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Multi-level characterization of lock-in and levers to pesticide use reduction in Cameroon
[Caractérisation multi-niveaux des verrous et leviers à la réduction d’usage des pesticides au Cameroun]

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  • Gérard de la Paix Bayiha

    (UMR Innovation - Innovation et Développement dans l'Agriculture et l'Alimentation - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement)

  • Ludovic Temple

    (Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, UMR Innovation - Innovation et Développement dans l'Agriculture et l'Alimentation - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement)

  • Nathalie Jas

    (UMR MoISA - Montpellier Interdisciplinary center on Sustainable Agri-food systems (Social and nutritional sciences) - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement)

  • Precillia Ijang Tata Ngome

Abstract

Pesticides are an inexpensive technology for controlling crop pests, and their use in African agriculture is growing rapidly. Yet they are a source of numerous negative externalities. Based on a review of the grey and empirical literature, 55 semi-structured interviews and the organisation of a forum, we characterize the pluralism of bottlenecks and levers for reducing the use of agricultural pesticides in Cameroon. We found that dependence on pesticides is not just a technical issue (securing yields), but also economic (prices, taxes and subsidies) and institutional (routines, research, policy, regulations). Levers for reducing pesticide use are identified in technical (biopesticides), economic (market creation), political and regulatory terms, as well as in terms of research, extension and training.

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  • Gérard de la Paix Bayiha & Ludovic Temple & Nathalie Jas & Precillia Ijang Tata Ngome, 2025. "Multi-level characterization of lock-in and levers to pesticide use reduction in Cameroon [Caractérisation multi-niveaux des verrous et leviers à la réduction d’usage des pesticides au Cameroun]," Post-Print hal-05004567, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05004567
    DOI: 10.1051/cagri/2025010
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