Between June and August 2013 two organizations held the first large regional trainings SRI training in Central and Northern Benin. DEDRAS, a Christian NGO working in Northern Benin, conducted trainings for 160 farmers and six technicians in Banikoara, N’Dali and Parakou; CARDERE, the agricultural extension service of the Gov. of Benin, conducted trainings for 100 […]
Les organisations d’économie sociale et solidaire (OESS) constituent de nos jours un cadre de promotion de l’égalité des genres. De par leur principe, elles s’opposent à toute forme de discrimination quel que soit son degré de manifestation. Dans cette dynamique, l’existence de ces organisations devrait permettre d’améliorer les conditions de vie des femmes rurales qui […]
Achieving rice self-sufficiency in West Africa will require an expansion of the irrigated rice area under water-scarce conditions. However, little is known about how much area can be irrigated and where and when water-saving practices could be used. The objective of this study was to assess potentially irrigable lands for irrigated rice cultivation under water-saving […]