Achille E Assogbadjo

Achille E Assogbadjo
University of Abomey-Calavi | UAC · Faculty of Agronomic Sciences (FSA)

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Introduction
I am Professor Achille Ephrem Assogbadjo, an agronomist and forester with a special interest in non-timber forest products. I hold a PhD in Applied Biological Sciences and am a Full Professor of Conservation genetics, Forest ecology and Ethnobotany at the University of Abomey-Calavi in Republic of Benin. I double as a visiting Professor at Université Félix Houphouët Boigny in Côte d’Ivoire, University of Costa Rica in Costa Rica and University of Florianopolis in Brasil. I have been awarded more
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October 2007 - July 2017
University of Abomey-Calavi
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  • Professor
April 2000 - July 2015
University of Abomey-Calavi
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  • Professor (Associate)

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Publications (401)
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Insects serve as alternative protein sources for humans. While entomophagy, the practice of eating insects, has deep historical roots in some regions, it remains less common in Benin. Understanding perceptions and determinants of entomophagy can guide actions for promoting the consumption of edible insects. The present study aimed to assess local p...
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Preserving intraspecific phenotypic variation within socio-economically important but declining species is fundamental in the current context of rapid change in land use and environmental conditions. Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile is a valuable seed oil tree species native to the arid and semi-arid regions of Africa. Notable morphological variati...
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Preserving intraspecific phenotypic variation within socio-economically important but declining species is fundamental in the current context of rapid change in land use and environmental conditions. Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile is a valuable seed oil tree species native to the arid and semi-arid regions of Africa. Notable morphological variati...
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Indigenous fruits have the potential to address food security in Africa through the provision of nutrition and maintenance of sustainable livelihoods. Fruit trees are not only an important food source but also provide valuable vitamins, fats, sugar, protein and fibres that human bodies require. Whereas the contribution of Indigenous Fruit Trees (IF...
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The Chapter provides the definition and concept of multifunctional landscapes in the African context. It also highlights the merits of the different landscape approaches recognizing that no single one can address the needs of all existing African landscapes. Ultimately, the people-centred approach to multifunctional landscape management has the mer...
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The underperformance of agricultural education systems in Africa is evident through various indicators such as increased unemployment among recent agricultural graduates, inefficiencies in agricultural product value chains, and a decline in enrollment in agricultural schools. The AgriENGAGE project, which included eight African universities, was su...
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Due to their historical interactions with plants, farmers have gained knowledge of natural variations in plant traits that can be useful for the domestication and sustainable management of genetic resources. This study focused on Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile, a neglected and underutilized wild fruit tree species in Benin. The objectives of the...
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Crop wild relatives are closely related taxa of cultivated crops and are well adapted to a wide range of environmental conditions. With the current global warming and challenges in agriculture and food production, increasing attention must be given to these crop wild species as they can provide genetic resources that may be helpful to address some...
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Understanding genetic parameters and trait relationships is essential for effective breeding programs. This study evaluated fifteen yield components in 81 kersting’s groundnut accessions from Benin and Burkina Faso using additive and dominant marker-based relationship matrices and mixed effect models. Structural equation modeling was used to assess...
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Understanding environmental drivers of fruit and seed production in wild edible fruit species is essential for their valorisation. Ricinodendron heudelotii is an oilseed plant whose kernels are particularly treasured in cosmetic and medical industries. This study assessed fruits and seeds production patterns of R. heudelotii . Data were collected f...
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Thirty soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] genotypes, along with three checks, were evaluated over three seasons across five communes in Benin. The experiments were laid out in an alpha lattice design with three replicates. Additive multiplicative mean interaction (AMMI) and best linear unbiased predictor (BLUP) analysis were combined to assess differ...
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Ce chapitre présente les services écosystémiques que les AMP ouest-africaines sont susceptibles de fournir : • Le cadre conceptuel et les méthodes de calcul propres à l’évaluation de ces services ; • Les études réalisées dans les AMP ouest-africaines ; • Les principales limites de ces études ; • Les recommandations qui en découlent.
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Uvaria chamae is an edible wild fruit of great importance as a resource in West Africa. However, it is threatened in its natural habitats in Benin, and no specific measures are currently implemented to ensure its sustainable management. To provide information needed for developing such measures, this study (i) described the morphological variabilit...
