Réexamen du lien entre formation et rendement agricole : cas des cacaoculteurs du grand sud au Cameroun[Re-examining the link between training and agricultural yield: the case of cocoa farmers in the grand south Cameroon]

This article aims to assess the effect of farmer training on cocoa farm yields in grand south Cameroon. The data comes from surveys conducted in 2019 by the National Cocoa and Coffee Board in Cameroon (NCCB), covering 13,601 cocoa farmers. Using a bivariate Probit model, the results show that agricultural training increases the probability of high yields by 8.4% and raises the likelihood of attending further training. Similarly, owning a motorcycle increases the probability of high yields by 4.2%. On the other hand, education level, intensive fertilizer use, and higher cocoa quality reduce the likelihood of strong yields. Additionally, training boosts the probability of high yields more for women (6.9%) than for men (4.8%). Likewise, educated women have a higher probability of strong yields (5.1%) compared to educated men (3.1%). Finally, being single increases the likelihood of high yields for men by 4.1% but has no effect on women. Based on these findings, the study recommends improving agricultural training for cocoa farmers through producer organizations (OPAs) and facilitating farmers' mobility by establishing collective transport systems to more remote plantations.