub region both in output levels, export quantities and foreign exchange earnings. The country exports, formally and informally, fresh vegetables to neighboring countries like Nigeria, Central African Republic, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. Besides ensuring food self-sufficiency, the primary intention of these pluriactive non-specialized vegetable farmers who also cultivate staple energy food crops as complementary and supplementary enterprises is to maximize farm profits subject to the numerous constraints. These constraints are further compounded by an acute incidence of climate variability, seasonal price fluctuations and poor farm planning. This study sought to find out an annual cropping pattern or sequence that maximizes annual returns and enhances the optimal allocation and utilization of farm resources. The study adopted the stratified random sampling technique to interview 120 vegetable farmers in the Northwest Region of Cameroon, from which pluriactive non-specialized were identified. This data was subjected to inferential statistical and dynamic programming analytical techniques. Theresults identified sixteen species of vegetable crops cultivated alongside energy food crops in the study area. The study further identified three cropping seasons in a year (March-June, July-October, and November-February) and suggested the prioritization of the tuber vegetable during the first cropping season, the leafy vegetables during the second cropping season and the fruit vegetables during the third cropping season. This optimal cropping pastern is highly responsive to climate weather risks and market shocks thus presenting potentials of yielding higher profits of up to 5 256 614.8 FCFA ((US$ 8761.0) per annum from pluriactive vegetable farming.

Published in	International Journal of Agricultural Economics (Volume 3, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijae.20180305.13
Page(s)	112-117
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Vegetable Gardens, Farm Planning, Dynamic Programming, Climate Variability, Cameroon

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Godlove Shu, Jules René Minkoua Nzie, Ernest L. Molua. Optimal Cropping Sequence in Pluriactive Non-specialised Vegetable Farms in the Northwest Region of Cameroon. Int J Agric Econ. 2018;3(5):112-117. doi: 10.11648/j.ijae.20180305.13

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Godlove Shu

Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon; Centre for Independent Development Research, Buea, Cameroon
Jules René Minkoua Nzie

Department of Economics, Faculty of Social and Management Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon
Ernest L. Molua

Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon; Centre for Independent Development Research, Buea, Cameroon

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Godlove Shu, Jules René Minkoua Nzie, Ernest L. Molua. Optimal Cropping Sequence in Pluriactive Non-specialised Vegetable Farms in the Northwest Region of Cameroon. Int J Agric Econ. 2018;3(5):112-117. doi: 10.11648/j.ijae.20180305.13

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