Food Riots, Food Rights and the Politics of Provisions by Naomi Hossain Patta Scott-Villiers

Author:Naomi Hossain, Patta Scott-Villiers [Naomi Hossain, Patta Scott-Villiers]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology, Rural
ISBN: 9781351706179
Amazon: B0916K6M86
Goodreads: 57548481
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017-09-25T04:00:00+00:00

Southwest: Buea

Soppo/Buea

17

Muea

11

Ekona

6

Mile 4

13

Muyuka

Muyuka (formerly Soppo)

16

Mutengene

Mutengene

19

Mutengene 2

8

Limbe

Limbe

32

Likumba

12

Centre: Yaoundé

Mokolo

54

Mvog Mbi

37

Nkol Eton

19

Mvog-Betsi

25

Elig-Edjon

29

Essos

37

Biyem-Assi

11

Huitieme

25

The multi-focal approach was adopted to capture ‘sounds from the ground’ or impressions from people who may have been involved in the unrest, to learn more of the lived experience of the unrest and impacts on household food security. Interview questions ranged from questions about household size, employment and family assets to questions about household food shopping, what happens when food prices are high and what the households does when there is not enough money to buy food. Also included were questions about the foods that are commonly consumed when food prices are high and questions about the cheapest meal consumed in the household and the most favorite meal. Questions were also asked about what was remembered about the riots of 2008, what foods do you need to feel food secure and happy, and how has your diet changed over time. The quotations from individuals from the markets are not outliers but are representative of the theme under discussion. Accompanying the quotes from the surveys is the market name and the date the quotation was recorded. The author has not changed the quotes, relying on the informants’ recorded account.

Table 5.2 characterizes the data by age, gender and reported class based on employment, income and assets. The data predominately represents middle class (65 per cent) females (86 per cent) between the ages of 20–40 (54 per cent). The data depicts a variety of occupations, primarily food vendors (~171) on precarious incomes in the informal sector. However, household interviews were also conducted with house cleaners (26), business owners and employees (17) teachers (18), civil servants (12), housewives (12), nurses (7), secretaries (7), students (8), lawyers (4), retirees (4), journalists (2), professors (2), aestheticians (2), hotel industry employees (2), a doctor, a naturopath, a landscaper, a builder, a prison guard, a taxi driver, an accountant, a freelance writer and a decorator. The participants represent a middle class in Cameroon from popular neighbourhoods, where contingent employment, employment in the informal sector, short-term employment as civil servants or seasonal workers on plantations are the norm (Bernards 2015; L. Sneyd 2015).

Table 5.2 Characterization of interview data by age, gender, class

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