Agro-industrialisation and food security: dietary diversity and food access of workers in Cameroon’s palm oil sector
| Autor: | Steffi Hamann |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Economic growth
Food security Food industry business.industry 050204 development studies media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Wage Subsistence agriculture Development 050601 international relations Agricultural economics 0506 political science Industrialisation Agriculture 0502 economics and business Economics Food systems Agricultural productivity business media_common |
| Zdroj: | Canadian Journal of Development Studies / Revue canadienne d'études du développement. 39:72-88 |
| ISSN: | 2158-9100 0225-5189 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02255189.2017.1336079 |
| Popis: | This article investigates the impacts of industrialisation processes in the agricultural sector of sub-Saharan Africa. Drawing on findings from a household survey in Cameroon’s palm oil sector, it examines local food systems and compares the household food security situation of salaried workers in industrialised agricultural production sites with that of traditional smallholders. Results indicate divergent levels of dietary diversity and food access in plantation workers’ camps. Most wage earners continue to engage in subsistence farming as a coping mechanism. Governance implications to ensure food security for agro-industry employees are discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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