Research/academic paper

Determinants of agricultural exports: The case of Cameroon

“This paper investigates the determinants of three agricultural exports from Cameroon
between 1971/72 and 1995/1996. Export supply functions are specified and estimated
for the three export crops chosen: cocoa, coffee and banana. Quantitative estimates
obtained from the ordinary least squares (OLS) estimation procedure indicate the
following: the response of export supply of all the crops to relative price changes is
positive, but fairly significant. This can be attributed to the price constraining nature of the international markets for these commodities. Changes in the nature of the road network positively affect the export supply of cocoa, coffee and banana. More credit to crop exporters has a significant and positive influence on the export supply of all the crops.Equally, rainfall’s influence on the growth of the three commodities is positive, but
significant only for cocoa and coffee. Finally, structural adjustment dummies show a
positive effect on the export supply of crops for policies implemented.”