http://197.159.135.214/jspui/handle/123456789/30 2026-04-23T15:08:06Z 2026-04-23T15:08:06Z Bonou Fandohan, Alice Fandohan, Belarmain Adegbidi, Anselme Sinsin, Brice http://197.159.135.214/jspui/handle/123456789/752 2023-03-01T14:25:17Z 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z

Economic value and socio-cultural determinants of non-timber forest products harvesting in the W Transboundary Biosphere Reserve, Benin Bonou Fandohan, Alice; Fandohan, Belarmain; Adegbidi, Anselme; Sinsin, Brice This paper examined the economic value of non-timber forest products and their contribution to cash income of people living around the W Transbundary Bioreserve of W in Benin. 148 people among two ethnic groups were interviewed. Data were analysed using the indirect method of opportunity cost and raw margin estimation. Results showed that local people use to harvest mostly five products: one non-marketable product (firewood) and four marketable products (almonds of Vitellaria paradoxa, C.F.Gaertn, seeds and pulp of Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.) R. Br. ex G. Don and leaves of Adansonia digitata L.). The mean contribution of marketable products to surveyed dwellers was estimated at XOF 255,484 ($US 510.968) (standard error: XOF 37,109), representing about 11.46% of the annual cash income per household. Age and sociolinguistic group were the main determinants of non-timber forest products harvesting. Given their value to the communities, those plants should be prioritized for domestication and conservation.

2019-01-01T00:00:00Z Fandoham, Adande Belarmain Chadare, Flora Josiane Gouwakinnou, Gerard Nounagnon Tovissode, Chénangnon Frédéric Bonou, Alice Djonlonkou, Spero Fréjus B. Houndelo, Loetitia F. H. Sinsin, Corine Laurenda B. Assogbadjo, Achille Ephrem http://197.159.135.214/jspui/handle/123456789/751 2023-03-01T11:10:20Z 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z

Value of Synsepalum Dulcificum in South Benin Fandoham, Adande Belarmain; Chadare, Flora Josiane; Gouwakinnou, Gerard Nounagnon; Tovissode, Chénangnon Frédéric; Bonou, Alice; Djonlonkou, Spero Fréjus B.; Houndelo, Loetitia F. H.; Sinsin, Corine Laurenda B.; Assogbadjo, Achille Ephrem Synsepalum dulcificum (Schumach. & Thonn. Daniell) is a West African shrub which is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN. Its importance for local people in Benin has been little documented. This study takes up this issue and was carried out to assess local knowledge, use value and the economic importance of the species for local people. Ethnobotanical and economic surveys were conducted with 606 respondents from 13 socio-cultural groups in southern Benin. Ethnobotanical and economic indices (citation frequency, ethnobotanical use value and mean income generated) were computed and their significance tested using generalized linear models and Kruskal and Wallis tests. The results showed that S. dulcificum was well known to local people in southern Benin (100% of respondents), who mostly grew it in their home gardens. All parts of the plant were used, mostly for medicinal, food and spiritual purposes. Knowledge of the shrub and its use value varied among the socio-cultural groups, decreasing along a gradient from south-east to south-west. Knowledge and use value were also dependent on gender, age and activity, and concentrated among men, adults, elderly people and traditional healers. Economic data showed a short marketing chain. The low average income generated by selling the fruit (about US$ 28 yearly per seller) reveals the low economic value of the species, which is a declining subsistence resource. Optimising the conservation and uses of the species would require (i) nutritional, phyto-chemical, pharmaceutical, phenological, morphological and genetic investigations, (ii) the development of sylvicultural method, (iii) inclusion of the species in formal conservation policies and (iv) development of a value chain by establishing a structured production channel.

2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Zannou, A. Bonou, A. Babadankpodji, P. Zanou, M. A. M. Saccramento, J.S Biaou, G. http://197.159.135.214/jspui/handle/123456789/750 2023-03-01T10:25:03Z 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Adaptation to Climate Change by Rice Farmers in Central and Northern Benin Zannou, A.; Bonou, A.; Babadankpodji, P.; Zanou, M. A. M.; Saccramento, J.S; Biaou, G. This research investigated rice farmers’ adaptation strategies to climate change in two rice production zones in Benin, Malanville in the extreme North zone and Glazoué in the Centre zone of the country, basing on a gender analysis and a multinomial logit regression model. A total of 294 rice farmers, including 144 in Glazoué and 150 in Malanville, have been sampled and interviewed. The findings showed that men were more prone to adopt a single adaptation strategy whereas women were keen on adopting double adaptation strategy. These strategies included irrigation, crop diversification, dyke construction, variety diversification, early planting and late planting. The main barriers were financial and information barriers and the low irrigation potential. Livestock ownership, receiving extension services, credit access, access to climate information and soil fertility degradation positively affected the likelihood of farmers’ adaptation to climate change. Supportive policy measures should consider strengthening farmers with rice irrigation facilities, rice varieties resistant to water and heat stresses, digitizing climate information through local social networks, rural credit services, and in particular taking into account gender differences.

2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Sossou, Shéïtan Diallo, Moussa http://197.159.135.214/jspui/handle/123456789/672 2023-01-20T12:49:12Z 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Rice Prices Shocks Transmission from International to Domestic Markets: An Evidence from Bamako and Kayes Rice Markets in Mali Sossou, Shéïtan; Diallo, Moussa This study assessed the transmission of international price shocks to domestic prices in Bamako and Kayes markets. Threshold Autoregressive Model developed by Balke and Fomby (1997) was used in the study. The empirical analysis used monthly price data of Bamako and Kayes markets over the period January 2006 to September 2016. The results of descriptive statistics showed that during the period 2006-2016, the average price of imported rice were 313 CFA francs in Bamako and 297 CFA francs in Kayes, respectively. The average price for local rice were 328 CFA francs in Bamako and 387 CFA francs in Kayes. The empirical results showed that local rice price in Kayes as well as imported rice price in Bamako responded asymmetrically to international price changes. The increase of international price was more rapidly transmissible to domestic prices than its decrease. Better regulation of rice markets and more road infrastructure would limit the power of commercial intermediaries and contribute to a better functioning of market structures. Research Article

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