Abstract
Coffee cultivation is one of the main economic activities which is carried out by most farmers in some rural areas in Cameroon and it is a major source of livelihood. Over the years, the prices of coffee in the world market have been descouraging. Using primary and secondary sources of data, focus group discussion, this study investigates coffee cultivation in the Noni Sub-Division from the 1990s to 2014. It also looks at the general trends in coffee production in the Noni Sub- Division from 1990 to 2014. The results reveal that the cultivation of coffee in the area has been strongly affected by the low prices of coffee in the world market as well as the liberalization of the coffee sector in Cameroon. The study equally revealed that the socio-economic development of Noni Sub-Division strongly depends on the cultivation of coffee though the development is often affected by the low prices of coffee. The formation of Cooperative Societies in lagging areas, the stabilization of prices by the government and training of farmers will go a long way in improving on the coffee sector in this region and Cameroon as a whole. Keywords: Coffee Production, Fluctuation, livelihood, Development, Noni Sub-Division DOI: 10.7176/JEES/11-2-07 Publication date: February 28 th 2021
Highlights
Coffee is one of the legal international transacted commodities of many countries following petroleum oil
Even though the average temperatures required for coffee Arabic range between 15 and 24°C, rain fall 2000 mm per annum and altitudes between 1000 and 2000 m above sea level
In the previous years, the coffee sector was very vital in the socio- economic development of the indigenes and most rural communities who depended on coffee to sustain their livelihood
Summary
Coffee is one of the legal international transacted commodities of many countries following petroleum oil. The sample frame conprised Djottin and Din for Upper Noni and Dom, Nkor, Mbinon and Lassin for the Lower Noni With these questionnaires, coffee farmers were able to express their personal views on coffee cultivation for the past 20 years as well as the relation between coffee price and development in Noni Sub-Division. Data on production trend and market prices was collected from the archives of the Noni Area Cooperative Union as well as those of some Village Coperative Societies. This gave us the trends in coffee production for the past 20 years. The activities of farmers such as planting, tilling, cleaning, pruning, harvesting, drying, and transportation are, to a large extent, controlled by these climatic conditions (Table 1)
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