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Win-wins in forest product value chains? How governance impacts the
sustainability of livelihoods based on non-timber forest products from Cameroon
Ingram, V.J.
Publication date
2014
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Ingram, V. J. (2014). Win-wins in forest product value chains? How governance impacts the
sustainability of livelihoods based on non-timber forest products from Cameroon.
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Appendix 8 Market surveys and Calibration
Questionnaire (market master/manager)
1. Introduction: Explanation of what is meant by NTFPs. (e.g. Safou, okok, njangsang, barks, gibier du chasse etc...)
2. Number of NTFP traders monthly/annually?
3. Which NTFP products are sold in the market? List... 4. Which changes in products from dry season/rainy season? 5. Which products have highest volume? Provide details... 6. Which products highest value?
7. Which products are most sought after? 8. Where do they come from?
Observations during market survey
1. Number of NTFP sellers/traders and stalls 2. Which products observed?
3. Which products observed in highest quantities? 4. Which products highest value?
Overview of markets surveyed
Market Region NTFPs observed !
(in order highest value and volume)
Product Source No stalls/shops (Condiments & barks) No stalls/shops (Meat, vegetable, fruit NTFPs) CAMEROON Abong Mbang East Irvingia spp. Condiments Safou Bushmeat Local 1 2 Bamenda; Nkwen market Central market Belo NW Condiments Gnetum spp. Maranthacae/ Ngogo Safou Elaesis guineensis Honey Palm wine Prunus africana Local, SW 4 7 2 4 5 1 Bafoussam; Marche ‘B’ Marche Central West Condiments Medicinal Raphia spp. Elaesis guineensis Gnetum spp. Safou Maranthacae/ Ngogo Honey Palm wine Local, W, NW national 18 Central 6 B 8 mixed 2 5
Dschang West Mushrooms Condiments Medicines Palm grubs
Market Region NTFPs observed !
(in order highest value and volume)
Product Source No stalls/shops (Condiments & barks) No stalls/shops (Meat, vegetable, fruit NTFPs) Kribi South Gnetum spp.
Condiments Medicines Local 3 7 Idenau SW Gnetum spp. Condiments Local 1 3 Limbe: Muea SW Gnetum spp. Condiments Palm wine Honey Local 3 5
Lomié East Irvingia spp.
Wrapping leaves Elaesis guineensis Mushrooms Condiments Safou Bushmeat Local 1 3
Ebolowa Centre Irvingia spp.
Njangsang Barks (Garcinia spp) Wrapping leaves Elaesis guineensis Mushrooms Condiments Safou Local, Yaoundé 2 3
Makenene Centre Bushmeat Local, west 6 Yaounde; Mfoundi, Madagascar Mokolo Centre Bushmeat Gnetum spp. Irvingia Condiments Safou Maranthacae/Ngogo Dried mushrooms Honey Palm wine Centre, East, South 11 4 ±20 ±08 ±25
Ngaoundéré2 Adamaoua Oils Cola Barks Condiments Fuelwood
Local 4 3
Ngaoundal Adamaoua Oils Cola Condiments Fuelwood Njangsang Barks local 2 2 18 7 ±81 ±106 EUROPE
Market Region NTFPs observed !
(in order highest value and volume)
Product Source No stalls/shops (Condiments & barks) No stalls/shops (Meat, vegetable, fruit NTFPs) Willsden Notting Hill Croydon Gnetum spp. Piment/Peper Safou Palm oil
Palm wine (bottled) Dried fish DRC and/or Cameroon Brussels4 Chaussée de Wavre Porte de Namur Condiments Safou Palm oil Dried fish Gnetum spp. Maranthacae Piment/Peper Palm wine (bottled)
Imported DRC and/or Cameroon 18 Amsterdam5 Bijlmer Albert Cuyp Markt Hoofdweg Palm oil Safou Condiments Gnetum Imported DRC and/or Cameroon 3 Rotterdam6 Hillevliet Centrum Delfshaven Condiments Palm oil Safou Gnetum Dried fish Imported DRC and/or Cameroon 3 1
Recorded as pers. observation 2010 in Error! Reference source not found.. 2
Survey in Ngaoundéré conducted in June 2008, all other surveys in Cameroon between February and July 2010.
3
March 2009, July 2010, July 2011
4
July 2010 and September 2011
5
March 2009, August and December 2010
6
March 2009, September 2010
Condiments:
This includes, but is not limited to, the following species, normally retailed in very small quantities (a bottle top to small tomato tin measure: 50 g to 100 g on average, retailing at around 100 FCFA on average: Aframomum melegueta Afromomum citratum Afromomum sulcatum Afrostyrax kamerunensis Baillonella toxisperma Cola edulis Cola nitida
Garcina kola (bark and seeds) Garcina lucida Monodora myristica Piper guineensis Ricinodendron heudlotii Scorodophloeus zenkeri Tatracarpidium conophorum Tetrapleura tetraptera
Xylopia aethiopica Xylopia parviflora
A number of unidentified barks (local names only were given but no translation or scientific name) were found.
Medicinal plants
Where large quantities and numbers of species of medical plants and especially barks were found in markets, reference has been made to ethno-botanical and medicinal literature for a full listing of species.
Calibration and measurement units
Field unit Local equivalent Metric equivalent Metric unit
Gnetum, Cameroon & Nigeria
Botte 20 g
Pesant 4 bottes 70 g
Cup 20 g
Heap
Bundle (Cameroon, Calabar, Ikang)
12 heaps 1 kg
Bundle (Ikom) 0.75 kg
Bundle (Oron) 5 Cameroon bundles 5 kg
Bucket
Basin
Flour sack 100 bundles 100 kg
Bag (Calabar) 120 bundles 120 kg
Bag (Ikang) 200 bundles 200 kg
Bag (Ikom) 150 bundles 150 kg
Bag (Idenau) 500-600 bundles 500-600 kg
Bag 5 large bundles of 125
bundles
125 kg
Boat 2 to 3 bags 1500 to 2250 kg
“20 ton” Lorry 10,000 to 12,000 bundles 10-12 tons
Bush mango
Heap .24 Kg
7cm cup .18 Kg
158 ml milk tin 0.13 Kg
3l wash hand basin 2.50 Kg
Kombo 1.66 Kg
14 litre tasa 11.66 Kg
Content 50 kg
Prunus africana
Bundle wet bark
Bundle dry bark 60% reduction in weight 50% commonly used by
exploiters
