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Despite the potential of agriculture to reduce unemployment in
sub-Saharan Africa, research on agricultural entrepreneurship is
scarce, especially regarding the entrepreneurs’ motivations. The
aim of this research is to examine the intensity of necessity and
opportunity motivations among agricultural entrepreneurs and the
influence of socioeconomic...
The agribusiness sector development is often portrayed as an essential component of economic development. Though Benin is a country with inestimable agricultural potential, the agribusiness sector appears unappealing to the local youths. Prior investigations diagnosed the impeding factors as a paucity of financial resource and a dearth of land and...
Although global assessments of the initial impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have focused on income, jobs, and health conditions, this study constitutes one of the first studies that assessed the impact of COVID-19 on food security in DRC and established the short-term implications of the COVID-19 outbreak on rural households’ food secu...
Les régions de Maradi et Zinder sont des zones agro-écologiques situées dans la partie sud-Est du Niger, avec des systèmes de production essentiellement basés sur l'agriculture et l'élevage. L'objectif de cette étude est de déterminer les caractéristiques socio-économiques des exploitations agricoles à partir d'une enquête effectuée auprès d'un éch...
In sub-Saharan Africa, where the professional insertion of graduates remains a major challenge, entrepreneurship represents an alternative to youth unemployment. This study investigates the predictors of agribusiness entrepreneurial intentions amongst undergraduate agricultural students in the Republic of Benin. A sample of 351 final year agricultu...
This research examined how key entrepreneurial orientation (EO) dimensions influence business performance of young women agribusiness owners, as well as the moderating effects of social and business environments on these relationships. Data were collected from a sample of 365 young women agri-food processing business owners in Benin. Moderated mult...
Au Niger, le niébé Vignaunguiculata(Walp.) est la deuxième culture après le mil et constitue une source d'alimentation et de revenus pour les producteurs. Malheureusement, ces dernières années les rendements de la culture demeurent faibles variant entre 297 à 332 Kg/ha. Pour y faire face, cette légumineuse a connu l'intervention de plusieurs projet...
The increasing rate of youth unemployment in Africa, particularly in Nigeria, remains among the challenges to social and economic stability. Accordingly, the Nigerian government implemented several interventions, including the Youth-in-Agribusiness (YIA) program to reduce youth unemployment. However, the effect of these programs on gainful employme...
Background:
Irrigation systems have been identified as one of the factors promoting malaria disease around agricultural farms in sub-Saharan Africa. However, if improved water management strategy is adopted during rice cultivation, it may help to reduce malaria cases among human population living around rice fields. This study aimed to assess the...
Using the case of young women agri-food processing business owners in Benin, this study analyzed the influence of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) on performance of young women agribusiness owners, in order to generate sound knowledge to guide policy. Specifically, it was (i) to develop a business performance index of young women agribusiness owner...
La filière oeuf de table est un secteur d'activité pour de nombreux jeunes entrepreneurs au Bénin. L'objectif de l'étude était d'analyser l'efficience technique et les sources d'inefficience des exploitations des jeunes entrepreneurs produisant des oeufs de table au Bénin. La statistique descriptive et l'approche de frontière stochastique utilisant...
Termites are widely used as a food resource, particularly in Africa and Asia. Markets for insects as food are also expanding worldwide. To inform the development of insect-based foods, we analysed selected minerals (Fe-Mn-Zn-Cu-Mg) in wild-harvested and commercially available termites. Mineral values were compared to selected commercially available...
Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach, 1843) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) damages crucifers. Its control by botanical extracts is today an alternative to the use of chemical pesticides. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effects of leaf extracts of Azadirachta indica A. Juss. (Meliaceae) and Carica papaya Linnaeus (Caricaceae) compared to those of the...
Lambda-cyhalothrin (λ-cyhalothrin) is the most commonly used pyrethroid insecticide for vegetable farming in Benin. This insecticide is misused and overused by farmers, and hence may pose health hazards to consumers. We monitored λ-cyhalothrin residues in lettuce and cabbage from farms at the market gates in Cotonou and Parakou using high performan...
Background
The environmental pathogen, Mycobacterium ulcerans (MU) can infect both humans and animals and cause Buruli ulcer (BU) disease. However, its mode(s) of transmission from the colonized environment to human/animal hosts remain unclear. In Australia, MU can infect both wildlife and domestic mammals. Till date, BU-like lesions have only been...
Displaying of NCBI-BLAST datasheet after alignment of MU consensus sequence from animal lesion with reference sequences in GeneBank.
A) Flow chart of reference MU isolates sharing sequence homology with animal MU isolate. B) Percentage identity between animal MU sequence and reference sequences in GenBank.
