PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF SAFOU (DACRYODES EDULIS) IN CAMEROON AND INTERNATIONALLY: MARKET DEVELOPMENT ISSUES

By A. Awono, O. Ndoye, K. Schreckenberg, H. Tabuna, F. Isseri, L. Temple. 2002

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ABSTRACT This paper draws together information from three separate projects on the production of Dacryodes edulis (G.Don) H.J. Lam or ‘safou’ in Cameroon, and its domestic and international trade. The volume of safou fruit commercialised in Cameroon in 1997 was estimated at 11,000 tonnes, equivalent to US$7.5 million. Exports from Central Africa and Nigeria to France, the United Kingdom and Belgium were worth over US$2 million in 1999. A study of nine markets in the humid forest zone of Cameroon in 1999 revealed that women dominate the retail trade while men concentrate on wholesale. For both, safou trade is an important long-term livelihood option. Depending on the market and volume traded, weekly marketing margins can be double the minimum wage. Far from being exploited by traders, producers were found to receive 75% of the consumer price on average. The main constraint to both the domestic and international trade is the high perishability of safou.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Forestry, Horticulture

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. Z. Tchoundjeu
2. S. Shackleton
3. C. Shackleton
4. R. Leakey
5. K. Schreckenberg

In Forestry

1. S. Shackleton
2. C. Shackleton
3. K. Schreckenberg
4. Z. Tchoundjeu
5. R. Leakey

In Horticulture

1. Z. Tchoundjeu
2. K. Schreckenberg
3. C. Shackleton
4. R. Leakey

Citations in the corpus

• Agroforestry Tree Products (AFTPs): Targeting Poverty Reduction and Enhanced Livelihoods (2005, background): “In Cameroon, the annual trade of the products of five key species has been valued at US$7.5 million, of which exports generate US$2.5 million (Awono et al., 2002).”
• DOMESTICATING INDIGENOUS FRUIT TREES AS A CONTRIBUTION TO POVERTY REDUCTION (2006, background): “Dacryodes edulis traders in Cameroon, for example, typically earn more than the minimum wage (Awono et al. 2002).”