This study was conducted in four villages of the municipalities of Lokossa and Houéyogbé and aime... more This study was conducted in four villages of the municipalities of Lokossa and Houéyogbé and aimed at understanding the fishing activities in the South of Lake Toho. Data were collected from 129 fishing households and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results showed that fishing gears used on Lake Toho include nets, creels, landing nets, and the basket ''Gôdô'', but are not appropriate as they harvest Small-Size fish. Fish are preserved using various local techniques, including preservation in containers, smoking, salting, and frying. Harvested fish are sold through two major channels. In the first that encompasses only two links, both local and foreign consumers come directly to buy fish at the lakeshore. At this point, fish are sold in heaps or individually. In the second marketing channel, there are intermediaries who are retailers. Fishing by hand, the use of landing nets, nets, creels with tight mesh, and chemical fertilizers used in crop production at the lakeshore were the major fishing problems identified on Lake Toho. The development of income-generating activities other than fishing, including agriculture, livestock farming, trade, etc., the use of regulated nets (medium-mesh or large-mesh nets), and the development of fish farming or aquaculture are the most developed strategies to cope with fishing Problems on the lake.
International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences, 2020
La pêche est une activité importante qui contribue à la sécurité alimentaire dans le monde entier... more La pêche est une activité importante qui contribue à la sécurité alimentaire dans le monde entier, en particulier dans les pays en développement. Elle représente l’une des activités principales dans le septième Pôle de Développement Agricole au Bénin. Elle constitue pour les populations locales non seulement une source de protéines animales hautement nutritives mais aussi une activité génératrice de revenus. Elle est l’une des principales activités humaines qui affectent les écosystèmes aquatiques. L’objectif de cette étude était d’analyser les déterminants socio-économiques de l’utilisation des engins et pratiques de pêche destructives des ressources halieutiques. L’étude a porté sur 129 pêcheurs dans les villages Vèha et Logbo (commune de Lokossa) et Tokpa et Tohonou (commune de Houéyogbé). La méthode d’échantillonnage aléatoire simple a été utilisée pour la sélection des unités d’enquête. Un modèle Logit binomial a été utilisé pour l’analyse des déterminants socioéconomiques. Les...
Warrantage is a type of proximity stock associated with a widely used credit system. It is a fina... more Warrantage is a type of proximity stock associated with a widely used credit system. It is a financing system that allows farmers to deposit their harvesting products in a warehouse managed by a farmer organization to receive a loan from a financial institution in return. The objective of this study is to carry out a socio-economic evaluation of the warrantage mechanism in northern Benin. Data were collected using questionnaires and interview guides from a sample of 94 rice and maize producers. The perception of the profitability of the warrantage transaction was analyzed using the Pearson chi-square homogeneity test, while the economic evaluation of this profitability was done using the profit margin calculation. The analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, potentialities and obstacles of the producer-level warrantage mechanism has been done through Kendall’s W-rank test. This study revealed that warrantage operation generated a high and positive profit margin for maize and rice crop...
Journal of development and agricultural economics, 2021
The Beninese government has undertaken far-reaching reforms in the agricultural service supply in... more The Beninese government has undertaken far-reaching reforms in the agricultural service supply in Benin since 2016. The objective of the article was to assess the level of satisfaction of the agricultural services supply and demand and to analyze the determinants of the level of satisfaction of agricultural services in Benin. The primary data used was provided from entire national territory by taking into account all agricultural areas from a representative sample of 4,880 farmers using the seven Territorial Agencies for Agricultural Development (ATDA). Descriptive statistics and the ordered logit predictive model were the methods of analysis. The results showed an overall satisfaction rate of 18.9%. These results reflect a low level of satisfaction of farmers in Benin. The main determinants of satisfaction with the agricultural services supply were gender, proportion of income from agriculture, contact with an agricultural advice agent, use of chemical fertilizer, use of motorized ...
Au Sud du Benin, la baisse des ressources halieutiques constitue un probleme majeur face auquel c... more Au Sud du Benin, la baisse des ressources halieutiques constitue un probleme majeur face auquel certaines populations locales developpent des strategies de gestion et d’adaptation. Cet article analyse les perceptions sur l’evolution de l’abondance des ressources halieutiques et sur l’efficacite des pratiques de gestion et strategies d’adaptation pour le maintien d’un equilibre ecologique viable du lac Toho au sud-Benin. La methode d’echantillonnage aleatoire simple a ete utilisee pour la selection de 129 pecheurs dans les communes de Lokossa et de Houeyogbe autour de ce lac. Le test d’homogeneite du chi-carre de Pearson a ete utilise pour analyser les variations des perceptions des pecheurs tandis que le test de rang w de Kendall a ete utilise pour analyser les perceptions de l’efficacite des pratiques de gestion et strategies d’adaptation. Les resultats montrent que la majorite des pecheurs (91,47 %) ont une perception negative de l’evolution des ressources halieutiques et que leur...
