2014 SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES REPORT OF THE LABORATORY OF APPLIED ECOLOGY (LEA)
Achille E. ASSOGBADJO Elie Antoine PADONOU Belarmain FANDOHAN Valentin KINDOMIHOU Sylvain GBOHAYIDA Brice SINSIN
March 2015
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Contents 1.
DATA COLLECTION ..................................................................................................... 10
2. TYPES OF RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS AT LEA IN THE YEAR 2014 ............ 11 2.1 TYPE OF RESEARCH AT LEA ............................................................................................ 11 2.2 TYPE OF PUBLICATIONS AT LEA IN 2014 ......................................................................... 11 2.2.1 Theses at LEA .......................................................................................................... 11 2.2.2 Scientific productions at LEA in 2014..................................................................... 14 2.2.2.1 Publications in peer review journals ................................................................. 14 2.2.2.2 Trends of publications in peer review journals and proceedings from 1998 to 2014 ............................................................................................................................... 18 2.2.2.3 Trends of research projects, research grants and publications in peer review journals from 2009 to 2014 ........................................................................................... 19 2.2.2.4 French/English ratio according to the types of publications ............................. 21 2.2.2.6: Abstracts: number of publications and indexes of specialization .................... 21 3. CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS FROM 2009 TO 2014 .............................................. 22 4. RESEARCH PROJECTS, RESEARCH GRANTS AND PRIZE AT THE LEA IN 2014 . 23 5. HUMAN RESOURCES AND VISITING RESEARCH IN THE LEA IN 2014 ................ 24 6. GENERAL DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION .............................................................. 26 7. REFERENCES ..................................................................................................................... 27 8. APPENDIXES ..................................................................................................................... 28 Appendix 1: Ongoing PhD thesis in LEA ................................................................................................. 29 Appendix 2: Completed bachelor degree in 2014 ................................................................................. 31 Appendix 3: Completed master or agronomist engineer degree in 2014 ................................... 33 Appendix 4: Completed Master of Sciences degree in 2014 ........................................................... 34 Appendix 5: Completed Doctorate thesis in 2014 ................................................................................ 34 Appendix 6: Articles published in peer-review journal with Impact Factor in 2014 ........... 35 Appendix 7: Articles published in peer-review journal without IF in 2014 ............................. 36 Appendix 8: Articles in press in peer-review journal with IF in 2014 ........................................ 39 Appendix 9: Articles in press in peer-review journal without IF in 2014 ................................. 39 Appendix 10: Articles under review in peer-review journal with IF in 2014 .......................... 41 Appendix 11: Articles under review in peer-review journal without IF in 2014 ................... 42 Appendix 12: Publications in proceedings in 2014 .............................................................................. 43 Appendix 13: Abstracts in books of abstracts in 2014........................................................................ 43 Appendix 14: Technical Reports and books in 2014 ........................................................................... 46 Appendix 15: Participation at workshops/conferences in 2014 ..................................................... 47 Appendix 16: Research projects of LEA in which you have been involved in 2014 ........... 50 Appendix 17: Research Grants in 2014...................................................................................................... 53 Appendix 18: Prizes and nomination in 2014 ......................................................................................... 54 Appendix 19: Visitors received in 2014 .................................................................................................... 55 2
9. ABSTRACTS OF PUBLICATIONS ................................................................................... 56 1. Domesticating and conserving indigenous trees species: an ecosystem based approach for adaptation to climate change in sub-Sahara Africa ............................................. 57 2.Factors affecting home gardens ownership, diversity and structure: A case study from Benin .......................................................................................................................................................... 57 3.Prioritization of useful medicinal tree species for conservation in Wari-Maro forest reserve in Benin: a multivariate analysis approach ......................................................................... 58 4.Extraction of timber and non-timber products from the Swamp Forest of Lokoli (Benin): use patterns, harvesting impacts and management options ...................................... 58 5.Habitat use by Geoffroy’s White-thighed Colobus in the Kikélé sacred Forest: activity budget, feeding ecology and selection of sleeping trees ............................................. 58 6.Survey of Loxodonta africana (Elephantidae)-caused bark injury on Adansonia digitata (Malavaceae) within Pendjari Biosphere Reserve, Benin .......................................... 59 7.How farmers perceive and cope with bowalization: A case study fromWest Africa . 59 8.Natural variation in fruit characteristics and seed germination of Jatropha curcas in Benin, West Africa ......................................................................................................................................... 59 9.Home gardens: an assessment of their biodiversity and potential contribution to conservation of threatened species and crop wild relatives in Benin ..................................... 60 10.Effect of inventory plot patterns in the floristic analysis of tropical woodland and dense forest ......................................................................................................................................................... 60 11.Biodiversity conservation in home gardens: traditional knowledge, use patterns and implications for management .................................................................................................................... 60 12.Determinants of crop-livestock integration by small farmers in three agroecological regions of Benin ........................................................................................................................ 61 13.Adaptation of peri-urban cattle production system to environmental changes: herders feeding strategies in southern Benin. .................................................................................... 61 14.Current floristic composition, life form and productivity of the grasslands in the Hunting Zone of Djona (Benin) ............................................................................................................... 61 15.Contribution to efforts to protect the Transboundary Biosphere Reserve in the rangeland vegetation dynamic................................................................................................................... 62 16.Effect of packaging on the microbiological quality of chicken and fish viscera flour .................................................................................................................................................................................. 62
17.Effect of packaging on the microbiological quality of Azolla filiculoides and Moringa oleifera flour .................................................................................................................................. 62 18.Valorisation de Azolla spp, Moringa oleifera, son de riz, et de co-produits de volaille et de poisson en alimentation animale: synthèse bibliographique .......................... 62 19.Importance and vulnerability of ligneous medicinal plants used in Benin and its surroundings countries in Africa: literature review and quantitative approach................. 63 20.Transhumance in Republic of Benin: State of art and constraints .................................... 63 21.Spatio-temporal dynamic of suitable areas for species conservation in West Africa: case for eight economically important wild palms.......................................................................... 64 22.Variation in Hyphaene thebaica Mart. Fruit: physical characteristics and factors affecting seed germination and seedling growth in Benin (West Africa) ............................ 64 3
23Site-effects or socioeconomic factors: Which one explains native African palm species uses? ...................................................................................................................................................... 64 24.Effect of human disturbance and climatic variability on the population structure of Afzelia africana Sm. ex pers. (Fabaceae–Caesalpinioideae) at country broad-scale (Bénin, West Africa) ...................................................................................................................................... 65 25.Endogenous knowledge and human disturbance impact on abundance of two underutilized wild edible tree species in southern Benin............................................................. 65 26.Biotechnology in Biodiversity Conservation: Overview of its Application for Conservation of Endangered African Tree Species ........................................................................ 65 27.Contribution to knoweledge of the main antihypertensive plants used in traditional medicine in Bassila (Benin, West Africa) ........................................................................................... 65 28.Habitat characterization of Dialium guineense (Willd) in Benin ...................................... 66 29.Effect of holes on the regeneration of woody species in two community-based forests .................................................................................................................................................................... 66 30.Importance socioculturelle de Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg (Moraceae) au Sud-Bénin ..................................................................................................................................................... 66 31.Farmers' background and diversity of uses of palm oil wastes for sustainable agriculture in Southern Benin.................................................................................................................... 67 32.Palm oil mill waste importance and its management in a sustainability context in Southern Benin ................................................................................................................................................. 67 33.Effect of shelter and type of manure on physical parameters changes during palm oil mills solid wastes composting ............................................................................................................ 67 34.Effect of co composting of palm oil mill wastes and cow dung and poultry manure made under shelter and without shelter on Amaranthus hybridus growth and yield. ..... 68 35.Savoirs locaux et conservation de la biodiversite dans les bois sacres du centre benin en afrique de l’ouest .......................................................................................................................... 68 36.Importance of functional traits and regional species pool in predicting long-distance dispersal in savanna ecosystems .............................................................................................................. 68 37.Conflict between spotted-necked otters and fishermen in Hlan River, Benin............. 69 38.Bovid responses to anthropogenic effects, habitat and environmental parameters in the Pendjari Biosphere Reserve (Northern Benin) during the dry season............................ 69 39. Performance de production de biomasse du ver de fumier Eisenia foetida sur différents substrats .......................................................................................................................................... 69 40.Hunting affects dry season habitat selection by several bovid species in northern Benin ..................................................................................................................................................................... 70 41.Insecticide residues in bats along a land use-gradient dominated by cotton cultivation in northern Benin, West Africa ......................................................................................... 70 42.Do flying foxes limit flower abortion in African baobab (Adansonia digitata)?: Case study in Benin, West Africa ........................................................................................................... 71 43.Structural analysis of regeneration in tropical dense forest: combined effect of plot and spatial distribution patterns ................................................................................................................ 71 44.Traditional knowledge and use value of bamboos in south-eastern Benin: implications for their sustainable management................................................................................. 71
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45.Analysis of socio cultural determinants of the perceptions and measures of adaptation facing the climatic variability in the W Transboundary Biosphere reserve in Benin ..................................................................................................................................................................... 72 46.Dynamique de l’occupation du sol dans le Parc National W et sa périphérie au Nord-Ouest du Bénin ..................................................................................................................................... 72 47.Rehabilitation of degraded ecosystems (Donga) on the peripheral W National Park of Niger: diversity and use of the spared wood species in Karimama (North-Eastern Benin).................................................................................................................................................................... 72 48.Dongas formation and evolution in W National Park and its peripheral in north Benin ..................................................................................................................................................................... 73 49.Effect of pearl and super granule urea and NPK 15-15-15 on the productivity of IR841 and NERICAL14 rice varieties in the inland valley of southern Benin ................. 73 50.Response to fertilizer of native grasses (Pennisetum polystachion and Setaria sphacelata) and legume (Tephrosia pedicellata) of savannah in Sudanian Benin .......... 73 51. Effects of the utilization mode on Brachiaria ruziziensis pastures in the Sudanian and sub-equatorial zone. .............................................................................................................................. 74 52.In vivo digestibility of Boerhavia diffusa and Khaya senegalensis in West African Dwarf sheep in the Sudano-Guinean zone in Benin. ..................................................................... 74 53.Social context of Pentadesma butyracea and its natural stands use in Benin ............. 74 54.Technico-economic analysis of teak (Tectona grandis L.f.) of seedling production in forest nurseries, southern Benin.......................................................................................................... 75 55.Analysis of the consumption of processed pineapple products in southern Benin: what opportunities to boost the country’s pineapple value chain? .......................................... 75 56.Lantana camara (Verbenaceae): a potential threat to the effectiveness of protected areas to conserve flora and fauna in Benin ......................................................................................... 75 57.Assessment of the medicinal uses of plant species found on termitaria in the Pendjari biosphere reserve in Benin ....................................................................................................... 75 58.Local community perceptions of mine site restoration using phytoremediation in Abitibi-Temiscamingue (Quebec) ........................................................................................................... 76 59.Profitability of commercial thinning in Natural Black Spruce Forests in Quebec .... 76 60.Impacts of the diversity of traditional uses and potential economic value on food tree species conservation status: case study of African bush mango trees (Irvingiaceae) in the Dahomey Gap (West Africa) ........................................................................................................ 76 61.Does phenology distinguish bitter and sweet African bush mango trees (Irvingia spp., Irvingiaceae)?......................................................................................................................................... 77 62.Germination of seeds from earlier fruits of bitter and sweet African bush mango trees ........................................................................................................................................................................ 77 63.Safety of botanical ingredients in personal healthcare: Focus on Africa: in GuribFakim (eds): Novel Plant Bioresources ....................................................................................................... 78 64.Geostatistics: Basics, potential uses and application on tree Species’ density mapping in agrosystem analysis............................................................................................................... 78 65.Structure des populations et état de conservation des principales plantes galactogènes et emménagogues de la Réserve de Biosphère de la Pendjari (Bénin) ..... 78
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66.Endogenous knowledge and human disturbance impact on abundance of two underutilized wild edible tree species in southern Benin ............................................................. 79 67.Connaissances endogènes des populations de la basse vallée de l’Ouemé sur Monodora myristica: espèce à valeur thérapeutique élevée au Bénin ................................... 79 68.Distribution du Colobe vert olive, Procolobus verus, au Bénin et menaces pesant sur sa Conservation ........................................................................................................................................ 79 69.Évolution des teneurs en éléments minéraux des feuilles de niébé (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) cultivé dans la zone de Boundji en République du Congo. ..... 80 70.Effet de l’association Combretum micranthum G. Don (Combretaceae) et Cochlospermum tinctorium A. Rich. (Cochlospermaceae) dans la prise en charge de l’hépatite virale B ............................................................................................................................................ 80 71.Adaptation d’un cultivar de Niébé (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) aux conditions pédoclimatiques de Boundji (République du Congo) .................................................................... 80 72.Variation de quelques paramètres floristiques suivant les zones de conservation de la Réserve de Biosphère du Baoule (Mali) ......................................................................................... 80 73.Using species distribution models to select species resistant to climate change for ecological restoration of bowé in West Africa .................................................................................. 81 74.Spatial distribution of bowal and differences in physicochemical characteristics between bowal and woodland soils in Benin, West Africa ......................................................... 81 75.Vegetation characteristics of bowé in Benin (West Africa) ................................................. 81 76.Land use land cover mapping and prediction of future extension of bowé in Benin (West Africa) ..................................................................................................................................................... 82 77.Morphological variation, cultivation techniques and management practices of Moringa oleifera in southern Benin (West Africa) ......................................................................... 82 78.Impact of climate on seed morphology and plant growth of Caesalpinia bonduc L. in West Africa ................................................................................................................................................... 82 79.Investigations of on farm seedling productivity of the rare and declining Caesalpiniabonduc in Benin (West Africa) by aid of simulation modelling ..................... 83 80.Caractérisation floristique et analyse des formes de pression sur les forêts sacrées ou communautaires de la Basse Vallée de l’Ouémé au Sud-Est du Bénin .......................... 83 81.Concassage de granite et dégradation des espèces végétales ligneuses dans la Commune de Parakou au Bénin ............................................................................................................... 83 82.Efficacitédes structures de cogestion des ressources naturelles de la forêt classée des Monts Kouffe au Bénin ........................................................................................................................ 84 83.Analyse des contraintes de viabilité de la végétation urbaine : cas des arbres d’alignement dans la ville de Porto-Novo au Bénin ....................................................................... 84 10. ABSTRACTS OF DOCTORATE THESIS ....................................................................... 85 1.Répartition spatiale, ecologie et statut de conservation du tamarinier noir (Dialiumguineense) Au Bénin .................................................................................................................. 86 2.Sacred wood in the district of Glazoué-Savè-Ouessè in Benin: ecological value, social role and implications for biodiversity conservation .......................................................... 86
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Tables and figures Figure 1: Spatial context of research activities in LEA in the year 2014 ...................................... 11 Figure 2: Trends of types of defended and ongoing PhD Theses from 2007 to 2014 ............. 12 Figure 3: Number of students supervised per professor at LEA in 2014 ....................................... 12 Figure 4: Spectrum of ongoing PhD thesis and related field of research in 2014 ..................... 13 Figure 5 : Trends of ongoing PhD thesis according to research fields (2007 – 2014) ............ 13 Figure 6: Typology of PhD students based on years related to their research activities ........ 14 Figure 7: Spectrum of scientific productions of LEA in 2014 ............................................................ 15 Figure 8 : Published articles according to the fields of research in 2014 ...................................... 15 Figure 9 : Articles in press according to the fields of research in 2014.......................................... 16 Figure 10: Articles under review according to the fields of research in 2014 ............................. 16 Figure 11: Indices of co-publications in peer review journals at countries scale in 2014 ..... 17 Figure 12 : Indices of co-publications in peer review journals at continental level in 2014 18 Figure 13a: Trends per types of publications from 1998 to 2014...................................................... 19 Figure 13b : Spectra of publications according to the fields of research from 2009 to 201419 Figure 14: Spectra of publications, projets and small grants from 2009 to 2014 ...................... 20 Figure 15: French/English ratio for various types of publications in LEA in 2014 .................. 21 Figure 16: Indices of publications specialization in books of abstracts in 2014 ........................ 22 Figure 17 : Level of researchers participation to international conferences in 2014 ............... 23 Figure 18: Trends of participation to international conferences from 2009 to 2014 ................ 23 Figure 19: Spectrum of research funding in 2014 ..................................................................................... 24 Table 1: Weighted Impact Factor Indices of publications ................................................................... 17 Table 2: Estimated cost per publication and per IF unit from 2009 to 2014 ................................ 20 Table 3: Costs of participation to conferences and seminars from 2009 to 2014 ...................... 23
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Foreword The Laboratory of Applied Ecology (LEA) of the Faculty of Agronomic Sciences (FSA, University of Abomey-Calavi, UAC-Benin) was created in 1994 by Professor Brice Sinsin. LEA is one of the leading institutions of research on natural resources management in Benin. The major research fields in which LEA is currently involved include (i) desertification and land degradation, biodiversity and climate change, (ii) carbon stock measurement and monitoring of carbon sequestration , (iii) agriculture productivity and capacity building in organic agriculture, (iv) ethnobotany and new crops development; (v) management of traditional agroforestry systems and humid zones; (vi) ecological restoration of degraded areas; (vii) conservation and sustainable management of wild palms; (viii) management of Non Timber Forests Products; (ix) management of protected areas (National Parks, hunting zones, community conservation areas); (x) bio Monitoring of wildlife; (xi) red list of threatened plants and wildlife; (xii) Pasture Science; (xiii) Ecological and organic agriculture. Scientific research at LEA up to now has yielded more than 350 scientific publications in peer-reviewed international journals, books and proceedings of scientific conferences. Moreover, LEA has executed and been involved in several projects (e.g DADOBAT-UE; SUN-UE; BIOTA-West; LOEWE; UNDESERT-EU; Edulink-European Union; Global Climate Change Alliance) on sustainable management of natural resources or/and tree domestication in Africa. Up to date, the major achievements of LEA are the following: (i) climate change, vulnerability assessment and natural/climatic risk management in the coastal area of Benin, (ii) conservation and management of more than 10 forest genetic resources in Benin (e.g: Adansonia digitata; Blighia sapida; Caesalpinia bonduc ; Irvingia gabonensis ; Pentadesma butyracea ; Sclerocarya birrea; Tamarindus indica; Borassus aethiopum; Raphia soudanica, Dialium guineense, etc.) ; (iii) management of more than 10 traditional agroforestry systems involving medicinal plants in Northern Benin (e.g Community gardens of Papatia, Monts Kouffé, Dangbo, Porga, etc.) ; (iv) ecological restoration of more than 5 degraded areas (E.g. Lama forest reserve and Swampy forest of Lokoli in Southern Benin ; Dry dense forest of Bassila and Wari Maro in Northern Benin; etc.) ; (v) management of at least 5 protected areas in Benin (Biosphere Reserves of Pendjari and W in Northern Benin ; three forests reserves, Goungoun and Sota forests in Northern Benin ; Lama Forest reserve in Southern Benin ; etc.) ; (vi) Red list of threatened plants and wildlife in Benin (IUCN Red Book of Benin) ; (vii) remote sensing and mapping of vegetation (Swampy Forest of Lokoli, Dense Forest of Lama; Biosphere Reserves of Pendjari and W; etc.); (vii) atlas of biodiversity of Benin. LEA works closely with many international and natonal partners (research institutions, NGOs, local communities and decision makers). LEA networks and working groups include: •
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About 5 full Professors and 20 Associate Professors from many Departments (Regional Planning, Geography, Chemistry, Soil Science, Botany, Socio-economics, etc.) at the University of Abomey-Calavi ; International Scientific Groups such as AETFAT, IUCN (WCPA;SSC ; CWRSG), etc.; 8
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International Institutions involved in nature conservation and biodiversity management i.e. World Union for Nature Conservation (IUCN), Bioversity International (ex-IPGRI), World Agroforestry Centre (ex. ICRAF), Wildlife Management etc.; Networks such as the South Saharan African Forest Genetic Program (SSAFOGP), Society for Ecological Restoration International (SERI-USA), African Network for Agriculture, Agroforestry and Natural Resources Education (ANAFE / ICRAF), African Forest Forum (AFF), etc. NGOs and Universities (Belgium, Burkina-Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Côte d’Ivoire, Denmark, France, Ghana, Germany, Japan, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, The Netherlands, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Switzerland, Togo, UK, US, Uganda, South Africa, Kenya, Mozambique etc.).
