GB 0102 MS 380640 - Banana Industry in Cameroon

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GB 0102 MS 380640

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Banana Industry in Cameroon

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  • 1954-[1982] (Produção)

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1 box

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In the colonial period Cameroon was divided between French and British influence. The French Cameroons achieved independence in 1960. Soon afterwards the British territory was divided, the northern zone being united with Nigeria and the southern incorporated with Cameroon. Agriculture is important to the economy, with bananas among the significant exports.

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GB 0102 MS 380640 1954-[1982] Collection (fonds) 1 box Unknown
In the colonial period Cameroon was divided between French and British influence. The French Cameroons achieved independence in 1960. Soon afterwards the British territory was divided, the northern zone being united with Nigeria and the southern incorporated with Cameroon. Agriculture is important to the economy, with bananas among the significant exports.

The material was presented by Dr Heintzen.

Papers, 1954-[1982], relating to the banana industry in Cameroon and in particular to organisations representing banana growers, comprising microfiche copies, undated, of papers relating to companies including Elders and Fyffes Ltd and United Fruit Shippers Ltd; meteorological statistics (1929-1982) for Tiko, Loum, Mbanga and Nkongsamba [1982]; British Cameroons Co-operative Department printed reports, 1954-1958, including statistics relating to bananas and other products, and related issues; BCUF (Bakweri Co-operative Union of Farmers) and Contracts file, 1957-1965, comprising typescript and printed papers and contracts with Elders and Fyffes Ltd relating to banana production and sales; typescript papers by David Philip on Sigatoka disease and the BCUF, 1958, and Cameroon Banana Industry, c1980; selected typescript minutes and papers of SDIBC (Syndicat de Defense de Interêts Bananier du Cameroon), 1959-1980; selected typescript minutes, 1962-1965, of FEBACAM (Federation Bananiers du Cameroon) and UGECOBAM; typescript extracts from IFAC (Institut Français de Recherches Fruitières) Programme de Reconversion Bananiere and agreements with smallholders, 1967; typescript papers on land tenure, 1967-1976.

The papers comprise nine subject files as indicated in Scope and content.

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
English and French

Database.

Revised by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Source: http://www.encyclopedia.com Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Apr 2002 Agricultural economics Agricultural production Agricultural products Agronomy Bakweri Co-operative Union of Farmers , Cameroon Biology Botany Cameroon Central Africa Civil law Colonial countries Contract law Cultivation Elders and Fyffes Ltd , banana importers Enterprises FEBACAM , Federation Bananiers du Cameroon x Federation Bananiers du Cameroon Food production Fruit Institut Français de Recherches Fruitières Land economics Land tenure Loum Mbanga Meteorological data Meteorology Nkongsamba Philip , David , fl 1958-c 1980 , analyst of the banana industry Plant diseases Plant products Political systems Private enterprises Statistical data Statistics Syndicat de Defense de Interêts Bananier du Cameroon Tiko United Fruit Shippers Ltd , US company Legal systems Law

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The material was presented by Dr Heintzen.

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Papers, 1954-[1982], relating to the banana industry in Cameroon and in particular to organisations representing banana growers, comprising microfiche copies, undated, of papers relating to companies including Elders and Fyffes Ltd and United Fruit Shippers Ltd; meteorological statistics (1929-1982) for Tiko, Loum, Mbanga and Nkongsamba [1982]; British Cameroons Co-operative Department printed reports, 1954-1958, including statistics relating to bananas and other products, and related issues; BCUF (Bakweri Co-operative Union of Farmers) and Contracts file, 1957-1965, comprising typescript and printed papers and contracts with Elders and Fyffes Ltd relating to banana production and sales; typescript papers by David Philip on Sigatoka disease and the BCUF, 1958, and Cameroon Banana Industry, c1980; selected typescript minutes and papers of SDIBC (Syndicat de Defense de Interêts Bananier du Cameroon), 1959-1980; selected typescript minutes, 1962-1965, of FEBACAM (Federation Bananiers du Cameroon) and UGECOBAM; typescript extracts from IFAC (Institut Français de Recherches Fruitières) Programme de Reconversion Bananiere and agreements with smallholders, 1967; typescript papers on land tenure, 1967-1976.

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The papers comprise nine subject files as indicated in Scope and content.

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Unrestricted.

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No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

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  • inglês

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  • latim

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English and French

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School of Oriental and African Studies

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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