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Chapter 16. Enhancing cassava marketing and processing in Cameroon 513

Around Yaoundé region, cassava processing is driven by the processing of sticks (cossettes), one of
the by-products from cassava paste. Cassava sticks are largely consumed, gari, fufu, and waterfufu
productions are marginal.

3 The downstream nodes of the value chain

In order to satisfy end product consumers, producers generally have two marketing channels: an inter-
mediate channel through wholesalers or exporters and local markets.

Relationships between producers and other stakeholders take several forms. They can be marked by
trust, loyalty, and exclusiveness/marketing arrangements. The most important purchasers generally
attempt to buy the loyalty of their most consistent and reliable producers. By giving cash advances,
they try to encourage them and give them incentives to ensure consistent, timely deliveries of the right
quantities. This is notably the case for waterfufu producers who deliver to several exporters among
their main clients.

Table 5. The main cassava by-products in Cameroon

By-products Localities Purchase price Sale unit Cassava

price/kg

Packing

units

Min Max

GARI

Muyuka* 6 500 10 000 29kg 50 F 100 Kg

Bombe 6 500 8 500 29kg 35 F 100 Kg

Passim 3 500 5 500 20kg 25 F 100 Kg

WATERFUFU

Muyuka 6 000 7 500 50 kg 50 F 100 Kg

Lelem 2 000 2 500 35kg 30 F 100 Kg

Bakinguili 5 000 10 000 50kg 25 F 100 Kg

FUFU Melong 12 000 15 000 120 kg 20 F 100 Kg

• (^) Note: Yoke is located in Muyuka district (important gari production zone) and 64 kms from Batoke and
  Bakinguili villages (important waterfufu production areas. Source: PNDRT, 2010

Table 6. Cassava price structure in the Yaoundé region

By-products Localities Purchase price Sale unit

Min Max

WATERFUFU

Ebolowa 6 000 7 500 85 kg

Bityli 3 000 4 500 50 kg

Lobo 5 000 5 000 50Kg

GARI

Ebolowa 4 500 6 000 20kg

Ambam 4 500 5 000 20Kg

COSSETTE Bityli 4 000 5 000 25 kg

Source: PNDRT, 2010