RELANCE DE LA FILIÈRE CAFÉ DANS LE BASSIN DE PRODUCTION DU MOUNGO: UN ÉCHEC PROGRAMMÉ RELAUNCH OF THE COFFEE SECTOR IN THE PRODUCTION BASIN OF MUNGO: A PLANNED FAILURE

Abstract

The 1990s coffee crises encouraged agricultural diversification amongst households in the Mungo, thus leading to a decline in coffee yields. To curb the situation, the state of Cameroon adopted a strategy to revive the sector. In this light, ten programmes/projects have been launched in the Mungo since 2009. By 2020, this policy has not yielded expected results due to the failure of nine out of the ten programmes. This article sought to examine the external and internal factors attributable to this failure. Surveys (450) and interviews carried out with the local and institutional actors concerned reveal that the bankruptcy of the recovery policy stems from the scarcity of funding (12%) and the misuse of skilled labour (50 trained personnel out of 107). In addition, we note a satisfaction rate in deficient agricultural inputs (34.11%), poor management of support by beneficiaries, a lack coordination of programmes and their monitoring at the local level and the failure of in initiating a north-south synergy in agriculture. Therefore, the State must rethink its coffee revival policy in the Mungo by taking into account training and sustainable support for producers, as well as the promotion of new agroforestry systems involving coffee.