1 Paper submitted to the « 8 es Journées de recherches en sciences sociales» Title: DETERMINANTS OF FOOD PRICE VOLATILITY IN CAMEROON KANE Gilles Quentin 1 , Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Yaoundé II- Soa, Yaoundé-Cameroon. kanegilles@yahoo.fr AMBAGNA Jean Joël, Sub-regional Institute of Statistic and Applied Economics, Yaoundé- Cameroon. joelambagna@rocketmail.com MABAH TENE Gwladys Laure, Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Yaoundé II-Soa, Yaoundé-Cameroon. mabahlaure@yahoo.fr 1 Corresponding author.