Transforming Gender and Food Security in the Global South by Jemimah Njuki John R. Parkins Amy Kaler

Author:Jemimah Njuki, John R. Parkins, Amy Kaler [Jemimah Njuki, John R. Parkins, Amy Kaler]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies
ISBN: 9781317190011
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2016-11-25T05:00:00+00:00

Quantity and seasonality

Eighty percent of buyam-sellams in the Southwest region noticed an increase in their sales of wild foods during the wet season. Many thought this was linked to greater awareness of their products, more people eating these foods, and, generally, more demand. The sellers who sold less attributed this to a change in the quantity of foods available for harvest, and more competition from other sellers in the business. These trends are closely linked to seasonality, as sellers noted a decrease in sales during the dry season. Demand fluctuates both seasonally and in response to product availability.

In the wet season in Yaoundé, 94 percent of vendors reported that they were selling more now than in the past. All of the buyam-sellams interviewed mentioned that they had noticed an increase in the population, resulting in more clients, larger neighbourhoods, more foreigners (from Nigeria, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea), and a general increase in demand for wild foods. Those who noticed a scarcity of products attributed it to the decline in quantities leaving the forest, because of Forest and Fauna officers’ stopping or arresting the buyams on the road or confiscating products crossing the border into Nigeria, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea, where they command higher prices.

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