This report is the seventh edition following six consecutive previous reports since 2007.It is intended for several audiences of researchers in Benin and abroad, partners, developers, donators and other professionals interested in the fields of applied ecology. It summarizes the research activities which were performed at the laboratory in 2014 and is organized into nine major sections. Section 1 relies on the methodology used to gather information included in the report and shows how various indices have been calculated. Section 2 focuses on the types of research (individual, national teams, regional teams and international teams), types of publications (thesis, peer review articles, proceedings, technical reports, and newsletter), trends of publications for the last fourteen years (1998 – 2014) and the analysis of language of publications according to the types of publications at the laboratory. Section 3 provides a summary of conferences and seminars organized by the LEA in 2014 and those attended by researchers from LEA. Section 4 describes the research projects and research grants obtained at the laboratory in 2014 whereas section 5 shows details about active human resources at LEA as well as visitors who were in the laboratory in the framework of bilateral collaboration. Section 6 discusses the research activities performed at the laboratory in 2014 while section 7 shows the used references. The appendixes are presented in the section 8, showing full details on references of the different types of publications, research projects and grants as well as on conferences and visiting research in the laboratory. Finally, abstracts of publications in 2014 in peer review journals have been presented in the section 9 to allow easy searching and understanding of the full length papers.
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1. Data collection The methodology used for this report was mainly based on the research activities performed by researchers and students from the laboratory in 2014. Firstly, information related to dissertations (PhD and masters’ students), scientific articles (published, in press or under review) in peer-review journals and those published through proceedings, books of abstracts and technical reports were used. For each category of publication, the indices of specialization related to the scientific fields in which the works have been performed were assessed. Also, as far as the published papers in peer-review journals are concerned, two groups of papers were established:articles with Impact Factor and those without Impact Factor (Web of Science of Thomson). Only the publications of which address of authors and/or co-authors refer to LEA were considered. Furthermore, collaborations and co-publications with scientists from developed countries and African countries have been detailed throughout the report. The types of research were expressed respectively as the ratio between the number of publications produced individually or by co-publication with national, regional or international teams and the total number of publications in the laboratory. Trends of publications from 1998 to 2014 were assessed both for proceedings and published articles in peer review journals (with Impact Factor or not). The ratio French/English was computed for various types of publications including the ones in press. For data processing, the following indices were calculated: -
Specialization Index of publications which is the ratio between the number of publications in a given field or discipline and the total number of publications when considering all disciplines; - Impact Factor (IF) Index of Publications for a given field of publication which is the ratio between the number of publications having an Impact Factor and the total number of publications in peer review journals related to the considered field of publication; - Weighted Impact Factor Indexof a given field of publication which is the product of the Impact Factor Index of Publications and the arithmetic sum of impact factor indices as described in the web of science of Thomson; - Index of co-publication at country vs. continental level which is the ratio between the number of co-publications at country vs. international level and the total number of co-publications in the laboratory. - Estimated cost perpublication which is the ratio between the estimated budget of LEA at a given year and the total publication at this year - Estimated cost per impact factor unit is the ratio between the estimated budget of LEA at a given year and the arithmetic sum of impact factor indices - Contribution of LEA to scientific publication at Faculty of Agronomic Sciences (FSA) and University of Abomey-Calavi (UAC) which is the ratio beween the total publication at LEA and the total publication at FSA or UAC. Information related to the conferences and seminars (organized by the laboratory and the ones to which the researchers from the laboratory have participated), research projects, grants, prices and awards are presented in the report. To allow the assessment of the full references used to compute this report, a so called session “appendixes” has been inserted at the end of the report as well as the abstracts of the published papers in the peer review journals. 10
2. Types of research and publications at LEA in the year 2014 2.1 Type of research at LEA In the year 2014, the published articles were mostly produced through national teams (34 papers out of 51). About33.33% of the original research papers from LEA were published in international journals with Impact Factor. In most cases, these papers involved national and international partners (Figure 1). 60 51 50 40
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Figure 1: Spatial context of research activities in LEA in the year 2014 Legend: IF = Impact Factor; WIF = Without Impact Factor
2.2 Type of publications at LEA in 2014 2.2.1 Theses at LEA The number of enrolled students in Master degrees in 2014 (24 students) increased since 2007. This is due to the system LMD started at the University of Abomey-Calavi since 2007 which allow more students to attend the course. The first degree in the system LMD is The BSc in which 31 students were enrolled in 2014 at LEA.The number of enrolled students in PhD degrees at LEA has increased globally from 2007 to 2014 (Figure 2). A total of eight PhD students have defended their PhD in 2014 at LEA. The professors of LEA (full and associate) are actively involved in promotion and supervision of PhD and MSc theses (figure 3). One professor supervised at least 3 ongoing PhD and 5 MSc theses in 2014. The same trend is also observed between associate and assistant professors for the supervision of BSc thesis in 2014 (6 students per associate or assistant professor).
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Figure 3: Number of students supervised per professor at LEA in 2014
2.2.1.1 Ongoing PhD theses at LEA in 2014 In 2014, six main fields of research were covered by the PhD students at LEA (Figure 4). Forest and Plant Ecology management,Wildlife ecology/protected aeras management and Horticulture are respectively the most and less represented (Figure 4). Figure 5 highlights that LEA research teams have mainly focused their activities in the fields of: Forest and Plant ecology, Wildlife management, Agroforestry and NTFPs (Figure 5). This is congruent with the laboratory’s main research projects. 12
Fifthty percent (50 %) of the students enrolled in PhD have already spent 2 years for their research activities while 11% have started their thesis at LEA in 2014 (Figure 6).
Desertification and land degradation 23%
Wildlife ecology / Protected areas management 4%
Agroforestry/ NTFPs 19%
Horticulture 4% Grassland ecology 15%
Forest/Plant ecology and management 35%
Figure 4: Spectrum of ongoing PhD thesis and related field of research in 2014 Desertification and land degradation
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Figure 6: Typology of PhD students in LEA based on the number of year related to their research activities
2.2.2 Scientific productions at LEA in 2014 In 2014, 94 scientific publications were produced by teams of LEA in peer-reviewed journals: 51 published; 15 in press and 28 under review. Moreover, 29 abstracts were published in the books of abstracts and 10 technical report elaborated. 2.2.2.1 Publications in peer review journals (i) Number, categories and impact factor indexes of publications The published articles in 2014 are mostly in the peer review journals without IF (67 %) compared to the number of published papers in reviews with Impact Factor (33 %), (Figure 7). The number of articles in press and under review in the journals with Impact Factor in 2014 is higher than the ones without Impact Factor (32 vs. 11). The same trend was observed in previous years. As such, we can assume that researchers of LEA are improving their scientific capacities in publishing their papers in peer review journals with IF. Full references (authors, journals, etc.) of those publications are shown in appendices 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11.
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Figure 7: Spectrum of scientific productions of LEA in 2014
(ii) Specialization Indexes of publications a) Published articles
The published articles in 2014 cover as the previous year various fields of research including Ethnobiology (21 %), Agriculture and Agroforestry (20 %), Forest and Plant ecology (19 %), Risk assessment and Climate change (18 %), Wildlife and Grassland (16 %), and Plants Biodiversity (6 %). Most articles were published in Ethnobiology, Agriculture and Agroforestry, Forest and Plant ecology, Risk assessment and Climate change and Wildlife and Grassland, which are the main research’s field of LEA. Wildlife/grassl and 16%
Biodiversity 6%
Risk assessment /Climate change 18%
Forest/Plant ecology 19%
Agriculture/A groforestry 20%
Ethnobiology 21%
Figure 8:Published articles according to the fields of research in 2014
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Risk assessment and Climate change (33%), ethnobiology (33%), Agriculture and Agroforestry (20%) are likely to provide more original research papers in the next year than Wildlife and Grassland (7%), Forest and Plant ecology (7 %). Forest/Plant ecology 7%
Wildlife/grassl and 7%
Agriculture/A groforestry 20%
Risk assessment /Climate change 33%
Ethnobiology 33%
Figure 9:Articles in press according to the fields of research in 2014
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Articles under review
The articles under review also cover the same fields of disciplines as the ones published and in press. Fields having more articles under review were Wildlife and Grassland (34 %), Agriculture and Agroforestry (29 %), Forest and Plant ecology (14 %), Ethnobiology (11 %), and Risk assessment and Climate change (3 %). These fields were also found to contribute more in articles published and in press confirming these areas as the more scientifically productive within LEA. Forest/Plant ecology 14%
Wildlife/gras sland 43%
Agriculture/ Agroforestry 29%
Risk assessment /Climate change 3%
Ethnobiolog y 11%
Figure 10: Articles under review according to the fields of research in 2014
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(iii) Weighted Impact Factor Index of publications Publications which have highly contributed to gain the Impact Factor of the laboratory in 2014 were related to Wildlife/grassland and Risk assessement/Climate changefollowed by publications in Agriculture/Agroforestry, Forest/Plant ecology, Plant Biodiversity and Ethnobiology (table 1). Therefore, these fields of publication are the ones in which the recorded scientific publications in LEA had the highest Impact Factor in 2014. Table 1: Weighted Impact Factor Indices of publications according to the disciplines of specialization Field of publication
Wildlife/grassland Ethnobiology Forest/Plant ecology Agriculture/Agroforestry Risk assessement /Climate change Biodiversity
Total number of publications related to the field in peer review journal 8 11 10 10
Total number of publications related to the field in the reviews having an impact factor 5 1 3 4
4.542(1, 0.849, 1.59, 1.071, 2.757) 0.103(1.135) 1.353(1, 1.640, 1.869) 1.387(0.51, 2.021, 0.514, 0.423)
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(iv) Indices of co-publications in peer review journals a) Country level
LEA works with a wide partnership at local and international training and research institutions. Research teams within LEA used to publish their research papers in collaboration with national and international scientists (figure 11). At country level, most of the publications were written with researchers from Benin (62%). France South Africa 2% 4%
Kenya 4% Congo 6% Mali 2%
USA 2%
Danemark 4% Netherlands 4% Germany 6%
Benin 62%
China 4%
Figure 11: Diversity in indices of the LEA co-publications in peer review journals at countries scale in 2014
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Continental level
At continental scale, the most important articles were co-published with Africans (76%: mainly Beninese), European scientists (18 %) and Asian (4%) and American (2%) scientists (Figure 12). Asie 4%
USA 2%
Europe 18%
Africa 76%
Figure 12:Diversity in indices of LEA co-publications in peer review journals at continental level in 2014
2.2.2.2 Trends of publications in peer review journals and proceedings from 1998 to 2014 Publications in peer review journals have globally increased from 1998 to 2014 with the highest peak in 2011 and 2013. Publishing in peer review journals with Impact Factor has started in the laboratory in 1994 with 1 to 3 publications per year till 2005. For a given year, the publications in peer review journals with Impact Factor were generally lower compared to the ones in peer review journals without Impact Factor (Figures 13a). Wildlife and Grassland, Ethnobiology, Forest and Plant ecology, Agriculture and Agroforestry are the research fields in which the most publications are obtained since 2009 at LEA (Figure 13b). This confirms these areas as the main research’s field of LEA.
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observed with the number of publication in impact factor journal which vary from 13 with 8 research projets and small grants to 17-23 with 18-30 projets and small grants. With more research projects and small grants, researchers at LEA publish more publication in peer review journalparticularly in impact factor journal. The budget per year at LEA from 2009 to 2014 vary from 125 000 Euro to 185 000 Euro. While the buget increase, the cost per publication decrease (table 2). In addition the total impact factor increase with lower cost of publication per impact factor unit. This is due to the increasing number of grantees PhD and MSc students involved in the research projects and small grants who have more time of research and publishing. Thus with more funds, more publication are obtained with lower cost. IF 60
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Estimated Cost (Euro) Cost budget of /publication (Euro) /IF LEA/year unit 2014 51 23.84 185000 3627 7760 2013 55 19.826 165 000 3000 8322 2012 43 11.6355 155 000 3605 13321 2011 55 27.0247 160 000 2909 5921 2010 32 12.628 125 000 3906 9899 2009 46 21.498 145 000 3152 6745 Mean budget of projectsper year ≈ 100 000 Euro; Mean budget per grant per year ≈ 5000 Euro
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2.2.2.4 French/English ratio according to the types of publications Except for articles in peer journal with impact factor which were only written in English;PhD dissertations, master thesis, agro ingeneer thesis, bachelorand articles in peer journal without impact factor were most written in French (Figure 15). 35 31 30 24
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Figure 15: French/English ratio for various types of publications in LEA in 2014
2.2.2.6: Abstracts: number of publications and indexes of specialization A total of 29 abstracts were published in books of abstracts of scientific conferences in 2014. These abstracts were linked to various disciplines as illustrated in figure 16. Agriculture and Agroforestry (35 %), Wildlife and Grassland (24 %), biodiversity (17%) showed the highest index of publications followed by Risk assessment and Climate change (10 %), Forest and Plant ecology (7 %) and ethnobiology (7 %). Full references of these publications are shown in appendix 13.
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Forest/Plant ecology 7%
Biodiversity 17%
Agriculture/Agr oforestry 35%
Wildlife/grassla nd 24%
Risk assessment /Climate change 10%
Ethnobiology 7%
Figure 16: Indices of publications specialization in books of abstracts in 2014
3. Conferences and seminars from 2009 to 2014 The participation of researchers at LEA to conference and seminar has increased from 2009 to 2014 (figure 18) with the highest peak in 2013. The researchers at LEA have participated more to conferences and seminars in Africa than the others continents. In 2014, researchers at LEA have participated to 40 conferences. About 67 % of these conferences were held in Africa, 27 % in Europe, 3 % in Asia, and 3 % in USA (Figure 17). Details related to these conferences/workshops are listed in appendix 15. Most of the conferences and seminars at which the researchers at LEA have participated were financially supported (table 4). The LEA has started internal seminars focusing on scientific information since 2012. Four communications were developed in 2014 during the seminars. These seminars mainly addressed modelisation of the growth dynamic of the population; conciliation of ecology and genetic for the purpose of management and conservation of forest resources; fundament, utilization and application of geostatistic for mapping agroforestry species distribution; Environmental friendly agriculture based on community resources: A strategy for sustainable development and biodiversity.
