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Title:Forest depletion and food security of poor rural populations in Africa: evidence from Cameroon
Author:Gbetnkom, DanielISNI
Year:2009
Periodical:Journal of African Economies
Volume:18
Issue:2
Pages:261-286
Language:English
Geographic term:Cameroon
Subjects:deforestation
economic policy
food security
External link:https://jae.oxfordjournals.org/content/18/2/261.full.pdf
Abstract:Forests play an important role in contributing to the food security of a large portion of Africa's food insecure. However, under current practices, this contribution is not sustainable because forests are experiencing a high rate of depletion in this continent. This paper investigates the immediate factors of deforestation in Cameroon in relation to food security of poor populations. Quantitative estimates show that cocoa producer prices, food crop prices and the timber export price index on the one hand, and the oil boom, structural adjustment policies and the devaluation of the CFA franc on the other hand are quite important in stimulating the clearing of forests. Equally, the agricultural value added per hectare increases the profitability of maintaining forests. Finally, food security has a negative relationship with forest depletion. Therefore, in order to protect the remaining forest areas and render the contribution of forests to food security sustainable, attention to non-forest policies should be a first-order priority in the future. Bibliogr., notes, sum. [Journal abstract]
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