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Innovation et promotion des chaînes de valeurs de produits agricoles locaux en Afrique by Centre Technique de Coopération Agricole et Rurale

“…Certains articles traitent des actions réalisées par des plates-formes ’innovation, à l’image de celles mises en place au Bénin dans la filière riz, ou au Burkina Faso dans la filière niébé. …”
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Promising high-yielding tetraploid plantain-bred hybrids in west Africa by Tenkouano, A., Lamien, Niéyidouba, Agogbua, J., Amah, D., Swennen, Rony L., Traoré, S., Thiemele, D., Aby, N., Kobenan, K., Gnonhouri, G., Yao, N., Astin, G., Sawadogo-Kabore, S., Tarpaga, V., Issa, W., Lokossou, B., Adjanohoun, A., Amadji, G.L., Adangnitode, S., Igue, K.A.D., Ortíz, R.

“…In Côte d’Ivoire, plantain growers selected PITA 3 and FHIA 21 based on their improved agronomic characteristics and, between 2012 and 2016, they were massively propagated and distributed to farmers in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, and Togo under the West Africa Agricultural Productivity Program (WAAAP) coordinated by the West and Central Africa Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF). …”
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Analysis of population structure and genetic diversity reveals gene flow and geographic patterns in cultivated rice (O. sativa and O. glaberrima) in West Africa by Yelome, O.I., Audenaert, K., Landschoot, S., Dansi, A., Vanhove, W., Silué, D., Damme, P. van, Haes, G.

“…In this paper, the population structure and genetic diversity of 42 cultivated African rice (Oryza spp.) accessions originating from West Africa (Benin, Mali and Nigeria, Liberia etc.) were investigated using 20 simple sequence repeats (SSR) and 77 amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLP). …”
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Comparative phylogeography of Aedes mosquitoes and the role of past climatic change for evolution within Africa by Bennett, K.L., Kaddumukasa, M., Shija, F., Djouaka, R., Misinzo, G., Lutwama, J., Linton, Y.M., Walton, C.

“…We find differences in the population structure of mosquitoes from Tanzania and Uganda compared to Benin and Uganda which could relate to differences in the historical connectivity of forests across the continent. …”
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Efficiency of food-based attractants for monitoring tephritid fruit flies diversity and abundance in mango systems across three west African agro-ecological zones by Hanna, R., Gnanvossou, D., Goergen, Georg E., Bokonon-Ganta, A.H., Mohamed, S.A., Ekesi, S., Fiaboe, K.K.M., Agnontchémè, A.I.

“…Four food-baits—Nulure, BioLure, Mazoferm at 3 and 6%, and Torula yeast—were used in multi-lure traps over a 4-yr period in mango orchards in three Benin agro-ecological zones (AEZ) representing a large swath of environments in western Africa. …”
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Sexual communication of Spodoptera frugipera from west Africa: adaptation of an invasive species and implications for pest management by Haenniger, S., Goergen, Georg E., Akinbuluma, M.D., Kunert, M., Heckel, D.G., Unbehend, M.

“…When we investigated populations from Benin and Nigeria, consisting of corn-strain and rice-corn-hybrid descendants, we found no strain-specific sexual communication differences. …”
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Susceptibility of ten tomato cultivars to attack by Tetranychus evansi Baker & Pritchard (Acari: Tetranychidae) under laboratory conditions by Djossou, R., Azandémè-Hounmalon, G.Y., Onzo, A., Gnanvossou, D., Assogba-Komlan, F., Tamò, Manuele

“…We evaluated, in a laboratory experiment, the susceptibility of 10 tomato cultivars to the attack by the tomato red spider mite Tetranychus evansi, an invasive pest of this crop in Benin. Among the 10 cultivars tested, six were imported (i.e. …”
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Resistance of selected Oryza glaberrima landraces and their intra-specific breeding lines to Beninese Rice yellow mottle virus isolates by Agnoun, Y., Yelome, I., Sie, M., Albar, L., Ghesquière, A., Silué, D.

“…In this study, 160 O. glaberrima landraces, 55 of their intra-specific progenies and two controls - Tog5681 (resistant) and IR64 (susceptible) - were screened against five RYMV isolates collected from Northern Benin. Disease severity was measured on plants at 21 and 42 days after inoculation. …”
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Enhancing farmers’ agency in the global crop commons through use of biocultural community protocols by Halewood, Michael, Bedmar Villanueva, Ana, Rasolojaona, Jazzy, Andriamahazo, Michelle, Rakotoniaina, Naritiana, Bossou, Bienvenu, Mikpon, Toussaint, Vodouhe, Raymond, Fey, Lena, Drews, Andreas, Kumar, P. Lava, Rasoanirina, Bernadette, Rasoazafindrabe, Thérèse, Aigbe, Marcellin, Agbahounzo, Blaise, Otieno, Gloria, Garforth, Kathryn, Kiene, Tobias, Nnadozie, Kent

“…This paper presents sui generis biocultural community protocols that were developed by four communities in Benin and Madagascar to improve their ability to contribute to, and benefit from, the crop commons. …”
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Predicting the structure of turtle assemblages along a megatransect in West Africa by Luiselli, L., Akani, G.C., Ajong, S.N., George, A., Vittorio, M. di, Eniang, E.A., Dendi, D., Hema, E.M., Petrozzi, F., Fa, J.E.