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USA Asia 3% 3%
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Figure 17 : Level of participation of LEA’s researchers to international conferences in 2014
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Table 3: Cost* of participation to conferences and seminars from 2009 to 2014 Year
Africa
Europe
USA
Asia
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2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
19000 19000 17000 31000 39000 27000
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Financial support 27667 35165 58833 50667 46000 50500
Contribution of LEA/UAC 6333 6333 5667 10333 13000 9000
*Cost per conference: Africa ≈ 1000 Euro; International (Europe, USA, Asia) ≈ 2500 Euro
4. Research projects, research grants and prize at the LEA in 2014 The research activities undertaken by LEA were mainly funded by international foundations and institutions (small research grants: 56%), regional and international co-operation projects (VPMAP, Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, SASACID/ANAFE, Biovision 23
Africa_Kenya and Switzerland, CORAF/WECARD and Humboldt Foundation:20 %), local institution in Benin (University of Abomey Calavi and INRAB: 17%), European Union (UNDESERT, Global Climate Change Alliance: 7%), (Figure 19). Most of the PhD as well as senior scientists at LEA are involved in these projects for their research activities. Details (objectives, beneficiaries, etc.) on these projects and grants are described in appendixes 16 and 17. Moreover, 14 international recognitions have been awarded to the researchers from LEA in 2014 (appendix 18).
Local project 17%
Bilateral Cooperation Projects 20%
Small Research Grants 56%
European Union Projects 7%
Figure 19: Spectrum of research funding in 2014
5. Human resources and visiting research in the LEA in 2014 Human resources in LEA during 2014 are about 30 main investigators and senior scientists, 26 PhD students, actively participating to research activities within the laboratory. Moreover, 5 technicians and 3 drivers are used on permanent basis for the fieldworks. Specifically, LEA houses 5 Full Professors (Professeur Titulaire Conseil Africain et Malgache pour l’Enseignement Supérieur CAMES), 20 associate Professors (Maître-Conférences/CAMES), several assistant Professors (Maître-Assistant/CAMES), assistant (PhD) and junior researchers (MSc and BSc students). Details about these human resources are shown on the web site of LEA (www.leabenin-fsauac.net). Furthermore, in the course of the year 2014, LEA has welcomed 4 researchers as visitors vs. 69 in 2009, 63 in 2008 and 51 in 2007, (Figure 20).The vistors welcomed in the previous years (2007, 2008 and 2009) were mainly students through NGOs while since 2010; the visitors welcomed were Professors through collaboration or project.
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Figure 20:Trends of visiting researchers welcomed in the LEA from 2007 to 2014
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6. General discussion and conclusion Various types of publications were produced by LEA’s researchers in 2014 as it was the case in previous years. It is important to notice that the total number of published papers in peer review journal in 2014 is similar to the published papers in 2013 and 2011. The global trend of published papers in peer review journal in LEA, increase since 1998. This can be explained by the increase of researchers, research projects and grants holding a PhD, PhD students and MSc student since 2006. Indeed, with more projects and grants, more papers are published with lower cost per publication and impact factor unit. The number of published articles in journals with Impact Factor has considerably increased since 2008. This means that researchers are improving their publication skills and the quality of their investigation. Another driver for this is the change in the requirements before defending a PhD thesis at the Faculty of Agronomic Sciences which hosts LEA (having at least two published original research paper). In the other hand, requirements for upgrading academics grades within the CAMES system (Conseil Africain et Malgache pour l’Enseignement Supérieur) is another important driver for increasing high quality papers within LEA. As such, the scientific capacity of LEA research teams is increasing. Published articles in 2014 were mostly produced in team at African level (76 % mainly Beninese). Published article in peer journal with impact factor were mostly co-written with international colleagues while published articles in peer journal without impact factor were morelikely written by teams at national level. A reason for that could be the requirements for writing in English for original papers to be submitted in most impact factor journals.Field research such as Wildlife and Grassland, Ethnobiology, Forest and Plant ecology, Agriculture and Agroforestry were the most to contribute to original research papers in LEA. This trend is expected to remain the same in 2015. Publications which have highly contributed to gain the Impact Factor of the laboratory in 2014 were related to Wildlife/grassland and Risk assessement/Climate change. These disciplines are then the most important in terms of scientific impact of LEA in 2014. To date, almost no scientific works was done with the scientists from Latino America, Australia, Middle East China and even Northern Africa. This suggests the need of more and sustainable efforts for building cooperative research networks basically using interactive research topics and funds from these parts of the world. Moreover, since 2007, few scientific papers have been published with scientists at a regional level (West Africa). In 2014, 76% of the articles have been co-published within national team while 18% have been co-published with European,4% with Asian and 2% with American scientists. As such, regional scientific collaborations should be developed for the following years since Benin shares with its neighboring countries similar research problems which need regional solutions and then should be solved regionally through research activities involving laboratories in the region. Based on the findings from the present report, it is suggested that LEA: (1) helps for capacity building among its research teams in order to be able to publish more scientific papers in peer review journals having a high IF; (2) develop more research collaboration at regional level ; (3) develop curricula in the fields of applied ecology for regional training purposes; 26
(4) continue monitoring biodiversity at continental level; (6) develop conservation and domestication strategies for some edible and medicinal forest and savannah resources; (7) develop guidelines for fieldwork in applied ecology for para ecologists; (8) monitor threatened and endangered plants and animals species at regional level.
7. References - http://scientific.thomson.com/products/wos/ - www.leabenin-fsauac.net - www.notesdecologie.bj.refer.org - www.fsa.bj.refer.org Publications in LEA in 2013-2014 (cf. appendices) Proceedings in LEA in 2013-2014 (cf. appendices) Theses in LEA in 2014 (cf.appendices: PhD, MSc and agronomist degree). Publication in UAC in 2007 – 2014.
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8. APPENDIXES
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2014 SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES REPORT OF THE LABORATORY OF APPLIED ECOLOGY Appendix 1: Ongoing PhD thesis in LEA N°
Student full name
1
ABDILLAHI ALI Mohamed
Number of year since the start of the PhD 1st year nd
Research topics
Fields of Research
Evaluation de l’efficacité thérapeutique des plantes dites anti-diabètes de la République de Djibouti Les îlots de forêts sacrés et communautaires du centre Bénin : écosystèmes marginaux à protéger et conserver pour le maintien en équilibre de la diversité biologique
Agroforestry/NTFPs Forest/Plant ecology and management Forest/Plant ecology and management
2
ADJASSE Martin
2 year
3
AGBOMANHENAN Saturnin
3rd year
Erosion et Dynamique des états de surface dans la Basse vallée de l’Ouémé
4
AHOUDJI Carmelle Myrèse
2nd year
5
AÏTONDJI Akouavi Léa
2nd year
Grasslands ecosystem functioning: patterns of establishment of dominant plant species, grass tussock growth, ecology and fire impacts on grassland dynamics Evaluation des impacts écologique, socio-économique et paysager des carrières non sableuses au Bénin
6
AKPONA Tèwogbadé Jean Didier
1st year
Prioritization and population viability analysis of timber species in Benin (West Africa)
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AMONTCHA Adéréwa A
2nd year
8
BIO Anselme
2nd year
Espaces verts dans les villes du grand nokoué: typologie, fonctions socio-environnementales et contraintes de réalisation Ethnobotanique, distribution spatiale et écologie des plantes entrant dans le traitement de l’hypertension artérielle au Bénin Modelling ethnobotanical patterns of Moringa oleifera Lam. in Benin (West Africa). Impact des systèmes d’exploitation des ressources naturelles sur les écosystèmes dans le Bassin de la Beffa Estimation, fluxes and monitoring of changes in carbon stock of tropical forest ecosystems: Case study of dense semi-deciduous moist forests in Benin
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GANDJI Kisito
st
1 year rd
10
GBAÏ N. Innocent
3 year
11
GOUSSANOU A. Cedric
2nd year
12
HEDJI Carine Christiane
2ndyear
13
IDOHOU Alix Frank Rodrigue
2nd year
14
KOMBIENOU Pocoum Damè
4th year
15
KOURA Bossima Ivan
2nd year
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KOURA Tatiana
4th year
Valorisation d’aliments à base de Azolla spp, de feuilles de Moringa oleifera, de son de riz, de viscères de poisson et de poulet en production de porc et de poulet Distribution, traditional knowledge, threats and conservation of wild palm species in Benin (West Africa) Distribution, traditional knowledge, threats and conservation of wild palm species in Benin (West Africa) Impacts des systèmes agricoles et de l’occupation des terres en zone montagneuse de la chaîne de l’Atacora au Nord-Ouest du Bénin. Improvement of livestock productivity through the promotion of products and by-products of soybean, peanut and corn from integrated production systems Sustainable uses of palm oil mills wastes and organic vegetables production through composting in southern Benin republic, west Africa
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Grassland ecology Desertification and land degradation Forest/Plant ecology and management Forest/Plant ecology and management Agroforestry/NTFPs Agroforestry/NTFPs Desertification and land degradation Forest/Plant ecology and management Wildlife ecology / Protected areas management Forest/Plant ecology and management Agroforestry/NTFPs Grassland ecology Biological Agriculture and Horticulture
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LESSE Paolo
2nd year
Gestion et modélisation de la dynamique des parcours de transhumance dans un contexte de changements climatiques au Nord-Est du Bénin
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OKOU Farris Aurlus Yissegnon
3rd year
The Atacora mountain under the drivers of land use and their impacts on species establishment
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PADONOU Elie Antoine
3rd year
Bowe occurrence patterns and their predictive extension above ground with respect to plant species diversification
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SALAKO Kolawolé Valère
2nd year
Ecology and conservation of the wild palm Borassus aethiopum Mart. in Benin
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SARE Baké Adissatou
4th year
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SEWADE Clément
2nd year
Climatic variability and dynamic of agroforesterie parks in the W Transboundary of biosphere reserve in Benin. Gestion rationnelle des ligneux fourragers dans les terres de parcours pour la conservation de la biodiversité au Bénin
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SINASSON Gisèle
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Sanni
Koupamba
3rd year
Distribution, structure and dynamics of Mimusops andongensis Hiern in Benin
TODAN Appolinaire
2nd year
Implications des mutations agraires et socio-démographiques sur la gestion des ressources ligneuses sur le Plateau Adja au Bénin
ZAKARI Soufouyane
3rd year
Vulnérabilité des parcours de transhumance aux changements climatiques dans le bassin versant de la Sota (Bénin)
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Grassland ecology Desertification and land degradation Desertification and land degradation Forest/Plant ecology and management Agroforestry/NTFPs Grassland ecology Forest/Plant ecology and management Forest/Plant ecology and management Grassland ecology
Appendix 2: Completed bachelor degree in 2014 N° 1
Student full name ABOUDOU Foudou
2
AKAKPO Jeanne
3
AZONTONDE Urielle Claudia
4
BATCHO Trésor Babatoundé
5
BIAOU F. Christiane
6
BIO YAU B. Nyridiath BIO YERE Gnon Moutoun Thècle Immaculée
7 8
DOGNIMON Samson
9
DONHOUEDE Fifonssi
10
FANOU Coffi Firmin
11
GANDÉ Sabi Doko
12
GBEGBO Comlan Médard
13
GBÉROU Séni
14
GOBI Mohamed Aïssétou
15
HOUNSOU-DINDIN Guillaume
16
HOUNWANOU Basile G.
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ISSIFOU Moumouni Yaya
18
KOUDJEGA Espérance Solagnon
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KOUTA Sébastien MAZEDEME H. S. Azaad Ulrich
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MAZO Ismaël
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MENSAH K. S. Gildas
23
MOUSSA Adbel Djalilou
Janine
Conforte
Research topics Impact écologique et socio-économique de l’exploitation forestière dans la forêt classée de Wari-Maro Evaluation de la diversité écologique et des connaissances bioculturelles des lianes dans la forêt classée de la Lama au sud-Bénin Etude diagnostique de la Direction du Parc National du W (DPNW) et mode de gestion des fruitiers sauvages au sein des terroirs riverains Gestion des ordures ménagères dans la ville de Dassa-Zoumé : Approche cartographique Impacts écologique et socio-économique de l'écorçage des plantes médicinales dans les forêts de la Lama et de Lokoli Impacts environnementaux du développement du tourisme sur le site de Kota (Commune de Natitingou) Cartographie des changements spatio-temporels de l'occupation du sol dans l'arrondissement de Founougo (Commune de Banikoara) Analyse diagnostique du cantonnement forestier de Dassa-Zoumè et impact de la dégradation des forets sur les plantes utilisées dans le traitement des maladies mentales Etude diagnostique du fonctionnement du cantonnement forestier d’abomey et problématique liée à la creation d’activites alternatives génératrices de revenus pour limiter les pressions sur la forêt Etude diagnostique de la direction du Parc National dePendjari et problématique de gestion des plantesutilisées dans le traitement de diabète dans lesterroirs riverains Gestion pastorale des terroirs dans la Commune de Ouassa-Péhunco Impact de la fragmentation des îlots de forêts denses de la forêt classée des Monts Kouffé et de sa périphérie sur la diversité biologique Dynamique spatio-temporelle de la végétation des sites BIOTA dans les Communes de Ouassa-Péhunco et de Sinendé au Nord-Bénin Dynamique de l’occupation du sol et capacité de charge des pâturages naturels autour de la retenue d’hydraulique pastorale de Sakabansi dans l’arrondissement de Nikki Etude diagnostique de la Direction du Parc National du W (DPNW) et probématique de gestion des plantes aromatiques épices et colorants dans les terroirs riverains Diagnostic du cantonnement forestier de Djougou : recensement et conservation des plantes utiles dans le traitement des maladies mentales Dynamique phytogéographique de la région soudanienne au Bénin: secteur du district Borgou-Nord (Arrondissements de Bagou Commune de Gogounou) Etude diagnostique de l’Inspection Forestière du Mono-Couffo : Problématique de l’aménagement des forêts sacrées de Houin et de Tinou et de la conservation des plantes utilisées pour le traitement des maladies mentales Valorisation agricole des bas-fonds dans les arrondissements d'Atokolibé et de Gouka (Commune de Bantè) Enjeux du développement durable dans l'arrondissement de Kétou-Centre Dynamique phytogéographique du district Borgou-Nord dans les arrondissements de Gogounou et de ZougouPantrossi (Commune de Gogounou) Gestion des terroirs et conservation de la biodiversité végétale dans les arrondissements de Houin et Koudo (Commune de Lokossa) Cartographie des changements spatio-temporels de l'occupation du sol dans la forêt classée de Béléfoungou
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Fields of Research Biodiversity and conservation Biodiversity and conservation Agroforestry/NTFPs Sustainable development Ecology and socio-economy Environmental Impact Land cover and biodiversity Ethnobiology Ethnobiology Ethnobiology Pastoralism Landscape ecology Land cover and biodiversity Land cover and pastoralism Ethnobiology Ethnobiology Phytogeography Ethnobiology Agrobiodiversity Sustainable development Phytogeography Biodiversity and conservation Land cover and biodiversity
N°
Student full name
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SOSSOU Hospice Samson
25 26
SOTON S. Destiné TAMBA Zimé Foussénatou
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TCHAN Ayouba
28
WOROU Guillermo
29 30
YOVO Prosper Ibiyèmi ZAKARI Moubarack
Research topics (Commune de Djougou) Etude diagnostique de la Direction du Parc National W (DPNW) et problématique de gestion des plantes utilisées dans le traitement de diabète dans les terroirs riverains Impact écologique des trouées sur la dynamique des formations végétales de la forêt classée de Wari-Maro Production agricole et Développement locale dans la Commune de Kalalé Influence de l'Université de Parakou sur la dynamique de l'occupation du sol dans le Deuxième arrondissement de la ville de Parakou Etude phytogéographique sur le contact cristallin-sédimentaire dans l’arrondissement d’Adakplamè (Commune de Kétou) Enjeux du développement durable dans le 2ème arrondissement de la Commune de Kandi Structure et dynamique du Vitellaria paradoxa (karité) dans la Commune de Djougou
31
ZANOU Létondji Rosaire
Cartographie des changements spatio-temporels de l'occupation du sol à l'est de la Commune de Savalou
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Fields of Research Ethnobiology Ecology Local development Land use and land cover Phytogeography Sustainable development Phytogeography Land cover and biodiversity
Appendix 3: Completed Master or Agronomist Engineer Degree in 2014 N° 1
Student full name AHOUANDJINOU Ange Perpétue
2
AKAKPO Bokon Alexis
3
ASSOGBA DELEKE Gnido Amandine
4
ASSOGBA Liliane P.
5
ATINDEHOU Massogblé Marc Lucrèce
6
AZONGNITODE Hans Aurèle
7
BOURAIMA A. O Raoudath
8
DJONLONKOU Spéro Fréjus Bidossessi
9
HOUNDELO ATTINDEBAKOU Loetitia F. H.
