SIMCA - Feasibility study of a modernized information system connected to the community “warrantage” network in Cameroon

Start
September 2017
End
December 2017
Project cost
9 400 €
Role in the project
Expertise / Analysis
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Countries

Cameroon

Fields

Agriculture Agroprocessing Market

Sectors

Peanut Cocoa Palm oil Corn Millet Cowpea Onion Rice Sesame Soya Sorghum

Partners

IRAM · IFAD · PARM

Main goals

Improve knowledge and management of agricultural risks in Cameroon

Specific objectives

Propose a five-year investment program for the implementation of an information system, based on new information and communication technologies (NICTs), aiming to improve the efficiency of community warrantage and to assess its feasibility

Beneficiaries

Producers' organizations, microfinance institutions, shop owners, state technical services

Results

R1. Develop an information system allowing better management of market risk by storage and warrantage stakeholders
R2. Promote the community “warrantage” mechanism, still underdeveloped in the country
See publication of the full report here: https://p4arm.org/document/feasibility-study-on-information-system-connected-to-community-warrantage-networks-in-cameroon/

Activities

This study of an information system connected to the warrantage network in Cameroon is part of the development of an action plan for agricultural risk management in Cameroon (the PARM process), whose roadmap was defined by MINADER and PA4RM in 2015. Following the results of the previous studies, PARM proposed to complete the analysis on risk management in Cameroon, while continuing the transversal (holistic) approach with a study aiming to make the warrantage system better connected to the market and to national strategies (food reserves management in case of crises), through the establishment of a comprehensive information system

Related people

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Project officer / Agriculture & Market / France

Pierre Ricau

Holder of a Master Degree in "Agricultural Development and Economic Policies" from the Institute of Development Studies (IEDES), Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne University and AgroParisTech. He brings his expertise in agricultural market analysis (especially cashew, sesame, shea, cocoa, hevea, corn, rice and onion), development of agro-food sectors, training engineering and consultancy on public agricultural/agro-industrial policies

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