Effects of the Anglophone crisis on CDC (Cameroon Development Corporation) Workers in Tiko-Cameroon from 2014-2023

Inter group conflict has remained a serious setbacks to socio-economic developments in Sub- Saharan Africa. Intergroup conflict characterised by forced displacements, particularly impact economic activities like agriculture given the unsafe nature of the fields and consequent rural depopulation. This is evident with the Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon where workers within the agricultural plantation of the Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC) are significantly affected. This article examines the effects of the Anglophone Crisis on CDC plantation workers in Tiko. The study uses a mixed research approach to collect and analyse quantitative and qualitative data. Primary data on the effects of the crisis were obtained through field surveys involving field interviews, questionnaires and field observations. Secondary data were obtained from the CDC head office at Botaland, Limbe. The effects of the Anglophone crisis on CDC plantation workers were established using descriptive and inferential statistical analysis of Pearson Product Moment Correlation. Results reveal that the Anglophone crisis has significant adverse effects on the livelihoods of CDC workers. The crisis has led to a drastic reduction in the level of productivity of the workers and consequently low yields. This has been attributed to factors such as regular ghost towns, frequent lockdowns and threats on workers, all being consequences of the crisis. Workers of the corporation suffered gross rights violations such as murders, amputations, and abductions for ransom. The non-payment of their salaries attributed to the decline in productivity and income of the corporation. As recommendations, stakeholders should ensure workers’ diversification of livelihood opportunities, the provision of more lands by CDC to workers for food crop production, the improvement of the social security situation through the resolution of the conflict and the resilience of CDC workers in Tiko.