10
KAKORE Dama Lamatou
11
KORA GADO Chakiratou
12
LOKONON Séraphin
13
MENSAH Ezéchiel
14
NTIRANDEKURA Jean Bosco
15
OKOMA Michelle Pamelas
16
OUEDRAOGO Korotimi
17
SAWADOGO Mamounata
Research topics Evaluation ethnobotanique de Borassus aethiopum Mart. (Arecaceae) dans la zone Soudano-Guinéenne au Bénin Evaluation écologique et socio-économique des Systèmes Agroforestiers le long du bassin versant de l’Ouemé: cas du versant de Bêtêcoucou(Commune de Dassa-Zoumé) Etude des caractéristiques écophénotypiques, structurales et ethnobotaniques de Bombax costatum Pellegr. & Vuillet dans la Réserve de Biosphère de la Pendjari (RBP) au Bénin Modeling past, current and future potential habitat of the threatened Red-bellied monkey (Cercopithecus erythrogaster erythrogaster) in Dahomey-gap: implications for conservation in climate change context
Fields of Research Ethnobiology
Distribution, évaluation socio-économique et écologique de Hyphaene thebaica (L.) Mart. au Bénin
Forest/Plant ecology
Evaluation écologique et socio-économique des systèmes agroforestiers le long du bassin versant de l’ouemé : cas du versant de Samiondji : Commune de Zagnanado au Sud-Bénin Distribution et Evaluation ethnoécologique des espèces du genre Raphia au Bénin Etude ethnobotanique, socio-économique et modélisation de l’impact potentiel des changements climatiques sur la distribution des habitats favorables aux fruitiers sous-utilisés : cas de Synsepalum dulcificum Daniell (Sapotaceae) au SudBenin Evaluation ethnobotanique et modélisation de l’impact potentiel des changements climatiques sur la distribution des aires favorables à Synsepalum dulcificum Schumach & Thonn ; Daniell (Sapotaceae) au Sud du Bénin Problématique et effets de la transhumance sur les ressources naturelles et les relations sociales dans la Commune de Gogounou au Bénin Evaluation écologique et socio-économique des systèmes agroforestiers le long du bassin versant de l’ouemé : cas du versant de Bétérou (Commune de Tchaourou) Diversité et usages endogènes des espèces végétales dans le traitement du Diabète: Cas des phytodistricts de Pobè et du Plateau au Sud-Bénin Réponses biologiques et agronomiques deCymbopogon schoenanthus L. Spreng., espèce fourragère soudanienne cultivée sous compost et urée au Sud-Bénin Caractérisation morphopmétrique des noix et mode de reproduction des espèces de Raphia (Raphiahookeri et Raphiasoudanica) au Bénin Les aspects d'évaluation du statut écologique et ethnobotanique de deux especes de Garciania : G. kola et G. afzelii, en Côte d'Ivoire. Diversité et évaluation ethnobotanique des plantes utilisées dans le traitement du diabète par les populations riveraines de la forêt classée de Beregadougou au Burkina faso Diversité et évaluations ethnobotaniques des plantes utilisées dans le traitement du diabète par les populations riveraines du Parc National du W du Burkina Faso
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Agriculture/Agroforestry Forest/Plant ecology Wildlife
Agriculture/Agroforestry Forest/Plant ecology Forest/Plant ecology Forest/Plant ecology Gestion des ressources naturelles Ecologie Agriculture/Agroforestry Ethnobiology Organic Agriculture Forest/Plant ecology Ethnobiology Ethnobiology Ethnobiology
Appendix 4: Completed Master of Sciences degree in 2014 N°
5
Student full name AVAKOUDJO Hospice Gérard Gracias GNONLONFOUN Isidore HOUNTO Gislain
6
HOUSEROU Djibril
3
LOKONON E. Bruno
4
TOKO Nourou
7
WINSOU Edith
1 2
ISSIAKA
Research topics Characterization and carbon sequestration potential of agroforestry systems along Ouémé catchment in the sudanian zone of Benin Local knowledge of climate change’s effect on the effectiveness of agroforestries systems and farmers adaptations strategies along ouémé catchment area in northern and central Benin. Diversité, formes d’utilisation socio-économiques des espèces végétales de la forêt sacrée de Badjamé Construction des retenues d’hydraulique pastorale et dynamique des formations végétales riveraines dans la Commune de Kalalé Participatory assessment of degradation level of agroforestry system resources (soil and trees) along Ouémé catchment in Benin Cartographie et modélisation de la dynamique des parcours naturels des troupeaux transhumants dans les Communes de Banikoara et de Karimama (Nord-Bénin) Risques de fragmentation et mesures endogènes de conservation des forêts sacrées "Zannouzoun" et" Domezoun" dans la Commune de Zè
Fields of Research Agriculture/Agroforestry Agriculture/Agroforestry Ecosystems Dynamic Pastoralism Agriculture/Agroforestry Ecosystems Dynamic Biodiversity and conservation
Appendix 5: Completed Doctorate thesis in 2014 Student full name
Diploma (Doctor, PhD, etc.)
Research topics
Institution/Specialisation
6
ALI Rachad K.F.M.
PhD
Déterminants écologiques, anthropologiques et socio-économiques pour la conservation et la gestion durable des forêts sacrées et communautaires de la basse vallée de l’ouémé dans le Bénin méridional
Ecosystems restoration
1
ASSEDE Emeline P.S.
PhD
Ecology of Plant community in Biosphere Reserve of Pendjari
2
ASSONGBA Faustin
PhD
Répartition Spatiale, Ecologie et Statut de conservation du tamarinier noir (Dialium guineense) au Bénin
4
EHINNOU KOUTCHIKA Iralè Romaric
PhD
Les bois sacrés des Communes de Glazoué-Savè-Ouessè au Bénin : valeur écologique, rôle social et implications pour la conservation de la biodiversité
3
GBEMAVO Charlemagne
PhD
Etude de la variabilité écologique et morphologique du pourghère (Jatropha curcas) au Bénin
8
GBESSO Florence
PhD
5
GBESSO G. H. François
PhD
7
ODJOUBERE Jules
PhD
N°
Investigations ethnobotaniques, écologiques et morphologiques de la conservation du Borassus aethiopum de la zone soudano-guinéenne au Bénin Ecologie, ethnobotanique et importance socio-économique de Chrysophyllum albidum G. Don (Sapotaceae) au Bénin Pressions sur les espèces végétales ligneuses de la série de protection de la forêt classée des Monts Kouffe au Bénin
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University of Abomey Calavi / FSA / AGRN. Plant Ecology University of Abomey Calavi / FLASH; Plant Ecology University of AbomeyCalavi/FLASH/EDP; Environmental geography University of Abomey Calavi FSA / AGRN; Agroforestry NTFPs Ecologie, Ethnobotanique University of Abomey Calavi / FLASH; Ethnobotany Ecosystems restoration
Appendix 6: Articles published in peer-review journal with Impact Factor (IF) in 2014
Disciplines
N°
Authors’ Names
Title of the article Importance of functional traits and regional species pool in predicting long-distance dispersal in savanna ecosystems Hunting affects dry season habitat selection by several Bovid species in northern Benin.
Forest/Plant ecology
1
Azihou AF, Glèlè Kakaï R, Sinsin B
Wildlife/grassland
2
Djagoun CAMS., Kassa B, Djossa BA., Coulson T,Mensah GA, Sinsin B
Wildlife/grassland
3
Hêdji C, Houinato M, Yehouenou B, Fiogbé E
Effect of packaging on microbiological quality of chicken and fish viscera flour
Agriculture /Agroforestry
4
Hêdji C, Houinato M, Yehouenou B, Fiogbé E
Effect of packaging on microbiological quality of Azolla filiculoides and Moringa oleífera flour
Agriculture /Agroforestry
5
Holou Ray, Stevens W, Rhine M, Heiser J, Shannon G, Kindomihou V, Sinsin B.
Forest/Plant ecology
6
Wildlife/grassland
7
Wildlife/grassland
8
Koura B., Dossa L.H., Kassa B.Houinato M.
Agriculture /Agroforestry
9
Koura TW, Dagbénonbakin GD, Kindomihou VM, Sinsin BA.
Risk assessment /Climate change
10
Mensah S; Houéhanou DT; Sogbohossou EA; Assogbadjo AE; Glèlè Kakaï R.
Risk assessment /Climate change Risk assessment /Climate change Agriculture/Agroforestry
11 12 13
Houéto G, Glele Kakaï R, Salako V, Fandohan B, Assogbadjo AE, Sinsin B, Palm R Kassa BD, Fandohan B, Azihou AF, Assogbadjo AE, Oduor Amo, Kidjo F, Babatoundé S, Liu J, Glèlè Kakai R
Okou Fay, Assogbadjo Ae, Bachmann Y, Sinsin B. Padonou EA, Fandohan B, Bachmann Y, Sinsin B Padonou EA, Kassa B, Assogbadjo AE,
Sweet Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor(L.) Moench] Biomass Production for Biofuel and the Effects of Soil Types and Nitrogen Fertilization. Effect of inventory plot patterns in the floristic analysis of tropical woodland and dense forest. Survey of Loxodonta africana (Elephantidae)-caused bark injury on Adansonia digitata (Malvaceae) within Pendjari Biosphere Reserve, Benin. Adaptation of peri-urban cattle production system to environmental changes: herders feeding strategies in southern Benin. Farmers’backgroundand diversity of uses of palm oil wastesfor sustainable agriculture in Southern Bénin republic Effect of human disturbance and climatic variability on the population structure of Afzelia africana Sm. ex pers. (Fabaceae–Caesalpinioideae) at country broad-scale (Bénin, West Africa) Ecological factors influencing physical soil degradation in the Atacora mountain chain of West Africa How farmers perceive and cope with bowalization: A case study from West Africa. Natural variation in fruit characteristics and seed
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Journals
Impa ct Facto r
Plant Ecology215:6: 651-660
1.640
Wildlife Biology20(2), 83-90
1.071
International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences3(10) 233-242 International Journal of Multidisciplinary and Current Research(2)968-972
1.59
2.021
Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis45(21), 2778-2793.
0.423
African Journal of Ecology52(3), 257264
1
African Journal of Ecology52(4), 385394
1
Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems39(1), 83-98
0.849
Biological Agriculture Horticulture31(1) 35-44
0.514
and
South African Journal of Botany 95: 165–173
1.676
Mountain Research Development34(2):157-166.
0.989
and
Land Use Policy.36: 461-467.
3.31
Journal of Horticultural Sciences and
0.51
Disciplines
N°
Authors’ Names
Title of the article
Journals
Fandohan B, Chakeredza S, Glèlè Kakai, Sinsin B Salako KV, Fandohan B, Assogbadjo AE, Idohou FAR, Gbedomon RC, Abdou Ibrahima W, Chakeredza S, Dulloo ME, Glèlè Kakaï R
germination of Jatropha curcas in Benin, West Africa.
Biotechnology89(1), 69-73
Biodiversity
14
Wildlife/grassland
15
Stechert C, Kolb M, Bahadir M, Djossa BA, Fahr J
Ethnobiology
16
Vihotogbé R, Glèlè Kakaï R, Bongers F, Van Andel T, Van Den Berg RG., Sinsin B, Sosef MSM.
Forest/Plant ecology
17
Vihotogbé R, Van DenBerg RG, Bongers F, Sinsin B,Sosef MSM
Home gardens: An assessment of their biodiversity and potential contribution to conservation of threatened species and crop wild relatives in Benin. Insecticide residues in bats along a land use gradient dominated by cotton cultivation in northern Benin, West Africa Impacts of the diversity of traditional uses and potential economic value on food tree species conservation status: case study of African bushmango trees (Irvingiaceae) in the Dahomey Gap (West Africa) Does phenology distinguish bitter and sweetAfrican bush mango trees (Irvingia spp.,Irvingiaceae)?
Genetic Resources and Evolution61(2), 313-330
Impa ct Facto r
Crop
1.482
Environmental Science and Pollution Research21(14), 8812-8821.
2.757
Plant Ecology and Evolution 147(1), 109-125.
1.135
Trees, 28(6), 1777-1791.
1.869
Appendix 7: Articles published in peer-review journal without IF in 2014 Disciplines
N°
Authors’ Names Agoyi EE, Assogbadjo AE, Gouwakinnou G, Okou FAY, Sinsin B.
Ethnobiology
1
Forest/Plant ecology
2
Ahoudji Mc, Téka O, Axelsen J, Houinato M
Ethnobiology
3
Akouehou GS, Goussanou CA., Idohou R, Dissou FE, Azokpota P
Biodiversity
4
Ali, RKFM, Odjoubere J, A. Tenté H.B. Sinsin BA
Forest/Plant ecology
5
Assongba YF, Déléké Koko I; Djègo GJ, Sinsin A.B
Forest/Plant ecology
6
Assongba YF, Déléké-Koko I, Yoka J, Djègo JG, Sinsin B
Ethnobiology
7
Assongba FY, Déléké Koko IKE, Djègo JG, Sinsin BA.
Risk assessment /Climate change
8
Avakoudjo J, Mama A, Toko I, Kindomihou V, Sinsin B.
Title of the article Ethnobotanical Assessment of Moringa oleifera Lam. in Southern Benin (West Africa) Current floristic composition, life form and productivity of the grasslands in the Hunting Zone of Djona (Benin) Importance socioculturelle d’Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg (Moraceae) au Sud-Bénin Caractérisation floristique et analyse des formes de pression sur les forêts sacrées ou communautaires de la Basse Vallée de l’Ouémé au Sud-Est du Bénin Effet des trouées sur la régénération du Dialium guineense dans les forets de Kodjizou et bahazou au sud Bénin Caractérisation des habitats de Dialium guineense (Willd) en République du Bénin Connaissances endogènes des populations de la basse vallée de l’Ouemé sur Monodora myristica : espèce à valeur thérapeutique élevée au Bénin Dynamique de l’occupation du sol dans le Parc National W et sa périphérie au nord-ouest du Bénin
36
Journals Ethnobotany Research & Applications Journal of Applied Biosciences 78: 6753-6762 Journal of Applied Biosciences 75:6173– 6182 Afrique SCIENCE 10(2) (2014) 243 – 257 243 ISSN 1813-548X, http ://www.afriquescience.info Cahiers du CBRST ISSN : 1840-703X (En imprimé) Journal of Applied Biosciences 83:7520– 7534 Rev. Sc. Env. Univ., Lomé (Togo) Int. J. Biol. Chem. Sciences 8(6): 2608-2625.
Disciplines
N°
Authors’ Names
Ethnobiology
9
Avocèvou-AC
Forest/Plant ecology
10
Déléké Koko K.IE, Yoka J; Djego J, HahnHadjali K, Sinsin B.
Wildlife/grassland
11
Agriculture /Agroforestry
12
Ethnobiology
13
Dossou-Yovo HO, Vodouhè FG.,Sinsin B
Ethnobiology
14
Ehinnou Koutchika RI, Adjakpa JB, Tenté BA, Agbani P, Mensah S, Chougourou D, Sinsin B
Agriculture /Agroforestry
15
Hèdji C, Kpogue-Gangbazo D, Houinato M, Fiogbé E
Biodiversity
16
Idohou R, Fandohan B, Salako VK, Kassa B, Gbèdomon RC, Yédomonhan H, Glèlè Kakai R., Assogbadjo AE
Wildlife/grassland
17
Kindomihou MV, Saïdou A, Sinsin BA.
Agriculture /Agroforestry
18
Koura TW, Dagbénonbakin GD, Kindomihou V.M, Harris P, Sinsin BA.
Ethnobiology
19
Mouzouvi R, Djègo JG, Sehonou J, Lalèyè A, Priuli F, Bigot A
Risk assessment /Climate change
20
Odjoubèrè J., R.K. F. ALI, Tenté B.
Risk assessment /Climate change
21
Odjoubèrè J., Tenté B., M. Gibigaye, B. Sinsin
Risk assessment /Climate change
22
Osseni A.A., Sinsin B., Toko Imorou I.
Forest/Plant ecology
23
Agriculture/Agroforestry
24
Dègo-Djossou S, Djègo JG, Mensah GA, Huynen MC, Sinsin B Djossa BA., Alissou BK., Mensah GA, Sinsin BA.
