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Empirical analysis of school attainment/progression in Cameroon. [PDF]

open access: yes
In Cameroon, only 1/3 of children progress to secondary education. This paper estimates a sequential model of school attainment to investigate the role played by family background and individual characteristics in keeping children at school up to the end
TENIKUE Michel
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Typology of rubber based farming systems in Cameroon: lessons for future plantings [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
The rubber smallholder sector in Cameroon was developed in different zones, periods and conditions. As a result, the diversity of the rubber farms is important. So, a typology of the farms, mainly based on the strategy for the development of the farming
Chambon, Bénédicte, Michels, Thierry
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Climate requirements for cultivated Liberica coffee (Coffea liberica) and consequences for its use and development as a crop species

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The global coffee industry, supporting 25 million smallholder farmers, is vulnerable to climate change. Diversifying the coffee species portfolio beyond Arabica and robusta is a promising intervention. Liberica coffee could provide adaptive capacity, although its climate parameters for cultivation are poorly known.
Isobel M. J. Wild   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Capsicum chinense as an African traditional vegetable: Culture, resilience, and opportunity

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Capsicum chinense is central to everyday diets, cultural identity, and smallholder livelihoods across Sub‐Saharan Africa, yet remains overlooked in agricultural research and policy. This paper reframes C. chinense as a traditional, climate‐resilient vegetable shaped by centuries of farmer stewardship and cultural selection.
Derek W. Barchenger   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Forest Management, Gender, and Food Security of the Rural Poor in Africa [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper addresses the economic impact of forest management on gender and food security of rural poor in Africa. The analyses reveal that deforestation places major demands on women and children?s time, limiting their opportunities to obtain an ...
Gbetnkom, Daniel
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Transfer of the Asian model of oil palm development: from Indonesia to Cameroon [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Agricultural expansion to the detriment of natural forest is a well-known cause and consequence of economic development. Boom crops are exported cash crops developing very quickly in a region, in answer to a high demand on the international market.
Feintrenie, Laurène
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Long‐term impact of exposure to Royal Guard, a pyriproxyfen‐based bed net, on pyrethroid‐resistant malaria vectors from Cameroon using DNA‐based metabolic resistance markers

open access: yesPest Management Science, Volume 81, Issue 4, Page 2165-2180, April 2025.
We used recently detected P450 DNA‐based markers of pyrethroid resistance in both Anopheles funestus and Anopheles gambiae to demonstrate that although pyrethroid‐resistant mosquitoes have higher ability to survive and live longer after exposure to Royal Guard, this net significantly affects their lifespan, blood feeding ability and interestingly ...
Emilie S Ngongang‐Yipmo   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

On an Aggregation Theory for Indicators Expressing Behaviors of Complex Systems With an Application to Sustainability

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Certain attributes of large‐scale complex systems are often expressed through sets of indicators. For example, the sustainability of an entity, be it a nation, a city, an energy system, a corporation etc., can be effectively represented by indicators and corresponding data series.
Vassilis S. Kouikoglou   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

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