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Stress-resilient and highly nutritious legume crops can alleviate the burden of malnutrition and food security globally. Here, we focused on cowpea, a legume grain widely grown and consumed in regions at a high risk of micronutrient deficiencies, and we discussed the past and present research on carotenoid biosynthesis, highlighting different knowl...
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The processed marine fish sector represents an important component of small-scale marine fisheries in Benin. It plays a crucial role in terms of seafood provision and job creation in the country. However, its socioeconomic performance has been limitedly explored since few investigations have been dedicated to the sector over the past decades. This...
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Blighia sapida est une espèce très domestiquée au Bénin et dont les fruits riches sur le plan nutritionnel sont utilisés pour des raisons alimentaire, phytothérapeute et cosmétique. Malgré son niveau de domestication, l’espèce se trouve aujourd’hui dans une situation de régression progressive dans les agro-forêts. Les causes majeures pourraient êtr...
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Demographic pressure and human activities are having significant impacts on biodiversity conservation. As traditional farmlands have challenges of coupling crop production and conservation of biodiversity, this study assessed traditional farmlands in regard to their typology and impacts on conservation of tree species. A line tran-sect of 26 km was...
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Picralima nitida is an important African medicinal plant species used in pharmaceutical industries and traditional medicine to treat several diseases. Despite its importance, the species faces conservation problem. This study evaluated the effect of climate and habitat on morphological characteristics and fruit production of P. nitida. A total of 1...
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Balanites aegyptiaca is a key agroforestry tree species widely distributed across the African drylands, and with a high socioeconomic potential for rural communities. Previous research studies have revealed the importance of this multipurpose fruit tree species from an ecological perspective, however, there is still little documentation of the curr...
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Ricinodendron heudelotii (Baill.) Heckel is an important nutraceutical reservoir. Its Sustainable exploitation requires information on its potential distribution in the current context of rapid population growth and climate change threats. This study aimed to map the suitable areas for its domestication and conservation under current and future cli...
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Mangroves are precious ecosystems that provide vital socio-economic, environ- mental and cultural benefits to humanity. However, they are declining alarmingly due to human activities and natural hazards. Assessment of their spatio-tem- poral dynamics is essential to monitor these ecosystems and guide their mana- gement to ensure their sustaina...
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Co-management has been widely promoted in protected area management on the premise that it may simultaneously enhance biodiversity conservation outcomes and improve the livelihoods of the park-border communities. However, the success of this management approach remains a growing debate raising the question of its effectiveness. To contribute to thi...
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Background Understanding morpho-genetic diversity and differentiation of species with relatively large distributions is crucial for the conservation and sustainable management of their genetic resources. The present study focused on Annona senegalensis Pers., an important multipurpose wild plant, distributed exclusively in natural ecosystems but fa...
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Annona senegalensis Pers is a multipurpose tree species valued for food and medicinal uses in Africa. Although there have been attempts to document the proximate composition of fruits and leaves, little is known about the relative role of soil, climate, and genotype on the nutritional quality. The present study evaluated the variation of the proxim...
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Aims : Land cover change in inselbergs and adjacent areas was studied from 2003 to 2018 in a region facing anthropogenic pressures to assess dynamics and preserve rare endemic species. Study area: Inselbergs and their adjacent areas in the Sudano-Guinean zone of Benin are included in this study. Methods: Land cover classes of inselbergs and adjacen...
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Background Vegetables and fruits are highly recommended in diets because of their nutritional importance. Among those, leguminous vegetables are more important, for low-income countries, because of their protein, mineral contents and potential to increase food security and income. In Benin, snap beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) are the most consumed l...
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The digital transformation of agriculture can support economic growth and food and nutrition security in Africa. The objectives of this study were to provide an overview of the status of digital agriculture in five West African countries, analyze their efforts in developing the enabling environment and innovations, and formulate recommendations bas...
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Abstract: This study focuses on agriculture, which is the main source of economic growth in many West African countries. In recent years, conventional agriculture has undergone a remarkable evolution and digital technologies are widely used for different purposes. While the world is rapidly using advanced digital technologies to grow their agricult...
