RESULTS
REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON Paix – Travail – Patrie MINISTERE DE L'AGRICULTURE ET DU DEVELOPPEMENT RURAL SECRETARIAT GENERAL DIRECTION DES ENQUETES ET DES STATISTIQUES AGRICOLES
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Minader Ministère de l'Agriculture et du Développement Rural Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON Peace – Work – Fatherland MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPPEMENT GENERAL SECRETARIAT DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL SURVEYS AND STATISTICS
# REPORT
Evaluation /Assessment of COVID-19 Effects on Agriculture and Food Safety in Cameroon Households
JUNE 2021
REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON Paix – Travail – Patrie MINISTERE DE L'AGRICULTURE ET DU DEVELOPPEMENT RURAL SECRETARIAT GENERAL DIRECTION DES ENQUETES ET DES STATISTIQUES AGRICOLES
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REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON Peace – Work – Fatherland MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPPEMENT GENERAL SECRETARIAT DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL SURVEYS AND STATISTICS
# REPORT
Evaluation of COVID-19 Effects on Agriculture and Food Safety in Cameroon Households
Department of Agricultural Surveys and Statistics
JUNE 2021
# Foreword
Survey on the evaluation of COVID-19 effects on agriculture and food safety in Cameroon households carried out by the Department for Agriculture Surveys and Statistics is an action which is part of the implementation of the sectoral respond plan of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MINADER) against this pandemic.
This census aims at evaluating the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic at the level of households, Producers' Organizations (PO), agricultural monitoring personnel and agricultural enterprises on production, processing, marketing, monitoring, resilience activities and support received. With the help of four different questionnaires, data collection was conducted from March 29 to April 15 of the year 2021 in the ten regions of the country in 2087 households, 637 producer's Organisations, 421 monitoring structures and 71 agricultural enterprises.
We seize this opportunity to thank all stakeholders of agricultural holdings and monitoring structures that willing answered the questions of our census agents.
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Gabriel MBAIROBE
# Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS... II INITIALISMS AND ABBREVIATIONS... IV LIST OF TABLES... V LIST OF GRAPHS... VII ANALYTICAL SUMMARY... VIII
1 INTRODUCTION... 1 1.1 CONTEXT AND JUSTIFICATION... 1 1.2 OBJECTIVES OF THIS SURVEY... 1 1.3 REPORT STRUCTURING... 2
2 CHAPTER 1: PRESENTATION OF THE SURVEY... 3 2.1 DEFINITION OF KEY TERMS... 3 2.2 METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS... 3 2.2.1 Geographic area and census period... 3 2.2.2 Statistics and observation units... 3 2.2.3 Method of sample selection... 4 2.2.3.1 Households depending on agriculture sampling... 4 2.2.4 Data collection... 4 2.3 DATA EXPLOITATION AND DATA PROCESSING... 5 2.3.1 Data processing... 5 2.3.2 Evaluating data quality... 5 2.3.3 Completion... 5 2.3.4 Verification of data coherence... 5 2.3.5 Data accuracy... 5 2.4 ORGANIZATION OF THE CENSUS... 5 2.4.1 General Supervision... 5 2.4.1.1 Monitoring team... 6 2.4.1.2 Data Exploitation and Analysis Team... 6 2.4.1.3 Team on the field... 6
3 CHAPTER 2: PRESENTATIONS OF ACHIEVEMENTS... 7 3.1 CHARACTERISTICS OF HOLDINGS... 7 3.1.1 Sociodemographic characteristics for holding heads... 7 3.1.2 Characteristics of holdings... 7 3.1.3 Main crops cultivated... 8 3.2 COVID-19 EFFECTS ON PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES... 9 3.2.1 COVID-19 effects on management technics... 9