ASDEV Projects
Ongoing Projects
Youth Succession and Future of Small-Scale Fisheries in Cameroon
Coastal small-scale fishing plays an important role in terms of food and nutrition security, livelihoods, and employment for people in Cameroon’s coastal communities and beyond. Coastal fishing is more of a way of life for many coastal dwellers, constituting an integral part of their culture and traditions for several generations and attachment to the sea/ocean.
Agricultural Digitalization in Cameroon’s Livestock Sector
Increasing environmental stresses and systematic shocks are affecting the livestock sector in Cameroon at multiple levels. Frequent climatic stress from prolonged and changing dry and rainy seasons have changed the farming calendar and farm management activities of smallholder producers in Cameroon. This is in addition to systemic shocks from livestock pests and disease outbreaks leaving farmers frustrated and unable to make sufficient income.
Food Systems Resilience to COVID-19 Shocks in Cameroon & Ghana
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented across scales and geographies the vulnerability of our food systems to systemic shock. How different food systems, especially those in Africa responded to this shock remains an understudied issue that needs urgent attention for better future policy direction and research needs. Here, ASDEV is currently working with survey data from more than 500 households in Ghana and Cameroon to understand their resilience and response to the impacts of COVID-19. The aim of the project is to present, using econometric modeling, the different levels of household food security amongst others in these countries.
Cocoa Farming Systems in Cameroon
The growing concern over the sustainability of cocoa farming systems has severe implications for global food security and cocoa farmers’ livelihood sustenance in rural communities in Africa. The rising global demand for cocoa beans and their byproducts is considered a crucial path to curb the poverty trap of cocoa farmers in rural areas through income generation from cocoa farming activities.
Effect of Farmers’ Management Practices on Safety and Quality Standards of Cocoa Production: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach.
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Cocoa Production Under Climate Variability and Farm Management Challenges: Some Farmers' Perspectives
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Past Projects
COVID-19 and Small-Scale Fisheries in Africa
COVID-19 presented myriad challenges to different sectors including the fisheries. In this project ASDEV collaborated with fisherfolks in Cameroon and Liberia to understand the impacts of the pandemic to the fishery value chain. Fish harvesters, fishmongers, and fish consumers were interviewed in 2020 to explore how the pandemic has impacted their activities.
