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 ».
Synsepalum Dulcificum is an exotic crop with a thousand virtues. We have made a list of ten things you should know about the plant (with a little bonus at the end) ⮚ Synsepalum dulcificum (or Richadella dulcifica), known as Sisrè or Sislèè in the Fon language and Sinssi in the Adja language, is a fruit…
Officially launched on May 20, 2021, the BMZ Choose, Grow, Thrive project aims to strengthen the African vegetable seed system, but also increase the adoption of improved varieties to ensure that farmers
To develop the research and educational capacity in Sub-Sahara Africa in the field of nematology, or the study of roundworms, a joint Erasmus+ KA2 project was recently launched.
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.
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Sohindji FS, Adje O. A. C, Fassinou Hotegni V. N, Fanou Fogny N, Akponikpe T, Quenum F, et al. Orange-fleshed sweetpotato production: Progress and perspectives for value chain development in West Africa. JSFA Reports. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsf2.42
Coulibaly, M., Idohou, R., Akohoue, F., Peterson, A.T., Sawadogo, M., Achigan-Dako, E.G. Coupling genetic structure analysis and ecological-niche modeling in Kersting’s groundnut in West Africa. Scientific Reports 12, 1-18. 10.1038/s41598-022-09153-5 (2022).
