Indigenous cowpea production and protection practices in Benin

Insect Science and its Application

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 123-132

  Kossou, Dansou K ^a,d   Gbèhounou, Gualbert ^a   Ahanchédé, Adam ^b   Ahohuendo, Bonaventure ^b   Bouraïma, Yacouba ^c   Van Huis, Arnold ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DES RECHERCHES AGRICOLES DU BÉNIN   (Benin)

^c Direction de l'Agriculture   (Benin)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benin; Cowpea; Hierarchy of constraints; Indigenous knowledge; Participatory approach; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013347882     PISSN: 01919040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1742758400020178     Document Type: Article

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