Cotton industry and farmers' dynamics in North Cameroon

Questioning rural development in Africa in general, and in Cameroon in particular, also means addressing the issue of peasant dynamics, but from the perspective of the capacity of peasant societies to self-manage. From this perspective, the aim is to analyze the challenges of SODECOTON's supervision of cotton farmers in the northern part of Cameroon. Based on the hypothesis that the supervision of cotton growers is a source of challenges, the objective of this study is to analyze the impacts of the supervision and the farmers' response strategies. In Lam, since the advent of commercial cotton cultivation, the supervision of farmers has only conveyed the capitalist logic to the detriment of the peasant logic. This reinforces the dependence of the peasant on the global economy. However, the failure of the top-down management of cotton growers has led to the emergence of peasant dynamics that are likely to provide a new impetus for endogenous development.

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Anatole Daka é um sociólogo que trabalha há quase dois anos como gestor do departamento do projecto EADPS no extremo norte dos Camarões. Tem um mestrado em sociologia rural e trabalha na sua tese de doutoramento na Universidade de Maroua desde 2015, onde está a realizar investigação sobre organizações camponesas no norte dos Camarões.