Following the launch of the 2nd phase of the Cowpea Atlas Project (October 2022-July 2023), aiming at developing a virtual platform on cowpea, a delegation from GBioS participated in the regional meeting organised in the premises of CERAAS in Senegal. The objective of this meeting was to facilitate consultation between the implementing partners on the…
As part of the Taiwan African Vegetable Initiative (TAVI) project, a delegation led by Professor Enoch Achigan-Dako represented the Genetics, Biotechnology and Seed Science Laboratory at a training session in Arusha, Tanzania . This training, held at the World Vegetable Center Eastern and Southern Africa, focused on conservation and utilization of vegetable genetic resources, with…
As part of the promotion of the tomato sector in West Africa, a consortium of agricultural research institutes is organising a scientific symposium from 27 to 29 July 2022.The main objective of this meeting between researchers and other actors working on tomato in the sub-region is to capitalise on research achievements and technological innovations.
From 8 to 13 November 2021, a technical meeting was held to establish contact, plan and prepare for the launch of the Biovalor project: « Strengthening the skills approach and entrepreneurial culture in higher agronomic training: levers for professional integration and the development of the bio-economy in Benin ».
Homeland Tastes is a startup in the field of food processing created in 2016. It specializes in the production and marketing of aromatic, nutraceutical and medicinal herbal infusions…
The vision of Seed Services is to supply the continuous availability of quality seed for farmers, especially for those involved in market gardening production.
Bio life is a startup which aim to produce high quality (nutrients content) bio-fertilizers for sustainable intensification of vegetables production in Benin
The Laboratory of Genetics Horticulture and Seed Sciences (GBioS), produce Bio market gardening crop on its farm at the Faculty of Agronomic Sciences of the University of Abomey-Calavi.
“Benin Céréales” is a food processing start-up specializing in transformation of minor cereal (grains) into various end product for human consumption.
GROW is a young start-up initiated in January 2018 in Benin. Our vision is to provide quality food to consumers by offering producers hybrid seeds and pure lines of fruit vegetables
» Delix » is an agribusiness company specialises in the production and marketing of sisrè (Synsepalum Dulficium) products in Benin.
Tchokponhoué, D. A., Achigan-Dako, E. G., Sognigbé, N., Nyadanu, D., Hale, I., Odindo, A. O., & Sibiya, J. (2023). Genome-wide diversity analysis suggests divergence among Upper Guinea and the Dahomey Gap populations of the Sisrè berry (Syn: miracle fruit) plant (Synsepalum dulcificum [Schumach. & Thonn.] Daniell) in West Africa. The Plant Genome, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1002/tpg2.20299
Adigoun R.F.R., Houdegbe A.C., Fassinou Hotegni N.V., Segnon A.C., N’Danikou S., Adjé C.A.O., Adadja R.P.M. and Achigan-Dako E.G. (2022) Enabling effective maize seed system in low-income countries of West Africa: Insights from Benin. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 6:1045629. 17. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.1045629
Imorou, l., Goudou, H. G., Fassinou-Hotegni, N. V., Togbe, E. C., Bello, D. O., Adoukonou-Sagbadja, H., & Ahoton, l. E. (2022). Morphological variability of Euphorbia sepium NE Br. across the Sudanian and Sudano-Guinean zones of Benin Republic (West Africa): Implications for conservation. Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, 31:100424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmap.2022.100424