Padonou EA, Adomou AC, Bachmann Y, Lykke AM, Sinsin B Saïdou A, Gnakpénou KD, Balogoun I,
Title of the article Contexte social de l'utilisation de Pentadesmabutyracea (Sabine) et de son habitat Structure des populations et etat de conservation des principales plantes galactogenes et emmenagogues de la reserve de biosphere de la pendjari (benin) Distribution du Colobe Vert Olive, Procolobus verus, au Bénin et Menaces Pesant sur sa Conservation. Performance de production de biomasse du ver de fumier Eisenia foetida sur différents substrats Assessment of the medicinal uses of plant species found on termitaria in the Pendjari biosphere reserve in Benin Savoirs locaux et conservation de la biodiversité dans les bois sacrés du Centre Bénin en Afrique de l’Ouest Valorisation de Azolla Spp, Moringa oleifera, son de riz zt de co-produit de volaille et de poisson en alimentation animale: synthèse bibliographique Biodiversity conservation in home gardens: Traditional knowledge, use patterns and implications for management. Response to Fertilizer of Native Grasses (Pennisetum polystachionand Setaria Sphacelata) and Legume (Tephrosia pedicellata) of Savannah in Sudanian Benin. Palm oil mills wastes importance and its management in a sustainability context in Southern Bénin Effet de l’association Combretum micranthum G. Don (Combretaceae) et Cochlospermum tinctoriumA. Rich. (Cochlospermaceae) dans la prise en charge de l’hépatite virale B. Concassage de granite et dégradation des espèces végétales ligneuses dans la commune de Parakou au Benin Efficacite des structures de cogestion des ressources naturelles de la foret classee des Monts Kouffé au Bénin Analyse des contraintes de viabilité de la végétation urbaine : cas des arbres d’alignement dans la ville de Porto-Novo au Bénin. European Scientific Journal, 10(32) : 1-15. Vegetation Characteristics of Bowé in Benin (West Africa) Effet de l’urée et du NPK 15-15-15 perlés et super
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Journals Revue CAMES Sciences de la vie, de la vie et agronomie. Annales des Sciences Agronomiques du Bénin African Primates Bulletin de la Recherche Agronomique du Bénin 75(1) – Juin 2014 Journal of Medicinal Plant Research Sciences de l’environnement Rev. Sc. Env. Univ., Lomé (Togo), 2014, n° 11ISSN 1812-1403 Journal of Applied Biosciences81(1), 72777289. International Journal of Biodiversity Sciences, Ecosystem Services and Management10(2), 89100. Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries3(3): 142146 Revues du CAMES, option Science de la vie, de la terre et agronomie2(1) Revue CAMES –Série Pharm. Méd. Trad. Afr.,
Rev. Sc. Env. Univ., Lomé (Togo), 2014, n°11 (spécial) ISSN 1812-1403 IMO – IRIKISI Vol.5, N°1 & 2, 1er& 2e Semestres 2013, FLASH – UAC European Scientific Journal IndexCopernicus™ - Journals Master List http://journals.indexcopernicus.com/European+S cientific+Journal,p4190,3.html Journal of Plant Sciences2(5): 250-255. doi: 10.11648/j.jps. Journal of Applied Biosciences77:6575-6589
Disciplines
N°
Authors’ Names Hounnahin SR, Kindomihou MV
Forest/Plant ecology
25
Sanogo M, Timbely D, Ballo A, Toko Imorou I, Djego J, Karembe M, Dembele F, Berthe A, Houinato M, Oumorou M, Sinsin B.
Risk assessment /Climate change
26
Saré A.B., Houessou L.G., Téka O., Houssou C., Sinsin B.
Ethnobiology
27
Forest/Plant ecology
28
Ethnobiology
29
Agriculture/Agroforestry
30
Yoka J, Loumeto JJ, Djégo JG, Akouango P, Epron D
Agriculture/Agroforestry
31
Yoka J, Loumeto Jj, Djègo JG, Houinato M, Akouango P
Wildlife/grassland
32
Zoffoun AG., Aboh AB, Adjolohoun S, Houinato M, Sinsin BA.
Vihotogbé R, Sossa-Vihotogbé CNA, Achigan-Dako E Vihotogbé R, Houéssou LG., Assogbadjo AE, Sinsin B. Vitoulé ET; Houéhanou DT; Kassa B; Assogbadjo AE; Glèlè Kakaï R; Djego J; Sinsin B.
Title of the article granulés sur la productivité des variétés de riz IR841 et NERICA-L14 en zone de bas-fond au Sud-Bénin Variation de quelques paramètres floristiques suivant les zones de conservation de la Réserve de Biosphère du Baoulé (Mali) Analysis of the socio cultural determinants of the perceptions and measures of adaptation facing the climatic variability in the W Transboundary biosphere reserve in Benin. Safety of Botanical Ingredients in Personal Healthcare: Focus on Africa. Germination of seeds from earlier fruits of bitter and sweet African bush mango trees Endogenous knowledge and human disturbance impact on abundance of two underutilized wild edible tree species in southern Benin Évolution des teneurs en éléments minéraux des feuilles de niébé (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) cultivé dans la zone de Boundji en République du Congo. Adaptation d’un cultivar de Niébé (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) aux conditions pédoclimatiques de Boundji (République du Congo) Effet du mode d’exploitation sur les pâturages à Brachiaria ruziziensis en zone soudanienne et subéquatoriale.
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Journals
Annales des Sciences Agronomiques
AIC AIChE Journal 59- 9 (2014): 458-463
Willey & Son African Crop Science Journal 22( 4):291 - 301 QScience Connect 2014:15
Journal of Applied Biosciences
Afrique SCIENCE
Bulletin de la Recherche Agronomiquedu Bénin
Appendix 8: Articles in press in peer-review journal with IFin 2014 Disciplines
N°
Authors’ Names
Ethnobiology
1
Boedecker J, Termote C, Assogbadjo AE, Van Damme P, Lachat C.
Forest/Plant ecology
2
Gnonlonfoun I, Glèlè Kakaï R, Salako VK, AssogbadjoAE, Ouédraogo A
Agriculture/Agroforestry
3
Koura TW, Dagbénonbakin EC, Kindomihou VM, Janssens M, Sinsin.BA.
Agriculture/Agroforestry
4
Koura TW, Dagbénonbakin GD, Kindomihou VM, Srivastava A.K., Sinsin BA
Wildlife/grassland
5
Lesse P, Djènontin J, Dossa H, Yabi I, Toko I, Houinato M.
Risk assessment /Climate change
6
Padonou EA, Bachmann Y, Glele Kakaï R, Lykke AM, Sinsin B.
Risk assessment /Climate change
7
Padonou EA, Téka O., Bachmann Y., Schmidt M., Lykke A.M., Sinsin B.
Ethnobiology
8
Sèhouéto CKP., Aoudji AKN, Ayisso CA, Adégbidi A, Ganglo JC, Lebailly P C
Ethnobiology
9
Vodouhe FG, Khasa DP
Title of the article Dietary contribution of Wild Edible Plants to women’s diets in the buffer zone around the Lama forest, Benin – an underutilized potential Structural analysis of regeneration in tropical dense forest: combined effect of plot and spatial distribution patterns Palm oil mills wastes production systems in Southern Benin. Co effect of shelter and type of manure on chemical parameters changes during palm oil mills solid wastes composting in Guinean Zone. Transhumance au Bénin : Atouts et contraintes Spatial distribution of bowal and differences in physicochemical characteristics between bowal and woodland soils in West Africa (Benin) Using species distribution models to select species resistant to climate change for ecological restoration of bowé in West Africa Analyse technico-économique de la production des plants de teck (Tectona grandis L.f.) dans les pépinières au SudBénin Local community perceptions of mine site restoration using phytoremediation in Abitibi-Temiscamingue (Quebec)
Journals
Impact Factor
Food security
1.638
Acta Botanica Gallica: Botany Letters
0.310
African Journal of Agriculture Research.
0.286
Journal of Plant Nutrition
0.536
Cahiers Agriculture
0.399
Catena
3.007
African Journal of Ecology Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement (BASE)
0.509
International Journal of Phytoremediation
1.466
Appendix9: Articles in press in peer-review journal without IF in 2014 Disciplines
N°
Authors’ Names
Risk assessment /Climate change
1
Avakoudjo J, Kindomihou V, Montcho A, Thiombiano A, Sinsin B.
Risk assessment /Climate change
2
Avakoudjo J, Akponikpè PBI, Laibi R, Kindomihou V, Sinsin B.
Title of the article Réhabilitation des écosystèmes dégradés (Donga) en périphérie du Parc National W du Niger: Diversité et utilisation des ligneux épargnés à Karimama (Nord-Ouest Bénin). Dongas formation and evolution in W National Park and its peripheral in north Benin.
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1
Journals Journal of Applied BioSciences African Geoscience
Disciplines Risk assessment /Climate change
N° 3
Ethnobiology
4
Ethnobiology
5
Agriculture/Agroforestry
6
Authors’ Names Avakoudjo J, Kouélo AF, Kindomihou V, Ambouta K, Sinsin B. Bio A, Toyi SSM, Yoka J, Djègo GJ, Awédé B, Lalèyè A, Sinsin AB. Honfo H, Tovissodé FC, Gnanglè C, Mensah S, Salako VK, Assogbadjo AE, Agbangla C, Glèlè KakaïR Koura TW, Agbangba EC, Dagbénonbakin GD, Kindomihou VM, Sinsin BA.
Title of the article Effet de l'érosion hydrique sur les caractéristiques physicochimiques du sol au Nord Bénin. Contribution aux connaissances des principales plantes antihypertensives utilisées en médecine traditionnelle à Bassila (Bénin, Afrique de l’Ouest)
Journals
Traditional knowledge and use value of bamboos in southeastern Benin: implications for their sustainable management
Ethnobotany Research and Applications
Effect of co composting of palm oil mill wastes and cow dung or poultry manure on Amaranthus hybridus growth and yield.
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Agronomie Africaine Revue “Pharmacopée et médecine traditionnelles africaines” du CAMES
Journal of Applied Biology
Appendix 10: Articles under review in peer-review journal with IF in 2014 Disciplines
N°
Authors’ Names
Title of the article
Journals
Morphological variation, cultivation techniques and management practices of Moringa oleifera in southern Benin (West Africa)
International Journal of Agronomy and Agricultural Research
1.759
International Review
1.288
Agriculture/Agroforestry
1
Agoyi EE, Assogbadjo AE, Padonou EA, Glèlè Kakaï R, Sinsin B.
Forest/Plant ecology
2
Ahossou Oscar D, Schmidt M, Fandohan B, Zizka G, Assogbadjo Ae
Wildlife/grassland
3
Wildlife/grassland
4
Wildlife/grassland
5
Wildlife/grassland
6
Djossa BA, Toni HC, Sinsin BA
Agriculture/Agroforestry
7
Gbédomon Rc, Fandohan B, Salako VK, Idohou RA, Glèlè Kakai Rl, Assogbadjo AE
Forest/Plant ecology
8
Idohou R, Assogbadjo AE, Houéhanou T, Glèlè Kakaï R,Agbangla C
Agriculture/Agroforestry
9
Wildlife/grassland
10
Wildlife/grassland
11
Wildlife/grassland
12
Wildlife/grassland
13
Wildlife/grassland
14
Agriculture/Agroforestry
15
Ahoudji Mc, Houndanon R, Fandohan B, Téka O, Axelsen J, Houinato M. Akpona AH., Djagoun CAMS, Harrington LA., Kabré AT, Mensah GA, Sinsin B. Awohouédji DYG, Babatoundé S, Zoffoun AG, Hounzangbé-Adoté S, Houinato M, Alkoiret It, Mensah GA
Idohou R, Assogbadjo AE, Glèlè Kakaï R, Peterson AT. Kindomihou V, Adjolohoun S, Holou R, Sinsin B, Meerts P Kindomihou V, Agbangba EC, Dagbénonbakin DG, Holou R, Sinsin B, Meerts P. Kindomihou V, Dagbénonbakin DG Agbangba EC, Adjolohoun S, Holou R, Sinsin B, Meerts P. Kindomihou V, Ma JF, Sinsin B, Meerts P. Koura BI, Dèdèhouanou H, Dossa HL, Kpanou BV, Houndonougbo F, Oungnandan P, Mensah GA, Houinato M. Koura TW, Dagbénonbakin G.D., V.M.Kindomihou, M.Janssen, B.A. Sinsin
Extraction of timber and non-timber products from the Swamp Forest of Lokoli (Benin): use patterns, harvesting impacts and management options Contribution to efforts to protect the rangeland vegetation dynamic in the Transboundary Biosphere Reserve Conflict between spotted-necked otters and fishermen in Hlan River, Benin. In vivo digestibility of Boerhavia diffusa and Khaya senegalensis in West African Dwarf sheep in the Sudano-Guinean zone in Benin. Do flying foxes limit flower abortion in African baobab (Adansonia digitata)? : Case study in Benin, West Africa Factors affecting home gardens ownership, diversity and structure: A case study from Benin Variation in Hyphaene thebaica Mart. Fruit: physical characteristics and factors affecting seed germination and seedling growth in Benin (West Africa) Spatio-temporal dynamic of suitable areas for species conservation in West Africa: case for eight economically important wild palms Pennisetum polystachion foliar silicification: seasonal variations, covariations with minerals and forage value in sudanian Benin
Impact Factor
Forestry
Acta Botanica Gallica Journal of Nature Conservation
0.235 and
1.53
Canadian Journal of Animal Science
1.20
Fruits
0.8
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedecine
2.423
Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology
0.51
Agroforestry systems
1.240
Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology
0.69
The nutritive value of Andropogon accessions as affected by silica concentration in sudanian Benin
Plant Production Science
0.80
The nutritive value of Panicum accessions as affected by silica concentration in sudanian Benin
Scientia Agricola
0.79
Effect of silica gel supply on Si accumulation and relations with leaf traits of 6 tropical grass species in humid conditions
Plant, Soil and Environment
1.21
Determinants of crop-livestock integration by small farmers in three agro-ecological regions of Benin
Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
0.549
Palm oil mills wastes production systems in Southern Benin
African Journal Agriculture Research
0.218
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of
Disciplines
N°
Authors’ Names
Title of the article
Journals
Koura TW, Dagbénonbakin GD, Kindomihou VM, Srivastava AK, Sinsin BA. Lesse P, Djènontin J, Dossa H, Yabi I, Toko I, Houinato M. Padonou, EA, Bachmann Y, Lykke AM, Sinsin B Padonou EA, Ahossou OD, Okou FOY, Assogbadjo AE, Glèlè Kakaï R, Lykke AM, Sinsin B
Effect of shelter and manure type on chemical parameters changes during palm oil mills solid wastes composting
Journal of Plant Nutrition
0.802
Transhumance au Bénin : Atouts et contraintes
Cahiers Agriculture
0.399
Land use land cover change mapping and prediction of future extension of bowé in West Africa (Benin).
Lan use policy
3.314
Agriculture/Agroforestry
16
Wildlife/grassland
17
Risk assessment /Climate change
18
Forest/Plant ecology
19
Agriculture/Agroforestry
20
Padonou EA, Assogbadjo AE, Glèlè Kakaï R, Lykke AM, Sinsin B, Axelsen J.
Ethnobiology
21
Vodouhe F, Gélinas N, Ruel J-C, Tremblay S
Ethnobiology
22
Yaoitcha AS, Houéhanou T, Fandohan B, Houinato M.
Wildlife/grassland
23
Yaoitcha AS., Houéhanou T, Houinato M, Arbonnier M, Sinsin B.
Impact of climate on seed morphology and plant growth of Caesalpinia bonduc L. in West Africa Investigations of on farm seedling productivity of the rare and declining Caesalpinia bonduc in Benin (West Africa) by aid of simulation modelling Profitability of Commercial Thinning in Natural Black Spruce Forests in Quebec Prioritization of useful medicinal tree species for conservation in Wari-Maro forest reserve in Benin: a multivariate analysis approach Importance and vulnerability of ligneous medicinal plants used in Benin and its surroundings countries in Africa: literature review and quantitative approach
Impact Factor
International Agronomy and Research International Agronomy and Research
Journal of Agricultural
1.759
Journal of Agricultural
1.759
Forestry Chronicle Forest policy Economics Journal Ethnopharmacology
0.67 and of
1.8 2.755
Appendix 11: Articles under review in peer-review journal without IF in 2014 Disciplines
N°
Authors’ Names Fandohan B, Déléké Koko KIE, Gouwakinnou GN, Glèlè Kakaï R, Assogbadjo AE
Agriculture /Agroforestry
1
Wildlife/grassland
2
Djègo-Djossou S, Koné I, Fandohan B, Djègo JG, Huynen MC, Sinsin B
Ethnobiology
3
Idohou R., Assogbadjo A E., Houéhanou T., Glèlè Kakaï R., Adomou A.
Agriculture/Agroforestry
4
Aoudji A.K. N., Avocevou-Ayisso C., Adégbidi A., Gbénou C.
Forest/Plant ecology
5
Fandohan B., Déléké Koko I. K.E., Avocèvou-Ayisso C., Gouwakinnou G.N.,. Savi M.K, Glèlè Kakai R., Assogbadjo A.E.
Title of the article
Journals
Domesticating and conserving indigenous trees species: an ecosystem based approach for adaptation to climate change in sub-Sahara Africa
Revue CAMES
Habitat use by Geoffroy’s White-thighed Colobus in the Kikélé Sacred Forest: Activity Budget, Feeding Ecology and Selection of Sleeping Trees Site-effects or socioeconomic factors: Which one explains native African palm species uses? Analysis of the consumption of processed pineapple products in southern Benin: what opportunities to boost the country’s pineapple value chain? Lantana camara (Verbenaceae): a potential threat to the effectiveness of protected areas to conserve flora and fauna in Benin
42
Primate Conservation Ethnobotany Applications
Research
and
The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension Agronomie africaine
Appendix 12: Publications in proceedings in 2014 Field of research
N°
Authors’ Name
Title
Full References
Appendix 13: Abstracts in books of abstracts in 2014 Field of research
N°
Authors’ Name
Title
Risk assessment /Climate change
1
Akpona TJD, Akpona AH, Glèlè Kakaï R.
Impact of land use practices on traits and production of shea butter tree (Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn.) in Benin.
Biodiversity
2
Akpona AH, Gogan Y, Houessou L, Djagoun Cams, Akpona TJD.
Assessment of current woody species and potential candidate for forest exploitation: implication for reforestation system improvement in Benin.