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This study focuses on agriculture, which is the main source of economic growth in many West African countries. In recent years, conventional agriculture has undergone a remarkable evolution and digital technologies are widely used for different purposes. While the world is rapidly using advanced digital technologies to grow their agriculture, Afric...
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Climate change presents scenarios of extreme temperature variations that will limit agricultural productivity further when the need for efficient production systems cannot be over emphasized. Aside breeding for tolerance, the development of new varieties of crops such as Cowpea, it is important to evaluate the temperature tolerance of new varieties...
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Effectiveness of Balanites aegyptiaca conservation and sustainable exploitation requires a better knowledge of the intrinsic environmental factors linked with its current and future geographic distribution. This study aimed to map suitable areas for the conservation and domestication of B. aegyptiaca under present-day and future climate conditions...
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Agriculture is the primary source of economic growth in many countries in West Africa. It provides food and livelihoods for the population. The purpose of this study is to review the digital agriculture status in five countries, namely Benin, Burkina Faso, Coˆte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Nigeria. The study consisted of a bibliometric analysis using a da...
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Digital transformation of agriculture can support economic growth and food and nutri-tion security in Africa. This study provides an overview of the status of digital agriculture in five west African countries, analyzing their efforts in developing the enabling environment and inno-vations while formulating recommendations based on the identified g...
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Kersting’s groundnut (Macrotyloma geocarpum, Harms) is a legume crop with nutritional potential in West Africa where it is widely consumed due to its palatability. The present study investigated the physical characteristics, nutritional composition, and organoleptic properties of five Kersting’s groundnut accessions selected based on their yield pe...
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Different mechanisms have been proposed to explain species coexistence and maintenance of local species diversity in tree communities. Among the proposed mechanisms, negative density dependence theory (NDD) predicts that seedling growth rate declines at high conspecific densities. However, local environmental conditions and seasonality may also mod...
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Published in Bulletin de la Recherche Agronomique du Bénin (BRAB) - ISSN électronique (ISSN : 1840-7099) // 33 (02): 39-55 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- La connaissance des usages locaux et de l'importance socio-économique d'une ressource est essentielle pour sa gestion durable....
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Ecosystem services are fundamental to people and are undergoing many threats such as uncontrolled fire. Local knowledge has been widely used to guide management decisions for plant biodiversity. Therefore, we assessed the knowledge of the people of Pendjari Biosphere Reserve (PBR) on the impact of fire on ecosystem services (ES). A semi‐structured...
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Pages (pp.) 44-82. Bulletin de la Recherche Agronomique du Bénin (BRAB)-Juin 2022-Volume 32-Numéro 01 Le BRAB est en ligne (on line) sur le site web http://www.slire.net et peut être aussi consulté sur le site web de l'Institut National des Recherches Agricoles du Bénin (INRAB) http://www.inrab.org
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Bushmeat is one of the sources of protein in the urban areas around the Lama Classified Forest. However, knowledge of the extent of its consumption and the relative importance of socio-demographic and economic factors, social norms and reasons for the consumption of bushmeat in urban areas are rarely assessed. The study aims to contribute to the ra...
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The objective of this paper is to point out the richness of proverbs dealing with ants. First, the age and the importance of "ants" are underlined. Next, the proverbs expressed in Africa are taken up in alphabetical order of the concerned languages. In total, 63 proverbs appear in the present paper; they are relevant to 19 different languages. Résu...
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Uvaria chamae is a wild shrub species widely used as a source for traditional medicine, food and fuel in West Africa. The species is threatened by uncontrolled harvesting of its roots for pharmaceutical applications and by the extension of agricultural land. This study assessed the role of environmental variables for the current distribution and th...
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Afzelia africana Sm. ex Pers. is an African endangered tree species whose natural populations are declining severely because of human pressure through logging, fodder, and fuel harvesting. Despite the importance of molecular ecology in these decades, no information regarding population genetics is available to motivate the conservation of this tree...
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The report presents 29 scientific papers on the economics of small pelagics in West Africa published within the framework of the GREPPAO project between 2021 and 2022.
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The diversity of forest resources is threatened in its current form of exploitation by rural communities. In order to contribute to the sustainable use of forest resources, this study aimed to assess the diversity of 'utilitarian' plant species (those that are useful to humans) among communities living in the 11 classified forests managed by the Na...
