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Urban food provisioning in Cameroon: Regional banana plantain networks linking Yaounde and the villages of Koumou and Oban

In: Economic Action in Theory and Practice: Anthropological Investigations

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This chapter addresses urban food provisioning through a case study of banana plantain production, distribution, and consumption centering around two Cameroonian villages – Koumou and Oban. Recent and rapid urban population growth in Cameroon has brought attention to the issue of urban food supply, which has always been assured by a traditional organization of numerous small operators and which has proven to be more effective overall than initiatives adopted by public authorities. This chapter identifies the actors involved in urban food provisioning systems in Cameroon and highlights the often underlooked role played by cultural and social factors within the economy of food.

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  • Tite Ngoumou, 2010. "Urban food provisioning in Cameroon: Regional banana plantain networks linking Yaounde and the villages of Koumou and Oban," Research in Economic Anthropology, in: Economic Action in Theory and Practice: Anthropological Investigations, pages 187-207, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:reanzz:s0190-1281(2010)0000030011
    DOI: 10.1108/S0190-1281(2010)0000030011
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