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Contexte : La caractérisation de la diversité génétique des populations animales locales est une condition préalable pour fournir les informations nécessaires à la conservation des génotypes utiles afin de répondre aux incertitudes face aux défis mondiaux, tels que le changement climatique, les maladies émergentes, la croissance démographique et la...
In Benin, adaptation to climate change in the livestock sector has led cattle farmers to develop different livestock practices. Most research has focused on evaluating the effects of these practices on livestock productivity. However, information on the effect of these practices on carbon (C) sequestration in farmland soils is lacking. Soil C seque...
Dans de nombreux pays, les pratiques agroforestières ont été proposées pour lutter contre la dégradation des terres et le changement climatique. Parmi ces pratiques figure l’agro-sylvo-pastoralisme et le sylvopastoralisme qui constituent des puits de carbone (C). Cependant, des informations sont rares sur le potentiel de puits de C de ces pratiques...
Cattle farmers are developing adaptation strategies to deal with the effects of climate change. Understanding how adaptation affects livestock productivity is, therefore, essential in order to identify and prioritize the optimal strategies. Yet, few studies have addressed this issue. This study aims to fill the gap, by assessing how the adaptation...
Knowledge about dairy cows raised in small-scale agroforestry systems in dryland areas is of paramount importance to inform policy and decision making in the dairy production sector in the current context of climate change. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of integrated farming systems on daily milk yield and demographic traits of d...
To adapt to climate change, cattle farmers in Benin have developed several practices which have been classified into three types: integrating livestock with crop cultivation (ILCC); fodder cropping and use of feed concentrates (FCFC); and pastoral mobility (PM). The effects of these practices on livestock productivity have been assessed and documen...
Cattle breeding is of great socio-economic importance for Benin's cattle farmers in general and those of North Benin in particular. The objective of this study is to inventory the natural products of medicinal plants of the Beninese pharmacopoeia for the management of trypanosomes in cattle in North Benin. The methodology consisted of individual an...
L'okara est un sous-produit de la production de lait de soja, dense en nutriments, qui se distingue par sa teneur élevée en protéines. Cependant, son intégration dans l'alimentation animale reste sous-exploitée. Cette étude vise à analyser la perception des cuniculteurs et les facteurs déterminant l’utilisation de l’okara dans l’alimentation des la...
The management of pastoral mobility is a stakeholder-centered approach for the integration of resource conservation and agricultural development. This study aimed to characterize the stakeholders of transhumance and to analyze their influence in the municipality of Djidja in southern Benin. For this purpose, semi-structured interviews were conducte...
Owning the best productive animals is among of the production goals of cattle farmers. This study aimed at exploring the selection indicators used by farmers to identify best promising cattle. Data were collected through surveys from 105 cattle farmers identified as Borgou cattle farmers. The data collected enabled to determine the scores and indic...
In the southern Sudanese and Sudano-Guinean regions of Benin, the various cattle breeding systems are confronted with forage deficits and the scarcity of watering sites. In this context, farmers develop various strategies to meet the animals' food needs. These adaptive measures can be reinforced by action research methods using production system mo...
La forte pression anthropique associée aux effets néfastes des changements et variabilités climatiques impacte fortement la productivité des herbacées et des ligneux fourragers des pâturages naturels (Boni, 2021; Djohy et al., 2022). La présente étude vise à évaluer la richesse et la diversité floristique, la productivité et la capacité de charge d...
Cattle feeding relies primarily on the use of natural pasture forage resources. Herbaceous plants are the main fodder resources for livestock during the rainy season, and woody fodder and crop residues are the sources of food for the survival of cattle herds during the lean season. The strong anthropic pressure on these forage resources associated...
The management of pastoral mobility is a stakeholder-centered approach for the integration of resource conservation and agricultural development. This management of space and its resources is the responsibility of a group of actors who are responsible for resolving conflicts of interest. This study aimed at analyzing the influence of transhumance s...
La phénologie est un outil qui permet de mieux appréhender les phases d'évolution d'une espèce végétale donnée. L'objectif de cette étude est d'évaluer les différentes phases phénologiques de P. maximum pour son utilisation efficiente comme culture fourragère énergétique dans la Ferme d'Elevage de Kpinnou au Sud du Bénin. Des plants de P. maximum o...
