Assessment of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) diversity, loss of landraces and farmers preference criteria in southern Benin using farmers’ participatory approach

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cg.contributor.centerInternational Center for Tropical Agriculture - CIAT (Alliance)en_US
cg.contributor.centerInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture - IITAen_US
cg.contributor.centerUniversity of Abomey-Calavi, Ecole Polytechnique d’Abomey-Calavi, Faculty of Sciences and Technology of Dassa, Laboratory of Biotechnology, Genetic Resources and Plant and Animal Breeding - UAC/BIORAVEen_US
cg.contributor.centerUniversity of Abomey-Calavi, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - UAC - FAST - LBBMen_US
cg.contributor.funderInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.contributor.projectCommunication and Documentation Information Services (CODIS)en_US
cg.contributor.project-lead-instituteInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.creator.idBhattacharjee, Ranjana: 0000-0002-5184-5930en_US
cg.creator.idBecerra, Augusto: 0000-0003-3520-2270en_US
cg.date.embargo-end-dateTimelessen_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-015-0352-1en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn0925-9864en_US
cg.journalGenetic Resources and Crop Evolutionen_US
cg.subject.agrovoccassavaen_US
cg.subject.agrovocmanihot esculentaen_US
cg.subject.agrovocbeninen_US
cg.subject.agrovoccassavaen_US
cg.volume64en_US
dc.contributorBhattacharjee, Ranjanaen_US
dc.contributorDansi, Alexandreen_US
dc.contributorBecerra, Augustoen_US
dc.contributorDansi, M.en_US
dc.contributorSanni, Ambaliouen_US
dc.creatorAgre, Angeloten_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-06T19:55:51Z
dc.date.available2025-08-06T19:55:51Z
dc.description.abstractCassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is one of the highly produced and consumed food crops in Benin Republic. Through the application of participatory research appraisal tools and techniques, such as direct observations, group discussions and field visit, cassava production constraints, the diversity at the community level and farmers’ varieties preference criteria were assessed in southern Benin. Base on national statistic cassava production fifty five (55) villages were selected and surveyed in the southern Benin. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the data collected. About 11 constraints were listed by farmers, and the most important were low productivity, low post-maturity underground storage capacity of the roots of some cultivars, viral disease (cassava mosaic disease), susceptibility to high soil moisture, and lack of early maturing cultivars, which together accounted for 68.02 % of the total responses. Additionally, a total of 125 existing landraces were recorded. The distribution and extent pattern revealed 59 elites cultivars (cultivated by many households and on large areas) that were further grouped into 23 categories based on their agronomic, technological and culinary characteristics. In most of the villages, the farmers’ perception of cultivar loss was based on abandonment of some cultivars due to their poor agronomic (69.12 % of responses) and culinary and/or technological attributes (30.88 % of responses). Within the existing diversity, cultivar choice or preferences are based on 22 culinary, technological, agronomic and economic criteria and their importance vary across the different department. Among these criteria, the most important were high productivity, good quality of the gari, early maturity and good friability accounted together for 48.12 % of the total responses. The presence of duplicates or synonyms was also observed and it is suggested that both morphological and molecular characterization and classification be carried out for better identification of cultivars.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://mel.cgiar.org/dspace/limiteden_US
dc.identifier.citationAngelot Agre, Ranjana Bhattacharjee, Alexandre Dansi, Augusto Becerra, M. Dansi, Ambaliou Sanni. (1/2/2017). Assessment of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) diversity, loss of landraces and farmers preference criteria in southern Benin using farmers’ participatory approach. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 64, pp. 307-320.en_US
dc.identifier.statusTimeless limited accessen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/70048
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer (part of Springer Nature) (Springer Open Choice Hybrid Journals)en_US
dc.sourceGenetic Resources and Crop Evolution;64,(2015) Pagination 307-320en_US
dc.subjectdiversityen_US
dc.subjectproduction constraintsen_US
dc.subjectpreference criteriaen_US
dc.titleAssessment of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) diversity, loss of landraces and farmers preference criteria in southern Benin using farmers’ participatory approachen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dcterms.available2015-12-11en_US
dcterms.extent307-320en_US
dcterms.issued2017-02-01en_US
mel.impact-factor1.6en_US

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