Les marchés jouent un grand rôle dans la valorisation et le l'entretien de la diversité des variétés de culture dans la chaîne de production et de consommation. La connaissance sur la distribution des préférences variétales de cette chaîne d’acteurs [...]
This study analyzed the morphological characteristics and agronomic potentials of yam varieties (Dioscorea spp.) collected through the Guinea Sudan transition zone of Benin. Dioscorea cayenensis - D. rotundata were characterized as wingless; some var [...]
ZANNOU A. [1], STRUIK P. C. [2], RICHARDS P. [3], ZOUNDJIHEKPON JEANNE [4],
Dans un contexte de gestion d’’interaction génotype x environnement, l'objectif était de déterminer les caractéristiques agronomiques et morphologiques couramment utilisées par les paysans pour évaluer les variétés de niébé. Le dispositif a été un bl [...]
ZANNOU A. [1], STRUIK P. C. [2], RICHARDS P. [3], TOSSOU R. C. [4], ZOUNDJIHEKPON JEANNE [5],
The Adja plateau (Benin) is densely populated by tenant and landowner farmers engaged in oil palm based cropping. Landowners use oil palm sap for the production of sodabi (a local spirit), and an oil palm fallow (if no crops are grown beneath the p [...]
YEMADJE HANS ROLAND [1], CRANE TODD [2], VISSOH VINASSÉHO PIERRE [3], MONGBO ROCH LAMBERT [4], RICHARDS P. [5], KOSSOU KODJO DANSOU [6], KUYPER W. THOM [7],
The maintenance and utilization of crop genetic diversity is important to ensure food security. The relative importance of yam and cowpea varieties and the influence of the socio-cultural and local economy context on the diversity maintained were ana [...]
ZANNOU A. S. AFIO [1], AHANCHEDE ADAM [2], STRUIK P. C. [3], RICHARDS P. [4], ZOUNDJIHEKPON JEANNE [5], TOSSOU R. [6], VODOUHE DAVO SIMPLICE [7],
Yam and cowpea are important elements in the food culture of local communities in the Transitional Guinea-Sudan Zone of Benin. Yam and cowpea serve to satisfy vital needs in households and in communities, but also play an essential role in the ritual [...]
ZANNOU A. S. AFIO [1], TOSSOU COCOU RIGOBERT [2], VODOUHE DAVO SIMPLICE [3], RICHARDS P. [4], STRUIK P. C. [5], ZOUNDJIHEKPON JEANNE [6], AHANCHEDE ADAM [7], AGBO AKPADJI VALENTIN [8],
A participatory diagnostic study of the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) seed system (OPSS) was conducted along a gradient of rainfall and distance to the oil palm research centre across the oil palm growing belt of Benin. The objective was to id [...]
AKPO ESSEGBEMON [1], VISSOH VINASSÉHO PIERRE [2], TOSSOU COCOU RIGOBERT [3], CRANE TODD [4], KOSSOU KODJO DANSOU [5], RICHARDS P. [6],