caa a22 4500 465754538 CHVBK 20180323111843.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02901191 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02901191 Exploitation and inefficiency in Cameroon food marketing systems—myth or reality?: Some evidence from the west province [Elektronische Daten] [Neil Boyer, Carlton Davis] Urbanization and the food crisis have contributed to increased allegations of consumer exploitation and inefficiency in African food marketing systems. This article investigates the question of consumer exploitation and inefficiency in the food crop marketing system of the West Province of Cameroon. Exploitation is evaluated in terms of net marketing margin, and efficiency in terms of the provision of foodstuffs at competitive prices, consistent with the cost of moving commodities from producers to consumers, under prevailing conditions.Multiple regression models are employed to evaluate the determinants of gross marketing margins for vendors of four food commodities—plantain, maize, tomato, and potato. Findings suggest that the food marketing system is highly competitive with no formal entry barriers, and that allegations of consumer exploitation are largely unfounded. Given the multiplicity of economic constraints facing food vendors, they appear to carry out their marketing functions with a surprising degree of efficiency. Springer, 1990 Boyer Neil aut Davis Carlton aut The Review of Black Political Economy Springer-Verlag 18/4(1990-03-01), 69-97 0034-6446 18:4<69 1990 18 12114 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02901191 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02901191 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Boyer Neil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Davis Carlton aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Review of Black Political Economy Springer-Verlag 18/4(1990-03-01), 69-97 0034-6446 18:4<69 1990 18 12114 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer