Agroecological transition in Southern Benin: What challenges for more efficient vegetable farming systems?

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dc.date.accessioned2022-10-21T13:09:03Z
dc.date.available2022-10-21T13:09:03Z
dc.date.issued2022-10-18
dc.identifierdoi:10.17170/kobra-202210116965
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/14210
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsNamensnennung 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectagroecologyeng
dc.subjectgarden cropseng
dc.subjectorganiceng
dc.subjectintensificationeng
dc.subjectsustainabilityeng
dc.subjectWest-Africaeng
dc.subject.ddc630
dc.subject.swdWestafrikager
dc.subject.swdBeninger
dc.subject.swdEffizienzger
dc.subject.swdLandwirtschaftlicher Betriebger
dc.subject.swdGemüsebauger
dc.subject.swdNachhaltigkeitger
dc.subject.swdInterviewger
dc.subject.swdWertschöpfungsketteger
dc.titleAgroecological transition in Southern Benin: What challenges for more efficient vegetable farming systems?eng
dc.title.alternativeAgroecological transition in vegetable farming systems in southern Benin. Lessons from a diagnostic analysiseng
dc.typeAufsatz
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
dcterms.abstractIn Benin, agroecological intensification and agroecological transition of vegetable farming systems is an undeniable necessity for achieving the objectives of food and nutrition security while preserving natural resources, human and animal health. The present study analyses vegetable farming systems in southern Benin, to highlight bottlenecks and challenges in the process of an agroecological transition and intensification of these systems. Data were collected with questionnaires and interview guides through individual interviews and focus groups among a sample of 105 producers practicing one of the three types of vegetable farming systems encountered in south of Benin. These data concern mainly production factors, cropping systems, costs of cropping operations, and production constraints. They were analysed using parameters of descriptive statistics. The results revealed a diversity of cropping practices according to agroecological zones. Vegetable farming systems in flooded land value agroecological practices more than those in coastal areas. The performance of these systems is limited by constraints such as land insecurity, difficulties in accessing organic inputs, low technical capacities of farmers, and low development of agroecological markets. Therefore, facing the challenges of agroecological transition and intensification of vegetable farming systems in the south of Benin, requires the implementation of appropriate technical, organisational and political measures to overcome these obstacles. Among others, these measures will consist to facilitate producers' access to secured land, to make agroecological technologies accessible and affordable for producers, to facilitate their learning process, and to promote the development of short circuit sales.eng
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
dcterms.creatorAssogba, Claude-Gervais
dcterms.creatorVodouhê, Gbelidji T.
dcterms.creatorAdje, Bienvenu
dcterms.creatorDassou, Anicet
dcterms.creatorTovignan, Silvère Dansinou
dcterms.creatorKindomihou, Valentin
dcterms.creatorVodouhê, Simplice Davo
dcterms.source.identifiereissn:2363-6033
dcterms.source.issueNo. 2
dcterms.source.journalJournal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics (JARTS)eng
dcterms.source.pageinfo205-214
dcterms.source.volumeVol. 123
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