@article{Ngougheme:249294,
      recid = {249294},
      author = {Ngougheme, Rene and Kamdem, Cyrille Bergaly and Jagoret,  Patrick and Havard, Michel},
      title = {Impact de la certification sur les performances  agro-economiques des producteurs de cacao du centre  Cameroun},
      address = {2016-09},
      number = {310-2016-5330},
      pages = {37},
      year = {2016},
      abstract = {Certified cocoa represents 3% of the national cocoa  production in Cameroon whereas buyers are supposed to buy  certified cocoa by the year 2025. How can the rapid  adoption of certification be favoured? This paper evaluates  the impact of certification on the agro-economic  performances of cocoa farmers in the Center of Cameroon ,  firstly by evaluating the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) for  the total sample and for each certified and non-certified  group. Secondly we used the "propensity Score Matching",  the "Rosenbaum bounds sensitivity" and the "endogenous  Switching regression" to assure a robust result. In 2014,  the opinions of some 301 certified and non-certified  farmers were sampled. Results revealed that two variables  have positive and significant effects on the adoption of  certification by cocoa farmers: an additional average yield  of 174 kg/ha superior to the non certified and a profit  margin of f cfa 233 280 /ha. In spite of the positive  effects of certification, the objective of 100% of  certified cocoa by 2025 in order to meet up the demands of  buyers is very ambitious. The government needs to come out  with complementary measures and actions to favour the  process of certification (accompanying producers and a  means of concerted actions among stakeholders).},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/249294},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.249294},
}