Resultados de búsqueda - "Benin"
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Enabling effective maize seed system in low-income countries of West Africa: Insights from Benin
Publicado 2022“…Methods Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 81 seed producers selected in seven municipalities across the three phytogeographical zones of Benin. Key informant interviews were also conducted with ten public and private stakeholders involved in maize seed systems in Benin. …”
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Sales location among semi-subsistence cassava farmers in Benin: A heteroskedastic double selection model
Publicado 2012“…The results suggest that the dual‐criteria model provides more information than the single‐criterion model using a sample of cassava producer in Benin.…”
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Sales location and supply response among semisubsistence farmers in Benin: A heteroskedastic double selection model
Publicado 2010“…The results suggest that the dual-criteria model provides more information than the single-criterion model using a sample of cassava producer in Benin.…”
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Agronomic performance and consumer acceptability of improved water yam (Dioscorea alata L.) varieties in the Republic of Benin
Publicado 2024“…White yam (Dioscorea rotundata L.) is widely cultivated, and is a staple food in the Republic of Benin. However, its production is highly sensitive to soil infertility, leading to low yields over the years. …”
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Smart-Valleys: a locally led adaptation solution enhanced inland valleys ecosystem services in Benin
Publicado 2025“…This study assesses the Smart-Valley system—developed through collaboration between AfricaRice and local communities—as a locally led adaptation solution and evaluates its performance in enhancing ecosystem services relative to other types of inland valleys in central Benin. Using a mixed-methods approach, qualitative data from 41 focus group discussions and quantitative survey data from 298 farmers were analyzed to assess perceived ecosystem services, disservices, and threats across management approaches. …”
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At-risk serum cholesterol profile at both ends of the nutrition spectrum in West African adults? The Benin study
Publicado 2013“…Low HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C), using as cut-offs 1.03 mmol/L in men and 1.29 mmol/L in women, was observed in more than 25% apparently healthy adults (n = 541) in a cross-sectional study on nutrition transition and cardiometabolic risk factors (CMRF) in Benin, West Africa. Both overweight/obesity (35.3%) and underweight (11.3%) were present, displaying the double burden of malnutrition. …”
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Farmers control practices against the invasive red spider mite, Tetranychus evansi Baker & Pritchard in Benin
Publicado 2015“….; Solanaceae) crops in Benin. Since then, frequent outbreaks have been observed on Solanaceae and other leafy vegetables such as purple amaranth ( Amaranthus cruentus L.; Amaranthaceae) and bitter leaf ( Vernonia amygdalina D.; Asteraceae) in all growing areas in southern Benin. …”
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Seasonal pattern in food gathering of the weaver ant Oecophylla longinoda (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in mango orchards in Benin
Publicado 2015“…Prey capture and food scavenging activities of Oecophylla longinoda were monitored through regular weekly samplings during two consecutive years (2009–2010) in a large mango orchard of the Borgou Department of Benin, West Africa, a main mango production area located in the Sudan agro-ecological zone. …”
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Diversity in success: Interaction between external interventions and local actions in three rice farming areas in Benin
Publicado 2015“…Since the rice crisis of 2007, the government of Benin has initiated many programmes for rice intensification. …”
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About the biology of Steraspis infuscata Thery and data on additional species of Steraspis collected in Benin (Coleoptera, Buprestidae)
Publicado 2012“…Four species of Steraspis Dejean, 1883, have been collected in the centre and the north of Benin in West Africa: Steraspis fastuosa Gerstaecker, 1871, Steraspis infuscata Théry, 1908, Steraspis laetitia Curletti, 2011, and Steraspis modesta Kerremans, 1895. …”
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Spatial and temporal infestation rates of Apate terebrans (Coleoptera: bostrichidae) in cashew orchards in Benin, west Africa
Publicado 2017“…Cashew, Anacardium occidentale L. is an important export crop in Benin, but incurs serious damage from the cashew wood borer Apate terebrans Pallas. …”
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Small ruminants in the smallholder production system in southern Benin: prospects for conservation through community- based management
Publicado 2007“…In the study area in southern Benin, the majority (78%) of rural households were keeping small ruminants. …”
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Caractérisation des ménages producteurs de maïs en zone de savane sèche au Bénin
Publicado 2011Materias: “…northern benin…”
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Characterization of maize producing communities in Benin, Ghana, Mali, and Nigeria: West Africa Regional Synthesis Report
Publicado 2011“…Attempts at addressing the drought problem resulted in the conduct of a participatory community survey of maize production systems with about 20–40% probability of drought risk in four DTMA countries (Bénin Republic, Ghana, Mali, and Nigeria). The project is part of an initiative to develop and disseminate appropriate drought tolerant maize varieties in sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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The importance of Mussidia nigrivenella ragonot (Lepidoptera: phralidae) as a postharvest pest in different storage structures in Benin
Publicado 2010“…A survey was conducted in Benin in 2006 to assess M. nigrivenella infestations in different maize storage systems in the Southern (SGS) and Northern Guinea Savanna (NGS). …”
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