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Uvaria chamae P. Beauv is known as a key shrub species providing several goods and services for sustaining livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa. Despite its great medicinal importance for local communities, little is known about its conservation status and sustainable management strategies regarding the current overexploitation of the species’ fruits...
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We tackle the potential impact of bushmeat markets (BM) and traditional medicine markets (TMM) on the functional diversity of mammalian communities in southern Benin. A hybrid approach combining direct observations, DNA-typing and questionnaires allowed us to identify 94 species-level taxa across 11 mammalian orders, the greatest ever reported numb...
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We tackle the potential impact of bushmeat markets (BM) and traditional medicine markets (TMM) on the functional diversity of mammalian communities in southern Benin, West Africa. A hybrid approach combining direct observations, DNA-typing and questionnaires allowed us to identify 94 species-level taxa across 11 mammalian orders, the greatest ever...
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Edamame has many nutritional and human health benefits and has the potential to overcome malnutrition, a common scourge among West African populations. This study aims to identify sensory preference criteria in order to select edamame varieties that meet the organoleptic needs of potential consumers in Benin. Ten soybean varieties were selected on...
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Small pelagic fish species contribute substantially to the food security and livelihoods of local communities in developing countries. In West Africa, and particularly in Benin, small pelagic fisheries attract many migrant fishers who are key actors in the sector. This study assessed the characteristics and sociocultural impacts of the small pelagi...
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Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) is an important food and nutrition security crop in Benin, though its production is constrained by absence of information necessary for strategic planning. The objective of this study was to evaluate the diversity of preferred traits and production constraints of cowpea in southern Benin. A survey was conducted i...
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Agroforestry systems are the last refuge habitats for many large old trees. This study assessed the management and the protection of Milicia excelsa (Iroko) trees in agricultural landscape of Dogbo district in southern Benin. A socio-economic survey with 288 respondents combined with an inventory of M. excelsa trees in agricultural lands were carri...
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The mature seeds of Khaya senegalensis are from 2 to 2.5 cm long and weigh 289 g per 1000 seeds. These seeds contain about 67% oil by weight. This oil, which is fairly rich in oleic acid (66%), is used in West Africa for cooking, for cosmetics, as an insecticide and in traditional medicine. Prospecting to enhance the development of this oil in Chad...
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Vegetable soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) is a highly nutritious crop in Africa whose attributes make it a product of choice to formulate diets with numerous human health benefits. The crop is still novel in West Africa, but is making inroads in many countries of the region. The objective of this study was to evaluate selected vegetable soybean vari...
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Despite the ethical issues concerning the continued use of Human Landing Catches (HLC) to monitor the Simulium damnosum complex for epidemiological monitoring of onchoceri-casis, few attempts to develop alternatives have been reported. In studies on a wild population of S. damnosum in Burkina Faso, we tested visual targets (different sizes and shap...
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Baobab is a multipurpose tree, with nutritional importance to African rural populations, and several products are derived from its fruit. The dehulled fruit delivers a pulp used for food processing. The present study aimed to characterize the baobab pulp derived products encountered in food outlets in Benin. Pulp based foods were inventoried and ch...
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Sustainable conservation of crop wild relatives is one of the pathways to securing global food security amid climate change threats to biodiversity. However, their conservation is partly limited by spatio-temporal distribution knowledge gaps mostly because they are not morphologically charismatic species to attract conservation attention. Therefore...
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Sustainable conservation of crop wild relatives is one of the pathways to securing global food security amid climate change threats to biodiversity. However, their conservation is partly limited by spatio-temporal distribution knowledge gaps mostly because they are not morphologically charismatic species to attract conservation attention. Therefore...
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Key Message Strychnos spinosa growth was less responsive than its fruit production, to tree size, protection status and climate; its fruit production increased with tree size, and more so on protected sites. Abstract Abiotic and biotic mechanisms (e.g. climate, human perturbations) are presumed to shape tree growth and reproductive performances. U...
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Balanites aegyptiaca, a key agroforestry species, is being overexploited in the Sahel due to increasing market demand for its derived products. The present study aims to model the potential current distribution of B. aegyptiaca and to assess the potential impact of the future climate (at 2055 and 2085 time horizons) on the species distribution in C...