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\parbox[b]{13.4cm}{\centering \large{\textbf{Tropentag, September 18-21, 2016, Vienna, Austria}}\\[1ex] \Large{``Solidarity in a competing world ---\\fair use of resources''\\[2ex]}}
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\Large{\textbf{Constraint Analysis of Cassava Processing and Commercialisation:the Case of the South West Region of Cameroon\footnote{\textbf{Contact Address:} A Yenah Fanka, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, Malingo Street, 237~Molyko, Cameroon, \mbox{e-mail}: \email{christa.marie86@googlemail.com}}\\[0.8ex]}}
\normalsize{\textsc{A Yenah Fanka}}
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\item[]{\small{\textit{International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, Cameroon}}}
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Cassava remains a staple food and cash crop for most rural households in the South West Region of Cameroon.It is a major source of income for most farmers in this area.Cassava is termed "women's cash crop" because almost all women in rural areas of the South West Region are into production and marketing of cassava processed products such as gari, waterfufu, akara, akpo and bobolo. Yet, the cassava sector is not well developed due to processing gaps and inefficiencies involve with cassava marketing in most villages.The baseline study carried out was focus on identifying the problems associated with processing of traditional cassava products. It was therefore, imperative to look at the processing potentials and needs, the constraints farmers face in processing and marketing of cassava processed products. The research design adopted in this study was qualitative. Participatory rural appraisal(PRA) tools like Net-Map and pair -wise ranking were used. Results revealed that key actors in the cassava value"=chain ranged from producers, small processors, traders and consumers. Results revealed the main constraints in processing  as inadequate or lack of cassava graters, pressers and fryers, mismanagement of accounts, in consistence of cassava machine operators and no structured"=committee to maintain operations and accounts. The main constraints in cassava marketing were inadequate transportation facilities, absence of market structures, weak market information system and absence of farm to market roads. Recommendations stem from  provision of processing equipment to farmers, capacity building with beneficiaries of processing equipment, creation of farm to market  roads,  provision of transport facilities, construction of a centralised marketing unit and gender involvement in operation of cassava processing machines.







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\noindent \textbf{Keywords:} Cameroon, cassava, Commercialisation, PRA, Processing, South West Region
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