Studying body development in animals is an essential component for improving their production. The objective of this study was to study body measurements with regard to sex and age in Borgou cattle breed reared at the Okpara Breeding Farm. Data were collected on 244 animals (including 114 males and 120 females) distributed in 0-6, 6-12, 12-24, 24-3...
Benin has been facing the loss of its animal genetic heritage over the years. The aim of this study was to explore the reasons related to the progressive abandonment of the Borgou cattle breed. The assessment of threat level and functional traits related to the Borgou breed was therefore collected through semi-structured interviews from 105 cattle...
With the view to study the body conformation in Borgou cattle breed, sixteen morphometric measurements were taken on 108 adult Borgou cattle reared at the Okpara Breeding Farm and then submitted to a Principal Component Analysis. The correlation coefficients varied from -0.03 (CP and RL) to 0.89 (BH and HS) and most of them are positive and signifi...
The objective this study was to evaluate the adaptability of Saanen and the crossbreed goats (Saanen-Red Maradi) reared in a semi-intensive system under a moderate and extreme heat stress conditions. The study involved hundred dairy goats, 45 of which were Saanen and 55 half Saanen and half Red Maradi (RM) crosses and was carried out during 2019 an...
Understanding the factors influencing the perception of climate change can help improve policies for strengthening the adaptive capacity of pastoralists with regard to climate change. Despite this importance, few studies have focused on this issue, especially among cattle farmers. In order to attempt filling this gap, this study analyzed the determ...
L’adaptation au changement climatique (CC) est un sujet de recherche important, en particulier dans le secteur de l’élevage, un secteur tributaire de ressources sensibles au climat. La modélisation peut être utilisée pour soutenir l’adaptation des éleveurs au changement climatique. Cette étude examine la littérature sur les approches de modélisatio...
The valorization of food resources which cannot be used by humans in domestic animals’ feeding
allows ensuring of sustainable animal production in the tropics. The by-products of cotton and soy are
part of the source of food resources that have been resulted in subject of several research works in
ruminant feeding in West Africa. The study aimed to...
Ruminants feeding, especially smalls ruminants, is a major problem in tropical Africa. The availability
of local foods does not often attract the attention of farmers and these foods are not properly studied.
Baobab is a plant that is widespread in Northern Bénin and whose organs can be incorporated into the
diet of these animals. This revealed the...
Située dans la zone soudanienne du Bénin, la forêt classée de l’Alibori supé-
rieur est à cheval entre le climat tropical humide et le climat tropical sec. Elle est l’une des destinations privilégiées des transhumants nationaux et étrangers. Ces derniers sont attirés par ses ressources pastorales. Les fortes concentrations
de bétail présentes ont...
Cattle farming is directly impacted by climate change (CC), as it utilizes resources whose seasonality and pro-
ductivity are strongly climate-dependent. Farmers respond to the negative influence of CC by implementing different adaptation strategies, where choices are informed by many factors. This study aims at analyzing the adaptation strategies...
Cattle farming is directly impacted by climate change (CC), as it utilizes resources whose seasonality and productivity are strongly climate-dependent. Farmers respond to the negative influence of CC by implementing different adaptation strategies, where choices are informed by many factors. This study aims at analyzing the adaptation strategies of...
Cottonseed cake was substituted by soybean pulp in the diet of West African
Dwarf (Djallonke) sheep, at the Pélébina livestock farm in the commune of Djougou, Benin, in order to assess its effect on growth and economic performances. Thirty ram lambs (120 ± 10 days old, 12.65 ± 0.16 kg body weight) were divided into three homogeneous groups of ten...
A thorough knowledge of cattle herding systems is very important for planning sustainable genetic improvement and conservation strategies. This paper is initiated to characterize Benin native Borgou cattle farming systems in its department of origin by mean of survey including 180 cattle farmers owning at least one phenotype of that breed. Using mu...
Livestock production in the changing climatic condition is influencing by heat stress. The study was aimed to establish a heat stress mapping in Benin by means of Temperature-Humidity Index (THI) from 2009 to 2019. THI combines ambient temperature and relative humidity, and help to predict the effects of thermal environment warmth in dairy animals....
