Rapport d'étude sur l'analyse de la filière des racines et ... - FIDAfrique

packaged in fibre bags which are then placed in thick white
polythene bags. The processors /traders from village sell to specific
retailers and can only sell to others if their customers cannot buy all
their produce. Cossettes comes from Foumbot and we found six
grossists.
Price is regulated by division of sellers into two groups to
decrease supply and is determined by the market forces of demand
and supply. It is cheap between June and September and expensive
from October to May. The price varies between 1.200fes to 1500frs
per bag and each woman sells on average of 14 bags per week.
Waterfufu also bought br semi-wholesalers for sale in Yaounde and
Douala.
Solanum potatoes: Imported from Ndu, Bui, Santa, Bamok, Bawane
(Nkongle). All wholesalers have middlemen and women to whom they
give money and bags. They go once to the village and collect in trucks
20 tons, 7 tons, or Dyna buses from village markets or collection
points. The produce is assembled in these points by Toyota pickups,
land rovers or ordinary taxis.
In Bamenda market produce is sold to retailers who retail in
15L, 10L, 5L and 3L buckets as well as in heaps. Most grossists also
retail since they go to collect once a week. Price depends on
availability. Off season potatoes cost 20000 FRS per bag while in
rainy season potatoes cost 7000 to 12000frs per bag. The services
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