Building sustainable and inclusive smallholder farming food value chains in Cameroon: case of the North West Farmers' Organisation

摘要

Within the framework of the Batibo-Mezam innovative platform initiated by the Humid Tropics Programme, which seeks to transform the lives of the rural poor through integrated systems research for better impact on poverty and ecosystem integrity, a commodity or food value chain approach was introduced to farming groups of the area. With NOWEFOR and COPSUD partnering to facilitate, strengthen and build the capacities of these farmers, especially women, two important value chains are being developed inthe areas of maize and tomatoes. In fact, we have worked to improve market linkages to more than ten producers' organizations based on an inclusive value chain placing emphasis on how small-scale farmers can be incorporated in existing value chains either by increasing efficiency or by carrying out activities further along the chain. Stakeholders include chain actors, facilitators, influencers, supporters, capacity builders, etc.