A false perception of climate change can lead to lack of adaptation or maladaptation, thus increasing vulnerability to climate change. Nevertheless, very few studies have focused on this question, especially with cattle breeders. This study compares the climate change perception of cattle breeders in the dry and sub-humid tropical zones of Benin wi...
The aim of this study was to determine the mass yield of wood carbonization technique in the municipality of Djougou in northwest Benin. For this purpose, 57 charcoal burners were the subject of an investigation and 12 millstones of charcoal including 4 green and 8 deadwoods were followed. At the end of this study, it appears that in the commune of...
Pastoral livestock farming systems effectively promote a highly constrained agro-climatic territory, they are both a source of protein and income for the majority of poor people in Africa. At the same time, climate change is a threat to livestock farming because of the impact on animal performance and the quality and availability of pastoral resour...
Filling information gaps is important for setting future research priorities and defining proper strategies for the improvement and conservation of indigenous breeds. This review focuses on a synthesis of knowledge on the Borgou cattle breed farming in Benin. It gathers information about its origin, its physical and ethnological characteristics. It...
Filling information gaps is important for setting future research priorities and defining proper strategies for the improvement and conservation of indigenous breeds. This review focuses on a synthesis of knowledge on the Borgou cattle breed farming in Benin. It gathers information about its origin, its physical and ethnological characteristics. It...
The valorization of food resources which cannot be used by humans in domestic animals’ feeding allows ensuring of sustainable animal production in the tropics. The by-products of cotton and soy are part of the source of food resources that have been resulted in subject of several research works in ruminant feeding in West Africa. The study aimed to...
L'alimentation et surtout la forme de présentation des aliments pour lapins constituent une des contraintes majeures en cuniculture. L'effet de 2 formes de présentation (granulé =G ou farineux = F) d'un aliment sur la croissance de lapereaux de souche locale en engraissement a été étudié au Nord-Bénin. Pendant 6 semaines, deux lots G et F de 48 lap...
This article makes an inventory of the different legumes used in the diet of ruminants in Benin. It
focuses on their nutritional values, the bromatological constraints related to their recovery and the zoo-
economic performance of ruminants supplemented with these forage legumes. In the search for
information on forage legumes exploited in the di...
The food of rabbits constitutes one of the major constraints in rabbit breeding. To mitigate this constraint, the valorization of the by-products locally available can be considered. This trial aims at determining the effect of soybean meal substitution by okara, in fattening rabbit feed, to reduce feeding costs. 144 locals rabbits aged 41 ± 2 days...
The food of rabbits constitutes one of the major constraints in rabbit breeding. To mitigate this constraint, the valorization of the by-products locally available can be considered. This trial aims at determining the effect of soybean meal substitution by okara, in fattening rabbit feed, to reduce feeding costs. 144 locals rabbits aged 41 ± 2 days...
The characterization of livestock farming systems is a tool for defining development actions. In order to characterize the poultry farms in Parakou town in northen Benin, 123 farms with a total of 58,665 heads of poultry were surveyed. Using the methods of factorial analysis of multiple correspondences (FAMC) and ascending hierarchical classificati...
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In rural areas, goats contribute to the reduction of malnutrition through their production of milk and meat. A review of the zootechnical and reproductive performance of goat breeds in Benin was made from ninety (90) articles, papers and documents related to these goat breeds. The main data concern the taxonomy of goats, their origin, the importanc...
This study focused on the analysis of birth weight (BW), weaning weight (WW), weaning age (WA) and average daily gain (ADG) between birth and weaning of 950 Borgou cattle using data over five years from the Okpara Breeding Farm. The BW, WW, and ADG of animals including 513 males calves and 437 females calves were determined based on the variation f...
In order to judge the opportunity of using Saanen males to improve the productivity of Red Maradi goat, a study was conducted to evaluate growth performance of crossbreed kids (F1 and F2). The data were collected in the NGO “Fermier Sans Frontière” farm from 2012 to 2016 on 135 animals. The comparative performance results showed the near superiorit...
Une expérimentation a été menée au centre national ovin de la ferme d’élevage de Bétécoucou, afin d’évaluer l’effet de la complémentation à base des feuilles de Leucaena leucocephala et de Gliricidia sepium sur les performances d’engraissement des ovins Djallonkés, ainsi que les retombées financières de cette complémentation. A cet effet, 24 antena...