International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences, 2021
Le secteur agricole constitue un levier très important du développement de l’économie béninoise. ... more Le secteur agricole constitue un levier très important du développement de l’économie béninoise. Il est dominé par la présence d’exploitations agricoles qui mènent plusieurs activités. L’objectif de cette étude était de caractériser ces exploitations agricoles et d’analyser leurs accès aux services agricoles au Bénin. Les données ont été collectées à l’aide des questionnaires et de guide d’entretien auprès d’un échantillon de 4880 exploitions agricoles. L’analyse typologique a été faite à l’aide d’une classification ascendante hiérarchique et d’une analyse en composantes principales. L’analyse du taux d’accès des exploitants agricoles aux services agricoles a été faite grâce aux statistiques descriptives et au calcul de pourcentage dans des tableaux croisés. L’analyse des variances a permis d’analyser les variations des taux d’accès des services agricoles entre les classes d’exploitations agricoles. Les résultats de l’étude ont montré qu’il existe trois catégories d’exploitations ag...
Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, 2020
In Benin, despite the coexistence of commercial banks and decentralized financing systems, it can... more In Benin, despite the coexistence of commercial banks and decentralized financing systems, it can be seen that conventional banks, unlike microfinance institutions, give little or even little credit to actors in the rural world. The objective of this article was to analyze producers' access and their satisfaction to financial services from Micro Finance Institutions (MFI) in Benin. Data were collected using questionnaires and an interview guide from a sample of 4480 producers. The assessment of access rates, coverage of credit applications and the satisfaction rate of agricultural producers of agricultural financial products was made from descriptive statistics and the Pearson Chi-square homogeneity test while the he analysis of the determinants of producers' access to MFI financial services was done using a binomial Logit econometric model. The results showed that the rate of access of agricultural producers to MFI financial products remains low across the country. The main determinants of supply and demand for financial services at the producer level are agricultural income, education level, knowledge of the MFI and the possession of guarantees which have a positive effect on access and demand for agricultural credits. The results also showed that most producers are satisfied with the financial services provided by MFIs.
This study was conducted in four villages of the municipalities of Lokossa and Houéyogbé and aime... more This study was conducted in four villages of the municipalities of Lokossa and Houéyogbé and aimed at understanding the fishing activities in the South of Lake Toho. Data were collected from 129 fishing households and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results showed that fishing gears used on Lake Toho include nets, creels, landing nets, and the basket ''Gôdô'', but are not appropriate as they harvest Small-Size fish. Fish are preserved using various local techniques, including preservation in containers, smoking, salting, and frying. Harvested fish are sold through two major channels. In the first that encompasses only two links, both local and foreign consumers come directly to buy fish at the lakeshore. At this point, fish are sold in heaps or individually. In the second marketing channel, there are intermediaries who are retailers. Fishing by hand, the use of landing nets, nets, creels with tight mesh, and chemical fertilizers used in crop production at the lakeshore were the major fishing problems identified on Lake Toho. The development of income-generating activities other than fishing, including agriculture, livestock farming, trade, etc., the use of regulated nets (medium-mesh or large-mesh nets), and the development of fish farming or aquaculture are the most developed strategies to cope with fishing Problems on the lake.
International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences, 2020
La pêche est une activité importante qui contribue à la sécurité alimentaire dans le monde entier... more La pêche est une activité importante qui contribue à la sécurité alimentaire dans le monde entier, en particulier dans les pays en développement. Elle représente l’une des activités principales dans le septième Pôle de Développement Agricole au Bénin. Elle constitue pour les populations locales non seulement une source de protéines animales hautement nutritives mais aussi une activité génératrice de revenus. Elle est l’une des principales activités humaines qui affectent les écosystèmes aquatiques. L’objectif de cette étude était d’analyser les déterminants socio-économiques de l’utilisation des engins et pratiques de pêche destructives des ressources halieutiques. L’étude a porté sur 129 pêcheurs dans les villages Vèha et Logbo (commune de Lokossa) et Tokpa et Tohonou (commune de Houéyogbé). La méthode d’échantillonnage aléatoire simple a été utilisée pour la sélection des unités d’enquête. Un modèle Logit binomial a été utilisé pour l’analyse des déterminants socioéconomiques. Les...
