Farmers Union and the Economic Sustainability of Cocoa Farmers

Farmers Union and the Economic Sustainability of Cocoa Farmers

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PRELIMINARY PAGES

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

    CHAPTER TWO

    LITERATURE REVIEW

    • 2.1 Introduction
    • 2.2 Conceptual Review
    • 2.3 Theoretical Framework
    • ⋮
    • 2.4 Empirical Studies

    CHAPTER THREE

    RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

    • 3.1 Introduction
    • 3.2 Research Design
    • 3.3 Population of Study
    • 3.4 Sampling and Sampling Technique
    • 3.5 Validation of Research Instrument
    • 3.6 Method of Data Collection
    • 3.7 Method of Data Analysis
    • 3.8 Questionnaire Administration
    • 3.9 Ethical Consideration
    • 3.10 Statistical Analysis

    CHAPTER FOUR

    DATA ANALYSIS, RESULT AND DISCUSSION

    • 4.1 Introduction
    • 4.2 Presentation and Analysis of Data
    • 4.3 Re-statement of Research Questions
    • 4.4 Test of Hypotheses
    • 4.5 Discussion of Findings

    CHAPTER FIVE

    SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

    • 5.1 Introduction
    • 5.2 Summary of Findings
    • 5.3 Conclusion
    • 5.4 Recommendation
    • 5.5 Suggestion for Further Study

    REFERENCES

    APPENDIX A - “QUESTIONNAIRE”

    ABSTRACT

    This research on the activities and rule of cocoa farmers unions and organizations in Came-roon and the impact on cocoa farming, I will be looking at cocoa farmers unions in Cameroon and what they do to improve on the quality of cocoa farming while looking at how they have helped to make cocoa farming more economically profitable for farmers. The worry is that cocoa farmers in Cameroon take the activity as professional but are not able to produce on a mega scale and therefore cannot or find it very hard to make a living out of the trade (per-sonal opinion confirmed by many farmers). The famers unions and cooperatives are there to assist farmers achieve success and high quality and quantity production. It is important to look at the difficulties that most cocoa farmers unions and organizations have, and the rea-sons why most of the organizations do not meet the expectations of farmers. This is very vital considering the importance of cocoa farming in Cameroon and the world at large, explaining why we have to avoid losing a vital sector that attracts only the aging population.

    To respond to the needs of this thesis, I have made use of books and much online documenta-tion related to interest groups and cooperative, to get a better understanding of the major concepts of farmer’s organizations. I did also develop a questionnaire with which I was able to present visible openings where difficulties and differences could be expressed. This pro-cessed gave me the possibility to sample over 80 opinions from different parties involved in cocoa farming and its unions. The exercise both from the questionnaire and from many re-ports and documentation led us to the conclusion that farmers unions are doing a job which on the part of most farmers is falls below the level of their satisfaction. Also based on the fact that it is very visible to see that most cocoa farmers are not economically happy, one can conclude that farmers unions have not been successful in adding value to cocoa production in one way or the other. It was then possible to outline what major problems that the farmers face and those that the farmer’s organizations also face.

    At the end of the day, looking at the difficulties that are face here, i have been able to im-provise some recommendations that can be looked into in order to change the situation. Prac-tical solutions that will start from the state, changing the laws to the farmers themselves, changing their attitudes towards the participation in union activities, will be very important in changing the actual situation for the better in Cameroon cocoa production.

    Farmers Union and the Economic Sustainability of Cocoa Farmers

    CHAPTER ONE

    1.0 Introduction

    The main objective of this study is to have an insight look into the types of farmers union in Cameroon and to expose some of the practical difficulties faced by the farmers and the farm-ers unions. In the due course of this thesis I will be looking at what work is done by farmers unions and what limits them as they struggle to better cocoa farming through their different activities. Bettering Cocoa farming means that farmers are assisted to make their job more easy and enjoyable, make the sale of cocoa more profitable and ease the access to fund and farm materials for farmers. As a child who grow up and the agricultural community, I have witnessed the tremendous and huge efforts put forth by farmers to make the best of what they do, but it ends, to benefit just a mechanism, system or political figure who at the tail end do not in any way contribute to add value to the cocoa output.

    Despite the fact the numerous farmers union do exist from within different sectors, it still difficult to ascertain that members in such unions have an understanding of the obligation, duties and responsibilities one union and another union, and between unions and some coop-erative societies. For the purpose of this study, it will be important to limit the study to co-coa workers farmers union. The idea behind the limitation is to make the research more spe-cific and to be able to trace and manage information from a particular operation with more concentration on the particular player. The idea here is to be able to identify specific trend of problems and make a more valuable contribution to the problem. Contribution generally will include,

    1. How do farmers unions operate
    2. What challenges are faced by cocoa farmers unions
    3. How farmers unions secure better services for cocoa farmers in Cameroon.
    4. Finally recommendation for implementation

    These mean that we will be able by the end of the study to understand the mechanism of Workers union in the context of cocoa farmers in Cameroon operates. It will important also to identify the most important unions and be able to sight specific problem that limit economic sustainability in agriculture

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    CHAPTER TWO

    2.0 Literature Review

    2.1 Introduction

    This chapter focuses on the review of related literature. A literature review includes the current knowledge as well as theoretical and methodological contributions to a particular topic. It documents the state of the art with respect to the topic you are writing. It surveys the literature in the topic selected. In this research work the literature review includes the …

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