Biodiversity
3
Assédé E, Adomou A, Sinsin B.
Syntaxonomical analysis of the vegetation in the Sudanian zone of Benin, West Africa.
Biodiversity
4
Assédé EPS.
An overview of the flora of the Biosphere Reserve of Pendjari, West Africa
Ethnobiology
5
Assédé E, Adomou A, Sinsin B.
Importance of Pseudocedrela kotschyi and Mitragyna inermis in well being of communities in Sudanian zone of Benin
Forest/Plant ecology
6
Assédé E, Adomou A, Sinsin B.
Relation between soil type and potential of regeneration in vegetation pattern of Sudanian zone.
Ethnobiology
7
Assongba YF,, Djègo GJ, Sinsin B
Dialium guineense Willd: une espèce indigène utilisée contre des pathologies au Bénin
43
Full References Akpona T.J.D, Akpona A.H, Glèlè Kakaï R. 2014. Impact of land use practices on traits and production of shea butter tree (Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn.) in Benin. TheInternational Forestry Review. 16 (5), 2014 Akpona A. H, Gogan Y. Houessou, L., Djagoun, C. A.M.S, Akpona, T.J.D. Assessment of current woody species and potential candidate for forest exploitation: implication for reforestation system improvement in Benin. The International Forestry Review. 16 (5), 2014 In Bytebier B., Muasya A.M. and Bellstedt D.U. (eds.): Biodiversity of African plants – challenges in a changing World. Abstracts of XXth AETFAT Congress, 13-17 January 2014, South Africa. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium 52: 34. In Bytebier B., Muasya A.M. and Bellstedt D.U. (eds.): Biodiversity of African plants – challenges in a changing World. Abstracts of XXth AETFAT Congress, 13-17 January 2014, South Africa. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium 52: 33. In: Parrotta J.A., Moser C.F., Scherzer A.J., Koerth N.E. and Lederle D.R. (eds.): Sustaining Forests, Sustaining People: The Role of Research. Abstracts of XXIV IUFRO World Congress, 511 October 2014, Salt Lake City. Common Wealth Forestry Association 16 (5): 434. In: Parrotta J.A., Moser C.F., Scherzer A.J., Koerth N.E. and Lederle D.R. (eds.): Sustaining Forests, Sustaining People: The Role of Research. Abstracts of XXIV IUFRO World Congress, 511 October 2014, Salt Lake City. Common Wealth Forestry Association 16 (5): 496. 1ères Journées Scientifiques de l’Institut Régional de santé publique (IRSP) «Surveillance Sanitaire et Développement des Systèmes de Santé» page 24
Field of research
N°
Biodiversity
8
Risk assessment /Climate change
9
Authors’ Name Assongba YF, Sagbo P, Djègo GJ, Sinsin B, Assongba YF, Gouwakinnou G, Djego GJ, Sinsin B
Title Diversité biologique des forêts des Trois rivières et de Sota au Nord Bénin Influence du changement climatique sur une espèce des galeries forestières : Dialium guineense Willd. (Fabaceae) au Bénin
Wildlife/grassland
10
Djagoun CAMS, Kassa B, Coulson T, Mensah GA, Sinsin BA.
Bovid Responses To Anthropogenic Effects, Habitat And Environmental Parameters In The Pendjari Biosphere Reserve (Northern Benin) During The Dry Season
Wildlife/grassland
11
Djagoun CAMS, Codron D, Sealy J, Mensah GA, Sinsin B.
Stable Carbon Isotope Analysis Of The Diets Of West African Bovids in Pendjari Biosphere Reserve (Northern Benin)
12
Djagoun CAMS., Akpona HA, Mensah GA, Nuttman C, Sinsin B.
Mammal trade for zootherapeutic and mythic purposes in Benin (West Africa): capitalizing species involved, provision sources and implications for conservation
Wildlife/grassland
13
Kindomihou V, Holou R, Adjolohoun S, Houinato M, Sinsin B, Meerts P.
Agriculture/Agrofore stry
14
Koura TW, Agbangba EC, Dagbénonbakin GD, Kindomihou VM, Sinsin BA.
The effect of seasonal variations, covariations with minerals and forage value on Itchgrass [Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) W.D. Clayton]’ foliar silicification from sudanian Benin Effect of co composting of palm oil mill wastes and cow dung or poultry manure on Amaranthus hybridusgrowth and yield.
Agriculture/Agrofore stry
15
Koura BI, Dèdèhouanou H, Dossa LH, Kpanou BV, Houndonougbo F,Houngnandan P, Houinato M.
How do socioeconomic characteristics of farms influence crop-livestock integration by small farmers’ in Benin?
Agriculture/Agrofore stry
16
Koura BI, Dèdèhouanou H, Dossa LH, Kpanou BV, Houndonougbo F, Houngnandan P, Houinato M.
Characterization of farmers’ trend to integrating cropping and livestock rearing in three agroecological areas in republic of Benin.
Agriculture/Agrofore stry
17
Koura BI, Dèdèhouanou H, Dossa LH, Houndonougbo F, Houinato M.
Description of crop-livestock practices used in northern Benin.
Agriculture/Agrofore stry
18
Lesse P, Djènontin J, Toko I, Houinato M, Sinsin B.
Gestion de l’éevage transhumant dans un contexte de variabilites climatiques au nord-est du benin
Wildlife/grassland
44
Full References Semaine des aires protégées du Bénin West African Quaternary Research Association/Association OuestAfrifricaine d’Eude du Quaternaire (WAQUA) page 4 Sustaining forest, sustaining people: The role of research XXIV IUFRO World Congress, 5-11 October 2014 Salt Lake City, USA, Abstract Book. Parrotta, J. A., Moster, C. F., Scherzer, A. J., Koerth, N. F. and Lederle, D. R. (eds.). In International Forestry Review. 16(5). Page 46 Sustaining forest, sustaining people: The role of research XXIV IUFRO World Congress, 5-11 October 2014 Salt Lake City, USA, Abstract Book. Parrotta, J. A., Moster, C. F., Scherzer, A. J., Koerth, N. F. and Lederle, D. R. (eds.). In International Forestry Review. 16(5) Page 46 Sustaining forest, sustaining people: The role of research XXIV IUFRO World Congress, 5-11 October 2014 Salt Lake City, USA, Abstract Book. Parrotta, J. A., Moster, C. F., Scherzer, A. J., Koerth, N. F. and Lederle, D. R. (eds.). In International Forestry Review. 16(5). Page 502 6th International Conference on Silicon in Agriculture Stockholm, Stockholm, SWEDEN, 26-30 August, 2014. Abstract Book. In Maria Greger, Stockholm University, Printed by Stockholm Print center, Stockholm, Sweden. pp. 104. ISBN:978-91-637-6572-8 Troisième Conférence Ouest Africain sur l’ Agricultre Ecologique et Biologique du 27 au 29 Août 2014, Cotonou, Bénin, Abstracts Book, pp.19-20. XXIst Scientific day of Beninese Association of Pastoralism: Pastoralism and social sciences- the 15th November 2014 at Institute of Applied Biomedical Sciences (ISBA), Campus of champ de Foire, Cotonou in Benin, Book of Abstract, 5-5. International scientific days of Lome: Contribution of scientific and technologic research to the achievement of objectives of human sustainable development in Africa, XVIth edition (JSIL 2014) – from 20 to 25 October 2014 at University of Lome in Togo, Book of Abstract, 380-380. 4th Life Science conference: Life sciences, environment and health (JSV 2014) – from 07 to 08 August 2014 at University of Dschang in Cameroon, Camerron Forum for Biological Sciences (CAFOBIOS), Book of Abstract, 111-111. International scientific days of Lome: Contribution of scientific and technologic research to the achievement of objectives of human
Field of research
Agriculture/Agrofore stry
Agriculture/Agrofore stry
N°
Authors’ Name
Title
Full References sustainable development in Africa, XVIth edition (JSIL 2014) – from 20 to 25 October 2014 at University of Lome in Togo, Book of Abstract, 250-250.
19
Lesse P, Djènontin J, Dossa H, Toko I, Houinato M, Sinsin B.
Cartographie et gestion des principaux points d’abreuvement aménagés des troupeaux transhumants au Nord Est du Bénin
XXIst Scientific day of Beninese Association of Pastoralism: Pastoralism and social sciences- the 15th November 2014 at Institute of Applied Biomedical Sciences (ISBA), Campus of champ de Foire, Cotonou in Benin, Book of Abstract, 10-10.
20
Lesse P, Djènontin J, Toko I, Houinato M, Sinsin B.
Gestion de l’elevage transhumant dans un contexte de variabilites climatiques au nord-est du benin
21
Lesse P, Djènontin J, Dossa H, Toko I, Houinato M, Sinsin B.
Cartographie et gestion des principaux points d’abreuvement aménagés des troupeaux transhumants au Nord Est du Bénin
Wildlife/grassland
22
Mensah JPAE, Kindomihou V, Saïdou A, Glèlè Kakai R, Sinsin B.
Risk assessment /Climate change
23
Padonou EA, Djagoun SCAM, Bachmann Y, Sinsin B.
Agriculture/Agrofore stry
Risk assessment /Climate change
Biodiversity
24
Padonou EA, Sinsin B.
25
Vodouhè F, Zoundji G, Sinsin B
International scientific days of Lome: Contribution of scientific and technologic research to the achievement of objectives of human sustainable development in Africa, XVIth edition (JSIL 2014) – from 20 to 25 October 2014 at University of Lome in Togo, Book of Abstract, 250-250. XXIst Scientific day of Beninese Association of Pastoralism: Pastoralism and social sciences- the 15th November 2014 at Institute of Applied Biomedical Sciences (ISBA), Campus of champ de Foire, Cotonou in Benin, Book of Abstract, 10-10.
Réponses biologiques de Cymbopogon Abstracts Book, SNA_363, Journées Scientifiques Internationales schoenanthus L. Spreng., graminée fourragère de Lomé XVIème EDITION (JSIL 2014), 20 au 25 Octobre 2014. soudanienne cultivée sous trois doses de Compost pp. 201. au Sud Bénin Padonou E.A., Djagoun S.C.A.M., Bachmann Y., Sinsin B. 2014. Using species distribution models to select climate change resistant Using species distribution models to select climate species for ecological restoration of bowé in West Africa (Benin). change resistant species for ecological restoration Book of abstract of the IUFRO conference (5-11.10.2014) Satt of bowé in West Africa (Benin). Lake City, Utah, USA Padonou, E.A., Sinsin, B. 2014. Using species distribution models to select Using species distribution models to select climate climate change resistant species for ecological restoration of bowé change resistant species for ecological restoration in West Africa (Benin). Book of abstracts of the World Congress of bowé in West Africa (Benin) on Agroforestry (10-14. 02. 2014), Delhi, India.
Tourism activities and biodiversity conservation within protected areas in Benin (West Africa)
45
Vodouhe GF, Zoundji G and Sinsin B. 2014. Tourism activities and biodiversity conservation within protected areas in Benin (West Africa). IUFRO 2014, World Congress (5 –11 October 2014; Salt Lake City, Utah - USA)
Appendix 14: Technical Reports and books in 2014 Field of research Agriculture/Agroforestry
Agriculture/Agroforestry
Agriculture/Agroforestry
Agriculture/Agroforestry
N° 1
2
3
4
Agriculture/Agroforestry
5
Agriculture/Agroforestry
7
Authors’ Name Arodokoun DY, Adjovi NRA, Hodonou HG-, Dossou RA, Babatoundé F, Djihinto A, Zoffoun AG, Adjanohoun A, Mensah AG Arodokoun DY, Adjovi ANR., Hodonou HG, Dossou RA, Babatoundé F, Djihinto A, Zoffoun Ag, Adjanohoun A, Mensah GA Arodokoun DY, Adjovi NRA, Hodonou HG-, Dossou RA, Babatoundé F, Djihinto A, Zoffoun AG, Adjanohoun A, Mensah GA Arodokoun DY, Adjovi NRA, Hodonou HGC, Dossou RA., Babatoundé F, Djihinto A, Zoffoun AG, Adjanohoun A, Mensah GA Coulibaly OAAD, Faye M, Abdoulaye T, Saygbe C, Borloh E, Vodouhè FG, Adjovi G, Kakpo A, Bankole B, Fassinou N Coulibaly O., Arinloye AD, Faye M Abdoulaye T, Saygbe C, Borloh E, Vodouhè FG, Adjovi G, Kakpo A, Bankole B,Fassinou N
Title
References
Rapport Scientifique 2011, La recherche à l’INRAB : Acquis et Perspectives. Document Technique de l’Institut National des Recherches Agricoles du Bénin,
Dépôt légal N°7215 du 29 Avril 2014, 2ème trimestre, ISBN : 978-99919-1-846-4, Bibliothèque Nationale (BN) du Bénin. 71 p. En ligne (on line) sur http://www.slire.net
Rapport Scientifique 2012, La recherche agricole à l’avantgarde de la promotion des filières agricoles. Document Technique de l’Institut National des Recherches Agricoles du Bénin,
Dépôt légal N°7216 du 29 Avril 2014, 2ème trimestre, ISBN : 978-99919-1-847-1, Bibliothèque Nationale (BN) du Bénin. 66 p. En ligne (on line) sur http://www.slire.net
Rapport Scientifique 2011, La recherche à l’INRAB: Acquis et Perspectives. Document Technique de l’Institut National des Recherches Agricoles du Bénin,
Dépôt légal N°7215 du 29 Avril 2014, 2ème trimestre, ISBN : 978-99919-1-846-4, Bibliothèque Nationale (BN) du Bénin. 71 p. En ligne (on line) sur http://www.slire.net
Rapport Scientifique 2012, La recherche agricole à l’avantgarde de la promotion des filières agricoles. Document Technique de l’Institut National des Recherches Agricoles du Bénin,
Dépôt légal N°7216 du 29 Avril 2014, 2ème trimestre, ISBN : 978-99919-1-847-1, Bibliothèque Nationale (BN) du Bénin. 66 p. En ligne (on line) sur http://www.slire.net
Regional cassava value chains analysis in West Africa: case study of Liberia
Regional cassava value chains analysis in West Africa: case study of Ghana
Coulibaly O., Arinloye AD, Faye M, Abdoulaye T, Saygbe C, Borloh E, Vodouhe FG, Adjovi G, Kakpo A, Bankole B, Fassinou N. 2014. Regional Cassava Value Chains Analysis In West Africa: Case Study Of Liberia . IITA-Benin Coulibaly O., Arinloye AD, Faye M, Abdoulaye T, Saygbe C, Borloh E, Vodouhe FG, Adjovi G, Kakpo A, Bankole B, Fassinou N. 2014. Regional Cassava Value Chains Analysis In West Africa: Case Study Of Ghana . IITA-Benin
Biodiversity
8
Houéhanou DT; Assogbadjo AE, Sinsin B.
Biotechnology in biodiversity conservation: Overview of its application on conservation of endangered African tree species, In Ahuja M.R; Ramawat,K.G. Biotechnology and Biodiversity, Sustainable development and biodiversity 4
Risk assessment /Climate change
9
Padonou AE.
Bowalization, son impact sur la biodiversité, le sol et les moyens de subsistance des populations en Afrique de l'Ouest.
Padonou A.E. (2014) Bowalization, son impact sur la biodiversité, le sol et les moyens de subsistance des populations en Afrique de l'Ouest. Fiche technique.
Wildlife/grassland
10
Zoffoun Ag, Aboh Ab, Adjolohoun S, Houinato M, Sinsin B
Wildlife/grassland
11
Zoffoun A G, Aboh AB, Adjolohoun S, Houinato M, Sinsin B
Effet du mode d’exploitation sur le développement des touffes et la production de biomasse de Panicum maximum var. C1 dans les pâturages artificiels au Bénin. Effet du mode d’exploitation sur le développement des touffes et la production de biomasse de Panicum maximum var. C1 dans les pâturages artificiels au Bénin.
Dépôt légal N° 7669 du 26 décembre 2014, 4ème trimestre, Bibliothèque Nationale (BN) du Bénin, ISBN : 978 – 99919 – 0 – 279 – 1, Dépôt légal N° 7669 du 26 décembre 2014, 4ème trimestre, Bibliothèque Nationale (BN) du Bénin, ISBN : 978 – 99919 – 0 – 279 – 1,
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pp 171-180. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3319-09381-9_9
Appendix 15: Participation at workshops/conferences in 2014 N°
Type of presentation (oral, poster, ..)
Title and period
5
3rd International Conference on Neglected and Underutilized Species, For Food Secure Africa, Accra, Ghana, 25-27 September 2013 (Poster). Botanists of the twenty-first century: Roles, challenges and opportunities, 22 – 26 September 2014, Paris, France Postdoctoral research at the Laboratory of Applied Molecular Genetics, January 8th – March 29th 2014, Ghent University, Belgium IFS capability enhancing support workshop on collaborative research focusing on biodiversity, 8-11th December 2014, Ouidah, Benin CHM Workshop, Buea, Cameroun
6
IUFRO World Congress, 5-11 October 2014. Salt Lake City, USA
1 2 3 4
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Poster
Azihou Akomian Fortuné
Labwork
Azihou Akomian Fortuné
Attendance only
Azihou Akomian Fortuné
Oral
47
Oral Course
Cost
Amadou A.
