@ARTICLE{10.21494/ISTE.OP.2022.0807, 

TITLE={Technology, Innovation and Sustainability of the Soybean Chain: Study of the Cameroonian Cotton Front Facing Environmental Challenges}, 
  
AUTHOR={Eric Joël Fofiri Nzossie, Darryl Neil Nitcheu Wakponou, Christophe Bring, }, 
	
JOURNAL={Science, Technology, Development}, 
	
VOLUME={2}, 

NUMBER={Issue 1}, 
	
YEAR={2022}, 

URL={http://openscience.fr/Technology-Innovation-and-Sustainability-of-the-soybean-chain-study-of-the}, 
	
DOI={10.21494/ISTE.OP.2022.0807}, 
	
ISSN={2752-6879}, 
	
ABSTRACT={The Cameroonian cotton basin front in the Sudano-Sahelian area is experiencing a soybean production upsurgence driven by growing demand from the national agri-food sector and the cross-border market with Nigeria. This upsurgence is bringing about profound changes in local agro-systems. Going from a simple crop that was not referenced in regional agricultural statistics, since 2010, the soybean has become the second most important legume crop after groundnuts, cowpeas and voandzou. The rapid increase in cultivated areas from 6,705 ha in 2008 to 15,020 ha in 2018 is indicative of the enthusiasm shown by farmers for this speculation, which, despite a lack of supervision from the government, is now forming a value chain. This upsurgence is also on another level the bringer of environmental issues in a space exposed to the accelerated degradation of its natural environment. Thus, the objective of this research paper is to analyze the environmental issues generated by soybean production. The results show that soybean production causes vegetation cover loss and soil degradation. The first issue deals with the extension of cultivated areas through land clearing. The second is inherent in the massive use of phytosanitary products, especially glyphosate, whose use to control weeds contributes to accelerating soil acidification.}}