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The flower market with no florists
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The flower market with no florists
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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The residential neighbourhood of Bonapriso, in Douala, Cameroon, once had a thriving flower market with about 50 stands. With a monthly rental of h 45, they were filled with lilies-of-the-valley, lilies, roses and daisies. Several kilometres away, a busy antiques market was based on a football ground. The council decided to bring back football to the ground, as part of their policy of promoting sport in the city. Faced with a loss of their space, the antique traders gradually invaded the flower market. With rising demand, the prices soared and the traders were better off than the florists. As for them, they melted away, harried by the vendors of wooden masks and djembé drums, to sell their flowers on the roadside.
The residential neighbourhood of Bonapriso, in Douala, Cameroon, once had a thriving flower market with about 50 stands. With a monthly rental of h 45, they were filled with lilies-of-the-valley, lilies, roses and daisies. Several kilometres away, a... |
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2014-10-16T09:05:42Z
2014-10-16T09:05:42Z 2001 |
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News Item
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CTA. 2001. The flower market with no florists. Spore 91. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
1011-0054 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/46042 |
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en
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Spore;91
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CTA
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Spore
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