Socioeconomic Impacts of Land Conflicts Around the PAEPYS Project on the Eastern Outskirts of Yaoundé, Centre Region Cameroon

Launched in 2017 from the Sanaga River in the Obala Subdivision, the potable water supply project for the city of Yaoundé and its surroundings (PAEPYS), whose primary objective is to supply the populations of Nkometou, Minkama, Nkol-fep, Nkol-mélen , Mindjomo , Nfomakap , Mboua , Nkolguem , Ekokom ,located on the eastern outskirts of the city of Yaoundé which hosts the said project, is at the origin of several land problems. These land problems are the result of land issues observed around the major construction sites associated with the project which influence the socio-economic development of these localities. The problem posed is that of the fallout or impacts of land conflicts on socio-economic development in Obala. The general objective of this study is to assess the socio-economic fallout of land problems around PAEPYS. The systemic approach was adopted for this study. We approached 380 households (informants) from different sectors of activity such as the agricultural, public and private sectors. The use of data from field surveys made it possible to note that on the eastern outskirts of Yaoundé, the issues of access to land around PAEPYS exacerbate land problems, which have an impact on the socio-economic development of the locality such as the…