Oral
Oral and Poster
XX congress of the Association for the Taxonomic Study of the Flora of Tropical Africa (AETFAT), 13-17 January 2014, Stellenbosch University. Tropical Biology Association (TBA) courses. 14 November-14 December 2014, Kirindy, Madagascar. Participation to Fourth Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture Biennial Conference. Hotel Grand VIP, Maputo, Mozambique19-25 July, 2014 Participation to the London Summit of Leaders and the award ceremony Achievements 2014. Institute of Directors/London, (United Kingdom), April, 14-16, 2014 International Foundation for Science Alumnae meeting. Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), 1719 March, 2014. Participation to the Intra-ACP mobility programme “Inter-University Cooperation to Train Crop Scientists for Enhancing Agriculture in Africa (CSAA)” Annual meeting: Entebbe (Uganda), 20-21, January 2014. Dialium guineense Willd: une espèce indigène utilisée contre des pathologies au Bénin Ouidah (Bénin) Diversité biologique des forêts des Trois rivières et de Sota au Nord Bénin Cotonou (Bénin) Influence du changement climatique sur une espèce des galeries forestières : Dialium guineense Willd. (Fabaceae) au Bénin Bamako (Mali)
Name of the participants from LEA
Akpona T. Jean Didier Akpona T. Jean Didier, Assédé Eméline, Djagoun Chabi A. M. Sylvestre, Salako V.K., VodouhèFifanou G., Assogbadjo Achille Assédé Emeline, Djègo Julien Gaudence Assédé Eméline
Attendance only
Assogbadjo Achille
Attendance only
Assogbadjo Achille
Oral
Assogbadjo Achille
Attendance only
Assogbadjo Achille
Oral
Assongba Y. Faustin
Oral
Assongba Y. Faustin
Oral
Assongba Y. Faustin
US$1500 US$3000
US$2000 US$5000
16 17 18 19 20
21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
Colloque Scientifique International de l’Université de Kara (Mai, 2014) From Past to Present–Changing Climates, Ecosystems and Environments of Arid Southern Africa: A Tribute to Louis Scott, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, from 7th to 11th July 2014.. The World Academy of Sciences 25th General Meeting. From 26-29 October 2014 in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
Oral
Bio Anselme
US$100
Oral
Djagoun Chabi A. M. Sylvestre
3,000
National Workshop on NUSFebruary 27-28, 2014
Oral
Predicting suitable habitat for the neglected and Underutilized Hyphaene thebaica Mart. in Benin (West Africa) in National Conference on Valorization of Neglected and Underutilized Species at Cotonou, (Benin) from 27-28 february 2014 ICBSET 2014: XII International Conference on Biological Science, Engineering and Technology, The Netherlands, August 7 - 8, 2014, NH Naarden Hotel IJsselmeerweg 3 1411 AA Naarden, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Tel: ++31 (0)35 695 15 14; Fax: ++31 (0)35 695 10 89 SILICON 2014: VIe International Conference on Silicon In Agriculture, 26-30 August, Stockholm University, Sweden. ICAFE 2014: XII International Conference on Agricultural and Forestry Engineering, November 6 - 7, 2014, Cape Town Lodge Hotel 101 Buitengracht Street, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa, Tel: +27 21 422 0030; Fax: +27 21 422 0090. 4thLife Science conference: Life sciences, environment and health (JSV 2014) – from 07 to 08 August 2014 Troisième Conférence Ouest Africain sur l’Agricultre Ecologique et Biologique du 27 au 29 Août 2014, Atelier National de partage des expériences et acquis sur les changements climatiques au Bénin Seminar «First Young Researchers Overseas’ day» of ROYAL ACADEMY FOR OVERSEAS SCIENCES, Brussels, Belgium, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 State of amphibian diversity in Benin and outlook for research and cooperation, 18th december 2014 Course on Quantitative Plant Ecology, 27/10 to 31/10 2014, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Silkeborg, Denmark. Training on land use land cover change analysis with GIS and the markovian model, MayJune 2014, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Silkeborg, Denmark. Training on scientific writing and statistic (univariate and multivariate test with PCORD and R), 1-20. 04. 2014, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Silkeborg, Denmark. Workshop on New methods for automated airborne data collection and supporting data
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Oral
Oral
Djagoun Chabi A. M. Sylvestre Assogbadjo Achille Goussanou A. Cedric, Salako V.K.
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Idohou Rodrigue
Committee Member
Kindomihou Valentin
1,6 million fcfa (US$ 3,200)
Oral
Kindomihou Valentin
2,5 million fcfa (US$ 5,000)
Committee Member
Kindomihou Valentin
1,14 million fcfa (US$ 2,800)
Oral Oral& Poster
Koura Ivan Koura Tatiana.W. Mensah Ezéchiel
Attendance only
Nago Sèdjro Gilles Armel
Attendance only
Nago Sèdjro Gilles Armel
Oral
Nago Sèdjro Gilles Armel
Attendance only
Padonou Elie
Attendance only
Padonou Elie
Oral
Padonou Elie
Attendance only
Padonou Elie
None None
analysis methods of larger field biological data sets. 22.10.2014. Salen, Kalø, Danmark. 33 34 35 36
Climate: systemes and interactions. Climatic variabibility and risks 2 to 5 july 2014 Analysis of the socio cultural determinants of the perceptions and measures of adaptation facing the climatic variability in the W Transboundary biosphere reserve in Benin. Erosion et pressions anthropiques dans la Basse vallée de l’Ouémé, Conférence Internationale de WAQA à Bamako, 27 – 31 octobre February, 14th 2014: Geostatistics: Basics, potential uses and application on tree Species’ density mapping in agrosystem analysis
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Saré B. Adissatou, Tente Brice
Oral
Sare B.Adissatou
Oral Oral
Tente Brice
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XVIth edition of International scientific days of Lome (JSIL 2014) – from 20 to 25 October 2014
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ABEPA 2014, Cotonou 15 Novembre 2014
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Atelier scientifique national de L’INRAB(8emeedition), 10 au 12 décembre 2014 "Second Atelier de formation sur le marché carbone (MDP et marché volontaire) dans le secteur AFOLU (Agriculture, Foresterie et Autres Utilisations des terres) à l’intention des porteurs de projet de l’espace CILSS-CEDEAO" organisé par le CILSS et le Centre Régional AGRHYMET du 24 au 28 février 2014 à Niamey, Niger
Oral Oral
Zoffoun G. Alex
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Vihotogbé Romaric Ahoudji Myrèse, Bio Anselme, Bio Oure Ridwane, Djego Julien Gaudence, Hêdji Carine, Idohou Rodrigue Kindomihou Valentin Koura I., Lesse P., Mensah J.P.A. , Salako V.K., Tente Brice, Toko Imorou Ismaïla, Yaoitcha Alain S. Koura I., Lesse P., Yaoitcha Alain S., Zoffoun G. Alex Yaoitcha Alain S.
Oral& Attendance only
350euro
$219
Appendix 16: Research projects of LEA in which you have been involved in 2014 N°
Title of the project
Sources of Funding
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Quantification du stock de carbone, le calibrage des modèles de quantification de carbone séquestré et le suivi de la dynamique du stock de carbone en zone forêt en République du Bénin
European Union (EU), Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA)
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Essais d’optimisation des productions de porc azolla riz poisson poulet et moringa en système intégré sans intrant
UAC
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Valorisation des plantes locales pour l’amélioration de la santé et de la production des animaux d’élevage (VPMAP) en Afrique de l’Ouest.
UEMOA (PAES)
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Valorisation des plantes médicinales de la pharmacopée béninoise pour l’amélioration de la santé animale et humaine (VPMAS)
UAC
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Les palmiers sauvages du Bénin : usages sociaux, biodiversité, écologie, importance économique et conservation
Université d’Abomey Calavi
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Objectives of the project Élaborer des modèles de quantification du carbone séquestré de la biomasse ligneuse; Quantifier les stocks de carbone des écosystèmes forestiers ; Élaborer un système de suivi de la dynamique du stock de carbone. L’objectif généraldu présent projet est d’élaborer les bases d’une nouvelle vague de technologies agronomiques capables d’assurer un haut niveau de rendement biologique de productions de porcs, d’azolla, du riz, de poissons, de poulets et de moringa, tout en ayant une haute qualité environnementale identifier, vérifier scientifiquement l’activité biologique et valoriser les remèdes à base de plantes locales de la pharmacopée africaine supposées être douées de propriétés médicinales (notamment antiparasitaires), nutritionnelles et galactogènes pour améliorer la production et la santé des animaux d’élevage. valoriser les plantes médicinales de la pharmacopée béninoise douées de propriétés antiparasitaires, antibactériennes, antifongiques et antiradicalaires par la mise au point des Médicaments Traditionnels Améliorés (MTA). (i) évaluer les connaissances endogènes des communautés rurales sur les palmiers sauvages du Bénin à travers l’analyse des perceptions sociales et la quantification de leur valeur d’usage ethnobotanique ; (ii) évaluer la biodiversité (richesse taxonomique et diversité génétique) et la distribution des palmiers sauvages au Bénin; (iii) étudier la structure et la dynamique des populations des espèces de palmiers sauvages au Bénin; (iv) Evaluer l’importance économique des palmiers sauvages à travers l’étude des flux de commercialisation et du revenu généré aux communautés rurales par la vente de leurs produits et; (v) évaluer le gap de conservation par rapport aux palmiers sauvages
Status (ongoing or ended)
On-going
On-going
On-going
On-going
On-going
N°
Title of the project
Sources of Funding
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UNDESERT
European Uninon
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Renforcement des capacités des acteurs de la conservation pour une mise en pratique des acquis de la recherche scientifique dans la Réserve de Biosphère de la Pendjari (RBP)
Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique
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CORAF/WECARD
CORAF/WECARD
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SASACID (Strengthening Africa's Strategic Agricultural Capacity for Impact on Development)
Projet SASACID_ANAFE/FSA-UAC
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Ecological Organic Agriculture (EOA-Bénin)
Biovision Africa_Kenya and Switzerland (SDC)
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Cartographie et modelisation de la dynamique des
UAC
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Objectives of the project en vue de leur conservation et de leur gestion durable au Bénin UNDESERT aims at providing an improved understanding of the effects of desertification and degradation processes by integrating remote sensing information with sound field data on biodiversity and soil as well as socioeconomic and climate data. Améliorer l’état des connaissances et l’utilisation des acteurs de la conservation par les acquis de la recherche. Améliorer la résilience aux changements climatiques des écosystèmes agricoles le long des bassins-versants par le développement participatif de systèmes agroforestiers antiérosifs et fertilisants dans six pays ouest africains Baseline informations, Institution undertake self-evaluation, Analysis of constraints of the pilot institutions. Developing Agribusiness research field review of existing curricula in those institutions that have an agribusiness program; to profile agribusiness companies; carrying out agribusiness value chain analysis to identify gaps and opportunities for agribusiness Ecological and organic agriculture Organizing and developing value chains in west Africa Developing local markets and SPG approach with actors Implementing producers and boost the partnership network Mainstreaming (EOA) intoNational Policies, Strategies and Programmes in Africa 2014-2018. Améliorer les connaissances et à accroître les
Status (ongoing or ended)
On-going
On-going
On-going
On-going
On-going
On-going
N°
Title of the project parcours naturels et gestion de la transhumance dans un contexte de changements climatiques au benin (MDP3C).
Sources of Funding
Objectives of the project capacités des différents acteurs sur la dynamique des parcours naturels et la gestion de la transhumance au Bénin dans un contexte de changements climatiques
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Taxonomic revision of African bush mango trees
Humboldt Foundation
13
Activité anti-hypertensive et mécanismes d’action de plantes de la pharmacopée béninoise (HTA-PHYSPHAR)
UAC
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- Critical global review on bush mango trees with emphasize on taxonomical issues - Revisit detailed comparative morphological data between bitter and sweet trees - Taxonomy-based ecological modeling for ecological distinction between bitter and sweet African bush mango trees Identifier cinq plantes significatives de la pharmacopée béninoise utilisées contre l’hypertension artérielle Identifier les principales familles de composés chimiques présents dans 10 plantes de la pharmacopée béninoise utilisées pour le traitement de l’HTA Effectuer des fractionnements des extraits des différentes plantes sélectionnées Etudier la toxicité des extraits de plantes et de leurs fractions chez le rat wistar Tester l’efficacité des extraits des plantes et de leur fraction sur la pressionartérielle dans deux différents modèles d’hypertension artérielle chez le rat. Etudier les effets et les mécanismes des différents extraits de plantes et de leurs fractions sur la contractilité vasculaire et la fonction cardiaque
Status (ongoing or ended)
On-going
On-going
Appendix 17: Research Grants in 2014 N°
3 4 5 6 7 8
Title of Grant Competitive Fund Program of Rectorat 2 (PFCR 2): Project “Productivity of production systems which integrate agriculture and livestock in Benin (PROSAEI)” Exchange program of Department of Veterinary medicine and animal production of University Federico II (Naples/Italy) IFS Rufford Small Grant International Tropical Timber Organization Rufford Small Grants IDEA WILD Tropical Biology Association Alumni Small Grant
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Ecological Organic Agriculture (EOA-Bénin)
10
IFS grants
Lesse Dodji Paolo A. Armel
On-going
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IFS Grant C_5652_1
On-going
12
GEOFORAFRI
Ahoudji Myrèse Mama Adi, VodouhèFifanou G., Houéssou Laurent
13 14
Idea Wild Rufford Small Grant
Vodouhè Fifanou G.