“…To investigate how local and regional species richness are related, we sampled freshwater turtle assemblages in seven localities to represent the variation in ecological conditions along a 90 km south–north megatransect in Benin, West Africa. In each locality, all turtles captured were identified and measured, and the microhabitat in which individual turtles were observed was classified. …”
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Diversity and conservation of traditional African vegetables: Priorities for action by Zonneveld, M. van, Kindt, R., Solberg, S.Ø., N'Danikou, S., Dawson, Ian K.

“…High levels of observed and modelled species richness were found in: (a) West Tropical Africa in Ghana, Togo and Benin; (b) West‐Central Tropical Africa in South Cameroon; (c) Northeast and East Tropical Africa in Ethiopia and Tanzania; and (d) Southern Africa in Eswatini. …”
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COVID-19, Indigenous peoples, local communities and natural resource governance by Walters, G., Broome, N.P., Cracco, M., Dash, T., Dudley, N., Elías, S., Hymas, O., Mangubhai, S., Mohan, V., Niederberger, T., Nkollo-Kema Kema, C.A., Oussou Lio, A., Raveloson, N., Rubis, J., Mathieu Toviehou, S.A.R., Vliet, N. van

“…We explore the themes further through case studies from Benin, Fiji, France, Gabon, Guyana, Guatemala, India and Madagascar, highlighting challenges and opportunities in how IPLCs responded to COVID-19. …”
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Improving estimation of weed suppressive ability of upland rice varieties using substitute weeds by Saito, Kazuki, Futakuchi, K.

“…Four upland-rice experiments were conducted using 14 diverse varieties in Benin between 2009 and 2011 to examine if the use of substitute weeds can improve estimation of WSA, and help identify varieties with strong WSA. …”
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Identifying the problem weeds of rice-based systems along the inland-valley catena in the southern Guinea Savanna, Africa by Touré, A., Rodenburg, J., Marnotte, P., Dieng, I., Huat, J.

“…Weed species' associations with seasonal and environmental factors, such as their position on the catena, soils and cropping systems, were studied during two seasons (dry and wet) in 45 arable fields of three inland valleys in south-western Benin, Africa. The three most dominant weed species were Dactyloctenium aegyptium, Commelina benghalensis and Digitaria horizontalis on the inland-valley crests (uplands), Ludwigia hyssopifolia, Corchorus aestuans and Ludwigia octovalvis on the sloping hydromorphic fringes and Leersia hexandra, Ipomoea aquatica and Fimbristylis ferruginea in the valley bottoms (lowlands). …”
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Enhancing Rice Productivity and Soil Nitrogen Using Dual-Purpose Cowpea-NERICA® Rice Sequence in Degraded Savanna by Oikeh, S., Niang, A., Abaidoo, Robert C., Houngnandan, P., Futakuchi, K., Koné, B., Touré, A.

“…Five dual-purpose early-maturing cowpea cultivars and local cultivar (Katchè) were seeded early in the wet season in five farmers' fields at Ouake (9°46' N, 1°35' E, highly degraded-savanna), Benin. After pod harvest, cowpea residues were minimally worked into the soil using minimum tillage with hand-hoe and seeded with early-maturing, resilient NERICA8 rice that received either 20 kg N/ha or zero-N. …”
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Does use of unbordered plots affect estimation of upland rice yield? by Saito, Kazuki, Dieng, I., Vandamme, Elke, Johnson, J.M., Futakuchi, K.

“…Four field experiments were conducted in Benin to examine whether grain yields of 14 diverse upland rice (Oryza sativa spp.) varieties determined in unbordered one‐row or two‐row plots differ from those measured in self‐bordered four‐row plots and to examine if statistical models including covariates based on plant characteristics (height, panicle number, and days to heading) for correcting competition effect can improve the estimation of the yield in unbordered plots. …”
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TH2.2: Measuring empowerment across the value chain: The evolution of the project-level Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index for Market Inclusion (pro-WEAI+MI) by Seymour, Greg

“…Studies in Bangladesh (2017), Philippines (2017), and Malawi (2019) were intended to diagnose areas of disempowerment to inform programming, whereas the Benin (2019) study was an impact assessment of an agricultural training program. …”
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Atelier de lancement du projet AT-TARSPro et formation des équipes pays sur l’Agriculture Intelligente face au Climat (AIC) by Ogou, Anani, Siagbe, Golli, Ouedraogo, Mathieu

“…L’atelier a eu lieu du 14 au 17 novembre 2022 au Sénégal dans la salle de conférences de l’hôtel Adjana, dans la ville de Kaolack au Sénégal et a connu la participation de 22 cadres professionnels et chercheurs issus des systèmes nationaux de la recherche agricole du Bénin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger et Tchad, de l’Alliance Bioversity and CIAT et du CORAF.…”
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TAAT builds resilience for maize productivity through scale out of Fortenza Duo seed treatment technology: TAAT news Vol. 2 by Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation

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Women’s empowerment and gender equality in agricultural value chains: Evidence from four countries in Asia and Africa by Quisumbing, Agnes R., Heckert, Jessica, Faas, Simone, Ramani, Gayathri V., Raghunathan, Kalyani, Malapit, Hazel J., The pro-WEAI for Market Inclusion Study Team, Myers, Emily, Ragasa, Catherine, Seymour, Greg

“…We use primary data collected in Asia (Bangladesh, Philippines) and Africa (Benin, Malawi) to examine the relationships between women’s empowerment, gender equality, and participation in a variety of local agricultural value chains that comprise the food system. …”
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