Warrantage is a type of proximity stock associated with a widely used credit system. It is a fina... more Warrantage is a type of proximity stock associated with a widely used credit system. It is a financing system that allows farmers to deposit their harvesting products in a warehouse managed by a farmer organization to receive a loan from a financial institution in return. The objective of this study is to carry out a socio-economic evaluation of the warrantage mechanism in northern Benin. Data were collected using questionnaires and interview guides from a sample of 94 rice and maize producers. The perception of the profitability of the warrantage transaction was analyzed using the Pearson chi-square homogeneity test, while the economic evaluation of this profitability was done using the profit margin calculation. The analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, potentialities and obstacles of the producer-level warrantage mechanism has been done through Kendall’s W-rank test. This study revealed that warrantage operation generated a high and positive profit margin for maize and rice crop...
Journal of development and agricultural economics, 2021
The Beninese government has undertaken far-reaching reforms in the agricultural service supply in... more The Beninese government has undertaken far-reaching reforms in the agricultural service supply in Benin since 2016. The objective of the article was to assess the level of satisfaction of the agricultural services supply and demand and to analyze the determinants of the level of satisfaction of agricultural services in Benin. The primary data used was provided from entire national territory by taking into account all agricultural areas from a representative sample of 4,880 farmers using the seven Territorial Agencies for Agricultural Development (ATDA). Descriptive statistics and the ordered logit predictive model were the methods of analysis. The results showed an overall satisfaction rate of 18.9%. These results reflect a low level of satisfaction of farmers in Benin. The main determinants of satisfaction with the agricultural services supply were gender, proportion of income from agriculture, contact with an agricultural advice agent, use of chemical fertilizer, use of motorized ...
Au Sud du Benin, la baisse des ressources halieutiques constitue un probleme majeur face auquel c... more Au Sud du Benin, la baisse des ressources halieutiques constitue un probleme majeur face auquel certaines populations locales developpent des strategies de gestion et d’adaptation. Cet article analyse les perceptions sur l’evolution de l’abondance des ressources halieutiques et sur l’efficacite des pratiques de gestion et strategies d’adaptation pour le maintien d’un equilibre ecologique viable du lac Toho au sud-Benin. La methode d’echantillonnage aleatoire simple a ete utilisee pour la selection de 129 pecheurs dans les communes de Lokossa et de Houeyogbe autour de ce lac. Le test d’homogeneite du chi-carre de Pearson a ete utilise pour analyser les variations des perceptions des pecheurs tandis que le test de rang w de Kendall a ete utilise pour analyser les perceptions de l’efficacite des pratiques de gestion et strategies d’adaptation. Les resultats montrent que la majorite des pecheurs (91,47 %) ont une perception negative de l’evolution des ressources halieutiques et que leur...
International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences, 2021
Le secteur agricole constitue un levier très important du développement de l’économie béninoise. ... more Le secteur agricole constitue un levier très important du développement de l’économie béninoise. Il est dominé par la présence d’exploitations agricoles qui mènent plusieurs activités. L’objectif de cette étude était de caractériser ces exploitations agricoles et d’analyser leurs accès aux services agricoles au Bénin. Les données ont été collectées à l’aide des questionnaires et de guide d’entretien auprès d’un échantillon de 4880 exploitions agricoles. L’analyse typologique a été faite à l’aide d’une classification ascendante hiérarchique et d’une analyse en composantes principales. L’analyse du taux d’accès des exploitants agricoles aux services agricoles a été faite grâce aux statistiques descriptives et au calcul de pourcentage dans des tableaux croisés. L’analyse des variances a permis d’analyser les variations des taux d’accès des services agricoles entre les classes d’exploitations agricoles. Les résultats de l’étude ont montré qu’il existe trois catégories d’exploitations ag...
Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, 2020
In Benin, despite the coexistence of commercial banks and decentralized financing systems, it can... more In Benin, despite the coexistence of commercial banks and decentralized financing systems, it can be seen that conventional banks, unlike microfinance institutions, give little or even little credit to actors in the rural world. The objective of this article was to analyze producers' access and their satisfaction to financial services from Micro Finance Institutions (MFI) in Benin. Data were collected using questionnaires and an interview guide from a sample of 4480 producers. The assessment of access rates, coverage of credit applications and the satisfaction rate of agricultural producers of agricultural financial products was made from descriptive statistics and the Pearson Chi-square homogeneity test while the he analysis of the determinants of producers' access to MFI financial services was done using a binomial Logit econometric model. The results showed that the rate of access of agricultural producers to MFI financial products remains low across the country. The main determinants of supply and demand for financial services at the producer level are agricultural income, education level, knowledge of the MFI and the possession of guarantees which have a positive effect on access and demand for agricultural credits. The results also showed that most producers are satisfied with the financial services provided by MFIs.
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