(RAR)
Agarose gel picture showing MIRU-VNTR typing of animal and human MU ecovars.
A: MIRU1; B: Locus 6; C: ST1; D: VNTR-19; M: 100 bp-DNA ladders; Cp: DNA Positive control (MU Agy99, Ghana); CN: Negative contro; MHC15S et MHC16S: Human clinical samples from Benin (Sedje health center); MHC17A et MHC18A: Human clinical samples from Cameroon (Akonlinga di...
Distribution of MIRU-VNTR loci in MU-positive and negative animal lesions.
Bp: Base pair; UA: Unassigned; Allelic genotypes were attributed according to the copy numbers of each amplified locus (Stragier et al., 2005). Unknown DNA bands length were unassigned a specific copy number and a specific genotype.
(PPTX)
Background: Insecticides resistance in Anopheles mosquitoes limits Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLIN) used for malaria control in Africa, especially Benin. This study aimed to evaluate the bio-efficacy of current LLINs in an area where An. funestus s.l. and An. gambiae have developed multi-resistance to insecticides, and to assess in experimenta...
Abstract
Background: To optimize the success of insecticide-based malaria control
intervention, knowledge of the distribution of Anopheles gambiae species and
insecticide resistance mechanisms is necessary. This paper reported an
updated data on pyrethroids/DDT resistance in the An. gambiae s.l population
from Togo.
Methods: From December 2013 to A...
Background and objectives: Long lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) and Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) are used to control malaria vectors in Benin. It is known that the main threat to effective malaria vector control is the selection of insecticide resistance in field Anopheles population. This study aimed to generate baseline data on the mechanisms...
Background
Buruli ulcer (BU) continues to be a serious public health threat in wet tropical regions and the mode of transmission of its etiological agent, Mycobacterium ulcerans (MU), remains poorly understood. In this study, mosquito species collected in endemic villages in Benin were screened for the presence of MU. In addition, the ability of mo...
Background
Knowledge on the spread and distribution of insecticide resistance in major malaria vectors such as Anopheles funestus is key to implement successful resistance management strategies across Africa. Here, by assessing the susceptibility status of an inland population of An. funestus Giles (Kpome) and investigating molecular basis of resis...
Papaya is an emergent food and cash crop in Western Africa. It is used as an export crop in Ghana and for urban consumption in Benin. Papaya fruits are severely attacked by Papaya mealybug causing significant losses in quantity and quality. To control the papaya mealybug a classical biological control initiative has been developed and is environmen...
L’une des contraintes liée à la production maraîchère, est la pression exercée par les insectes ravageurs. Cette étude analyse quelques aspects du système de production légumière ainsi que la perception des producteurs de l’utilisation d’extraits botaniques dans la gestion des insectes ravageurs des cultures maraîchères. Elle a été réalisée à trave...
Genetically modified (GM) crops could increase economic growth and enhance living standards in Africa, but political issues have slowed the use of biotechnology. This is the first study that assesses the potential impact of GM crops in Africa while considering the preferences of producers and consumers towards GMOs as well as the income and price r...
Résumé
L’amélioration des revenus des transformatrices passe par un bon positionnement des amandes et du beure de karité sur le marché international. Les produits du Bénin sont achetés trois fois moins chers que ceux du Ghana. La correction de cette situation passe par le développement et l’adoption de technologies appropriées. La connaissance et l...
The present study analysed the influence of the ICT use and socio-economic characteristics of agricultural
households on the adaptation of smallholder farmers to climate change in Benin. A multinomial choice model, suitable to data from a quantitative survey on 121 cotton producers selected from 6 villages of central Benin has been used in this stu...
In Benin, a study is focused on the causes of the vulnerability and the risks of the potential spread of
the pandemia the HIV/AIDS due to the existence of agribusinesses in the rural communities. The
Benin sugar company and the cotton shelling factory of Hagoumey are the two selected factories. The
survey was conducted with 190 respondents selected...
The net impact of pest-resistant GM crops on the welfare of both producers and consumers in developing countries is currently unknown and subject to speculation. This study uses choice-based conjoint protocol to estimate the net impact of pest-resistant Genetically Modified (GM) cowpea on net social welfare in Benin given price and income risks. Re...
The use pattern of alternative host plants by Maruca vitrata was investigated in southern and central Benin. Among the wild host plants, Pterocarpus santalinoides, Pueraria phaseoloides and Centrosema pubescens were found to be key relay hosts during the long dry season, Lonchocarpus sericeus and L. cyanescens were the most important hosts during t...