organizational constraints. Of the ten priority innovations cited in each block, six are
common to all blocks, including cocoa production, oil palm production, poultry and
pork breeding, honey production and aquaculture/fish ponds (Table 10.13). Three
improvements are common in two sites, i.e. food crops, and sustainable forest
management (incl. NTFPs, community forests, Cucumeropsis farms). Only a few
improvements are specific to a single block, e.g. micro-credit, maize production,
plantains production and tomato production (for the Yaoundé block) and fruit trees
(for the Ebolowa block) (Table 10.13).
The local surveys elicited the different types of policy and technology options
both from the social demand side and the technology/policy supply side. Overall,
13 research and development (R&D) themes were identified across the study area,
related to different technical (T), commercial (C) and socio-organizational
(SO) themes (Table 10.14). Policy and technology options related to cocoa were
ranked first both for the social demand side and the technology/policy supply side
(Table 10.14). For the rest of the options, there seems to be a disjoint between the
social demand for improvements (i.e. specific innovations and technology options),
and their R&D supply in the study area. While innovations in the demand side tend
to have a good representation of technical, commercial and socio-organizational
innovations, innovations in the supply side focused more on technical issues such as
crop variety development and farming system improvement (Table 10.14). This
implies the strong focus of existing innovations on agriculture rather than the
integration of forest and agriculture issues.
Table 10.13 Social demand for improvements
Ebolowa
Mbalmayo
Yaoundé
Food crops
C2
Cocoa
C3
Cocoa
C3
Cocoa
C3
Oil palm plantations
C3
Micro-credit
C1
Poultry breeding
C3
Food crops
C2
Oil palm
C3
Sustainable forest management
options (NTFPs and community
forests)
C2
Pork breeding
C3
Maize
C1
Cucumeropsis farms
C2
Poultry breeding
C3
Tomatoes
C1
Oil palm plantations
C3
Sustainable forest management
options (NTFPs and community
forests)
C2
Aquaculture/fish
ponds
C3
Fruit trees
C1
Cucumeropsis farms
C2
Plantain
C1
Aquaculture/fish ponds
C3
Fruit trees
C1
Poultry
breeding
C3
Pork breeding
C3
Aquaculture/fish ponds
C3
Pork breeding
C3
Honey production
C3
Honey production
C3
Honey
production
C3
Notes: C3 common for the three blocks, C2 common for two blocks, C1 specific for one block
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common to all blocks, including cocoa production, oil palm production, poultry and
pork breeding, honey production and aquaculture/fish ponds (Table 10.13). Three
improvements are common in two sites, i.e. food crops, and sustainable forest
management (incl. NTFPs, community forests, Cucumeropsis farms). Only a few
improvements are specific to a single block, e.g. micro-credit, maize production,
plantains production and tomato production (for the Yaoundé block) and fruit trees
(for the Ebolowa block) (Table 10.13).
The local surveys elicited the different types of policy and technology options
both from the social demand side and the technology/policy supply side. Overall,
13 research and development (R&D) themes were identified across the study area,
related to different technical (T), commercial (C) and socio-organizational
(SO) themes (Table 10.14). Policy and technology options related to cocoa were
ranked first both for the social demand side and the technology/policy supply side
(Table 10.14). For the rest of the options, there seems to be a disjoint between the
social demand for improvements (i.e. specific innovations and technology options),
and their R&D supply in the study area. While innovations in the demand side tend
to have a good representation of technical, commercial and socio-organizational
innovations, innovations in the supply side focused more on technical issues such as
crop variety development and farming system improvement (Table 10.14). This
implies the strong focus of existing innovations on agriculture rather than the
integration of forest and agriculture issues.
Table 10.13 Social demand for improvements
Ebolowa
Mbalmayo
Yaoundé
Food crops
C2
Cocoa
C3
Cocoa
C3
Cocoa
C3
Oil palm plantations
C3
Micro-credit
C1
Poultry breeding
C3
Food crops
C2
Oil palm
C3
Sustainable forest management
options (NTFPs and community
forests)
C2
Pork breeding
C3
Maize
C1
Cucumeropsis farms
C2
Poultry breeding
C3
Tomatoes
C1
Oil palm plantations
C3
Sustainable forest management
options (NTFPs and community
forests)
C2
Aquaculture/fish
ponds
C3
Fruit trees
C1
Cucumeropsis farms
C2
Plantain
C1
Aquaculture/fish ponds
C3
Fruit trees
C1
Poultry
breeding
C3
Pork breeding
C3
Aquaculture/fish ponds
C3
Pork breeding
C3
Honey production
C3
Honey production
C3
Honey
production
C3
Notes: C3 common for the three blocks, C2 common for two blocks, C1 specific for one block
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