On-going
15
Georg Forster Research Fellowship (de Alexander van Humboldt Foundation)
16 17
IFS 5616-1 Robert S. McNamara FellowshipsProgram (RSM)
1 2
Beneficiaries
Status (ongoing or ended)
Fellow for PhD study
On-going
Training
Ended
Idohou Rodrigue
On-going
Akpona T. Jean Didier
On-going
Nobimè Georges Assede Emeline Djagoun Chabi A. M. Sylvestre Vodouhe Davo Simplice Kindomihou Valentin
On-going On-going On-going
Vihotogbé R. Fandohan B. PadonouElie PadonouElie
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On-going
On-going
On-going On-going Ended
Appendix 18: Prizes and nomination in 2014 N° 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Title of prize / nomination Senior Lecturer in Forestry (CAMES) The Alexander von Humboldt Georg Forster -HERMES Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers Fellowship of ICMPA and IRD for Summer school on Teledetection and its oceanographic applications, Cotonou, Benin Republic Fellowship of Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI)-Belgian National Focal Point, Brussels, Belgium Nomination : Assistant du gestionnaire CHM-Bénin AGNES nomination African German Network for Excellence in Science (AGNES) Distinction as young affiliate to The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Nominated for the World Academy of Science, Engineery and Technology (WASET), Member of the XII International Conferences Committees. Nominated for the International Society for Silicon in Agriculture and Related Disciplines (ISSiAgRD), Stockholm, Sweden, 30 August 2014. West African Representative. Nominated for the National Ecological Organic Agriculture Steering Committee (NESC), Representative for Research and Training. AGNES Nominated for the honorary title “The name in Science” by decision of the Socrates Committee (Oxford, United Kingdom) recorded in the World Register of outstanding scientists of the 21st century with awarding a medal of frame for Contribution to World Science Nominated as an expert for the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
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Nominee Fandohan Adandé Bélarmain Nago Sèdjro Gilles Armel Akpona T. Jean Didier HouehanouThierry Djagoun Chabi A. M. Sylvestre
Kindomihou Valentin Vihotogbé Romaric Assogbadjo Achille
Appendix 19: Visitors received in 2014 N°
Provenance Anthropology department at Fordham University-Rose Hill, Bronx, NY Université Paris VI
Dr Georges Nobimè
Primate conservation survey, Dahomey gap primate workshop
2
Full names of visitors Reiko Matsuda-Goodwin, PhD Pr Aïdekon Elie
Séminaire LEA
3
Dr Kasso Daïnou
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Séminaire LEA
4
Pr Maruyama Makoto
University of Tokyo
Séminaire LEA
Modélisation de la dynamique de croissance démographique d'unepopulation Concilier l'écologie et la génétique : perspectives pourl'aménagement et la conservation des ressources forestières Environmental friendly agriculture based oncommunity resources: A strategy for sustainable development andbiodiversity
1
Responsibles in LEA
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Topics
9. Abstracts of Publications
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1. Domesticating and conserving indigenous trees species: an ecosystem based approach for adaptation to climate change in sub-Sahara Africa Fandohan B.*. Déléké Koko K. I.E,, Gouwakinnou G.N., Glèlè Kakaï R.L., Assogbadjo A.E. Laboratory of Applied Ecology/Faculty of Agronomic Sciences/University of Abomey-Calavi (Benin), * 01 BP 526, Cotonou-Bénin/ Email:
[email protected] Revue CAMES(under review) Abstract The current food production systems in Africa geared towards alleviating poverty and eliminating hunger, in accordance with Millennium Development Goal number one, are faced with many challenges. These challenges include among others i) the identification of plant species that will best suit specific environmental conditions under climate change ii) the need to sustainably feed people and improve their livelihoods while conserving native ecosystems iii) Loss of local capacities and know-how to sustainably manage local resources due to decades of external decision making on which crop to grow (mainly exotic plants). To date, there is agreement that domestication of indigenous plant species for the diversification of subsistence agriculture could play a big role in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. These species can be conserved and used to halt and reverse the increasing degradation of ecosystems while providing economic opportunities, particularly in African countries. Integration of these indigenous species into formal production systems could help establish an ecosystem based development path in African countries. To ensure the sustainability of such a new development pathway, it is important to guarantee availability of sufficient scientific information to guide decision making especially within the context of climate change and socioeconomic vulnerability. In addition, policy makers will need scientific information on market incentives and other policy instruments that can facilitate both conservation and development goals considering the MDGs. Moreover, paradigm shift in the development concept, education and capacity building will also be needed. Key words: Prioritization, Indigenous species, Socio-economic importance, resistance to climate aggressiveness 1
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Factors affecting home gardens ownership, diversity and structure: A case study from Benin
GbèdomonR.C.,12,*, FandohanB.1,2,3,4, SalakoV.K. 1,2, IdohouF.A.R 1,2, Glèlè Kakaї R.1,2, Assogbadjo A.E.1,2* 1 Laboratoire d’Ecologie Appliquée, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, 01BP 526, Cotonou, Bénin, 2Laboratory of Bio-mathematics and Forest Estimation, Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, University of AbomeyCalavi, 04 BP 1525, Cotonou, Benin, 3Université d’Agriculture de Kétou, BP 43, Kétou, Bénin, 4Biometrie und Umweltsystemanalyse, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Tennebacher Str. 4 Freiburg 79085, Germany; *Corresponding author:
[email protected] Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedecine(under review) Abstract Home gardens (HGs) have being recently illustrated as promising perspectives for conservation of plant genetic resources while contributing to improving livelihoods. However, our knowledge of local factors shaping their ownership, diversity and structure is still limited especially in Africa. Yet, this is critical to unsure effective mainstreaming of HGs into future conservation and production policies. Generalised linear models and multivariate analyses were used on data from individual interviews and plant inventories spanning three bio-geographical zones to examine socio-economic characteristics (age, gender, education level and main economic activity) affecting HGs ownership, and their effect coupled with intrinsic HGs characteristics (size, age) on plant diversity and structure of HGs. HG ownership was age and gender-biased with the number of female owners being the greatest. Plant diversity within HGs declined with the age of HGs for young owners, increased with the age of HG for adults and was stable with age of HG for old people. Larger and most diversified HGs were found in semi-humid and semi-arid zones while smaller and less diversified HGs were encountered in the humid zone. The HGs were multi-layered (two to four layers) but based on the prevailing plant groups, three categories of HG were distinguished: Herb based gardens, Herb and Shrub/Trees based gardens, and Palm and Liana based gardens. Prevalence of these categories was dependent upon bio-geographical zones and HG owner socio-economic characteristics. Results suggest a cultural responsibility of women in HGs ownership prompting that their preference and conditions will highly influence agrobiodiversity conservation in HGs. This study illustrate the complexity of modeling influence of socio-economic conditions on home gardening and advocates cautions if policies are to be formulated based on the current body of knowledge. Key words: Agro-biodiversity, GLM, multivariate analyses, agroforestry system, West Africa
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Prioritization of useful medicinal tree species for conservation in Wari-Maro forest reserve in Benin: a multivariate analysis approach Yaoitcha A.S. a,b*, Houéhanou T.D.a,c, Fandohan B.a,d,e, Houinato M.R.Ba a Laboratoire d’Ecologie Appliquée/ Faculté des sciences Agronomiques, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, 01 BP 526, Cotonou, Bénin, bInstitut National des Recherches Agricoles du Bénin, 01 BP 884 Cotonou, Bénin, cEcole Nationale Supérieure des Sciences et Techniques Agronomiques de Djougou, Université de Parakou, dEcole Nationale des Sciences et Techniques Agronomiques de Kétou, Université d'Agriculture de Kétou, eAbteilung für Biometrie und Umwelt system analyse, AlbertLudwigs-Universität Freiburg; *Corresponding author:
[email protected] Forest Policies and Econmics(under review) Abstract Prioritization of medicinal plant species in conservation schemes is especially important in low income countries. This paper aimed at developing a multivariate approach for prioritization for conservation of medicinal tree species of Wari-Maro forest reserve (FR) in central Benin. Ethnobotany surveys were conducted in surrounding communities of this forest, using individual semi-structured interviews with 149 people. Additionally, vegetation surveys were conducted with 42 plots established in Wari-Maro FR for assessing the ecological parameters related to availability of those medicinal plants. Values of ethnobotanical indices, harvesting risk index, economical importance, threat status, adaptability to climate variations and ecological variables were compressed into principal components for each species. Results showed a total of 73 native tree species that were reported for 94 traditional medicine uses. Among those species, 12 species were pointed out as priority species for conservation. The most important priority species were Afzelia africana, Khaya senegalensis, Milicia excelsa and Pterocarpus erinaceus. For three of them, people perceptions on the availability of these species were perfectly corroborated with our ecological data. Action is urgently needed for these species. Among others, we suggest enrichment planting and assisted rejuvenation. Keywords: Medicinal plant, Priority conservation, Local perceptions, Multivariate analysis, Benin 4.
Extraction of timber and non-timber products from the Swamp Forest of Lokoli (Benin): use patterns, harvesting impacts and management options Ahossou O.D. 1, Schmidt M.2, Fandohan B.1, Zizka G.2, Assogbadjo A.E.1 1 Laboratory of Applied Ecology/Faculty of Agronomic Sciences/University of Abomey-Calavi (Benin), 2Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F) and Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main (Germany); *Corresponding author: International Forestry Review(under review) Summary Anthropogenic impact studies on tropical forests are necessary to design and develop sustainable extraction systems for both timber and non-timber resources. However, distinguishing non-timber forest product (NTFP) harvesting impacts from timber extraction consequences on the vegetation could be a complex work due mainly to the multipurpose status of tropical forest species. This article critically explores the essence and characteristics of timber and non-timber uses in the Swamp Forest of Lokoli and assesses extraction impacts on the forest dynamic. We employ structural parameters analysis and ecological indicators to explain vegetation structure and species’ responses to anthropogenic pressures. Results suggest that the forest is being harmed by local people’s extraction activities including both timber collection and non-timber harvesting. Finally, the paper suggests some management options balancing socio-economic and conservation priorities. Key words: NTFP, sustainable extraction, Swamp Forest, Lokoli, forest dynamic, structural parameters, ecological indicators. 5.
Habitat use by Geoffroy’s White-thighed Colobus in the Kikélé Sacred Forest: Activity Budget, Feeding Ecology and Selection of Sleeping Trees Djègo-Djossou S.1,5, Koné I.2,3, Fandohan B.1,4, Djègo J.G.1, Huynen M. C. 5, Sinsin B.1 1 Laboratoire d’Ecologie Appliquée, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Bénin, 2Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques Côte d’Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire,3Laboratoire de Zoologie, Université Félix Houphouet-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire,4Université d’Agriculture de Kétou (UAK), Bénin,5Unité de Biologie du Comportement, Ethologie et Psychologie Animale, Institut de Zoologie, Université de Liège, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium Primate Conservation(under review) Absrtact Habitat preference and use is an important aspect of primate ecology, and an understanding of it is essential for any conservation strategy. This study examined the activity budget, feeding ecology and selection of sleeping trees of a population of Geoffroy’s white-thighed colobus (Colobus vellerosus). A group of 18 was followed during 72 days in the Kikélé Sacred Forest, in the phytodistrict of Bassila in Bénin (West Africa), to understand their pattern of habitat use. Activity budget and diet were determined using scan sampling. The structure of the habitat and the physical characteristics of sleeping treeswere described using plot surveys. Results showed that resting, feeding, moving, social interactions and other activities accounted for 56.6%, 26.3%, 13.0%, 3.3%, and 0.7% of the activity budget, respectively. The diet was composed of 35 food sources, with items including leaves, fruits, seeds, buds, bark, flowers, gum, and inflorescences. Only three tree species were used as sleeping sites: Celtis integrifolia, Cola cordifolia, and Holoptelea grandis. Our findings suggest that the monkeys prefer tall (22.53 ± SD 3.76 m) and large-trunked (112.07 ± SD 14.23 cm) sleeping trees. Key Words: activity budget, feeding ecology, sleeping trees, Colobus vellerosus, conservation, West Africa.
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Survey of Loxodonta africana (Elephantidae)-caused bark injury on Adansonia digitata (Malavaceae) within Pendjari Biosphere Reserve, Benin Kassa B.D.1, Fandohan B.1,2,3*, Azihou A.F.1, Assogbadjo A.E.1, OduorA.M.O. 3, Kidjo F.C.1, Babatoundé S.1, Jian Liu3, Glèlè Kakaï R.1 1 Laboratoire d’Ecologie Appliquée, Universite d’Abomey Calavi, 01 BP 526, Cotonou, Bénin, 2Université d’Agriculture de Kétou, BP95, Cotonou, Bénin ; 3International Ecosystem Management Partnership (IEMP), United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP), c/o Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 11A Datun Rd., Beijing, 100101,China; *Corresponding author:
[email protected] African Journal of Ecology 52(2014), 385–394 Abstract This study assessed the level of bark damage on baobab trees (Adansonia digitata) as caused by elephants (Loxodonta africana), and the possibility of finding refuges where baobab could escape bark damage within the Pendjari Biosphere Reserve (PBR). Distributions of elephants and baobab trees within the PBR were compared using presence records of both species taken along transect lines. Two sites (National Park vs. hunting zone) that differ in elephant density were compared for intensity of bark damage and correlations between the intensity of bark damage and stem size of the baobab trees and population structure of the baobab trees. Elephants and baobabs showed co-occurrence in PBR suggesting that there is nowhere to hide for baobabs. The intensity of bark damage was positively correlated with elephant density and baobab girth. Baobab population girth classes were not significantly different in areas with and without bark damage. Future studies should test whether there are certain baobab genotypes that can resist elephant damage. It could also be tested whether effective conservation of elephants in the PBR has resulted in a bull-biased population over its carrying capacity. Key words: bark damage intensity, bio-reserves, distribution, tree girth class distribution, West Africa 7.
How farmers perceive and cope with bowalization: A case study fromWest Africa Padonou E.A.a*, Fandohan B.a, Bachmann Y.b, Sinsin B.a a Laboratory of Applied Ecology, University of Abomey-Calavi, 01 BP 526 Cotonou, Benin, bInstitute of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, J.W. Goethe University, Max-von-Laue Straße 13, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; *Corresponding author:
[email protected],
[email protected] Land Use Policy 36(2014), 461-467 Abstract Bowal, a particular form of land degradation occurs only in tropical regions. This study aims at assessing the perceptions of farmers on the causes and consequences of bowalization and the developed strategies tocope with it in semiarid and subhumid climate zones in Benin. Data were gathered using semi-structured interviews and questionnaires. Representatives from 279 households of nine ethnic groups in the semi-arid zone of Benin (Peulh, Bariba, Dendi, Nagots and Mocolé) and in the sub-humid zone (Fon, Mahi,Holli and Adja) were interviewed. Pearson Chi-square Test was performed to analyze the perceptions on the causes, consequences and coping strategies with bowé in the two climate zones. Simple correspondence analysis was used to evaluate the coping strategies according to the ethnic groups. Bowalization was reported to be induced by non-adapted land use and soil erosion. An increase of farmed land andanimal-drawn tillage was more perceived in the semiarid zone as cause of bowalization. Bowalization leads to loss of biodiversity in the two climates zones. Its consequences for the production of crops consist mainly in reducing water retention capacity of the soils, rooting difficulties for crops and increase of soil temperature. Farmers in the semiarid zone have adopted planting of cowpea and groundnut on bowé. Adapted cropping techniques in the semiarid zone consist in using a hoe for manual tillage and weed control. Ethnic groups of both climate zones that depend mainly on livestock herding have to practice transhumance and use food supply for the animals. The Bariba and Dendi in the semiarid zone modified their practices of tillage, weed control, sowing, fertilization, and livestock feeding most. The Mahi, Holli,Fon and Adja of the sub-humid zone mostly reduced their farmland, changed the crops and fields andadopted new off-farms activities. The Peulh mostly practiced transhumance independent from the zone. The type of coping strategies to bowé is dependent on the climate zone and ethnic group. Keywords: Bowal, Bowé Perception, Coping strategies, Climate zones, Benin 8.
Natural variation in fruit characteristics and seed germination of Jatropha curcas in Benin, West Africa Padonou E.A.1*, Kassa B.1, Assogbadjo A.E.1, Fandohan B.1, Chakeredza S.2, Glèlè Kakaï R.1, Sinsin.B1 1 Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi, 01 P. O. Box 526, Cotonou, Benin 2 African Network for Agriculture, Agroforestry and Natural Resources Education, United Nations Avenue P. O. Box 30677-00100, Nairobi, Kenya; *Corresponding author:
[email protected] Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology (2014) 89 (1), 69–73 Summary An investigation was conducted in the ten phytodistricts of Benin, West Africa, in order to assess the level of morphological variation in Jatropha curcas seed and their germination potential. Hierarchical classification of themorphological traits of seeds identified five morphotypes, using 54% of the overall morphological information. Canonical discriminant analysis performed on the five morphotypes revealed highly significant differences. Morphotype 1 included seeds from the phytodistricts of Côtier, Pobè, The Ouémé Valley, and Plateau. Morphotype 2 and Morphotype 5 seeds were from the phytodistricts of Bassila, Zou, and Borgou-Sud; while Morphotype 3 and Morphotype 4 seeds were from the phytodistricts of Borgou-Nord, the Atacora Chain, and Mekrou-Pendjari. Significant morphological variation existed within the seeds as a consequence of genetic make-up and/or environmental effects. Seed from Mekrou-Pendjari and the Atacora Chain were black, smooth, light (0.67 g.seed–1), and small (1.76 cm-long and 1.15 cm-wide). Seed from Plateau, Côtier, The Ouémé Valley, and Pobè zones were brown, rough, heavy (0.84 g seed–1), and large (1.97cm-long, 1.2 cm-wide). All seed
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germination started 4 d after sowing and ended between day-7 and day-8. Seed germination timing varied significantly with morphotype. 9.
Home gardens: an assessment of their biodiversity and potential contribution to conservation of threatened species and crop wild relatives in Benin Salako V.K.1, Fandohan B.1,2, Kassa B.1, Assogbadjo A.E.1, Idohou A.F.R.1, Gbedomon R.C.1, Chakeredza S.3, Dulloo M.E.4, Glèlè Kakaï R.1 1 Laboratoire d’Ecologie Appliquée, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, 01BP 526 Cotonou, Benin; 2International Ecosystem Management Partnership (IEMP), United Nations Environment Programme, c/o Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 11A Datun Rd., Beijing 100101, China; 3ANAFE, PO Box 30677-00100, Nairobi, Kenya; 4Bioversity International, Headquarter, Rome, Italy; *Corresponding author:
[email protected] Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution (2014) 61, 313–330 Abstract Despite growing literature supporting the importance of home gardens (HG) as biodiversity hotspots, knowledge of patterns of their contribution to conservation of threatened species and crop wild relatives (CWR) across climate and culture in Africa is still limited. This investigation was conducted across three climatic zones to assess the floristic diversity of home gardens and the extent to which they contribute to conservation of threatened species and CWR. Overall, 240 home gardens were sampled and their floristic diversity assessed. The ecological importance of recorded species was determined per climatic zone using the importance value index (IVI). A cluster analysis was performed to group the species according to their IVIvalues and a principal component analysis helped to identify the most important species. 285 species were inventoried throughout the study area. Home garden species’ diversity globally declined from the drier to the wetter zone but was highest in the transition zone. The average number of species found per HG was 10.1 and varied weakly across zones (9.07, GuineoCongolean zone; 10.77, Sudano-Guinean zone; and 10.53, Sudanian zone). The most important home gardens species in the Sudanian, the Sudano-Guinean and the Guineo-Congolean zones were respectively: Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench and Hibiscus asper Hook.f.; Solanum lycopersicum L. and Zea mays L.; Ipomoea aquatica Forssk. and Senna occidentalis (L.) Link. They were mainly vegetables and used as food and/or medicinal plant species. Twenty CWR and twelve threatened species were recorded and were also mainly used for food and medicinal purposes. Thorough research on socioeconomic factors supporting possession of HG and choice of managed species as well as indigenous management strategies of HG and dynamic of traditional knowledge related to HG may help to deeply assess home gardens’ effectiveness in biodiversity conservation. Keywords: Conservation status, Climatic zones, Floristic inventory, Importance value index, West Africa. 10. Effect of inventory plot patterns in the floristic analysis of tropical woodland and dense forest Houeto G.1, Glèlè Kakaï R.1*, Salako V.1, Fandohan B.1, Assogbadjo A.E.1, Sinsin B.1, Palm R.2 1 Laboratory of applied ecology, Faculty of Agronomic sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi, 01 BP 526, Cotonou, Benin and 2Université de Liège, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, SIMa, Avenue de la Faculté d’Agronomie 8, B-5030 Gembloux, Belgique; *Corresponding author:
[email protected] African Journal of Ecology 52(2014), 257–264 Abstract This study was set up to examine the effect of plot patterns on the accuracy of phytosociological characterization of tropical vegetation. Fifteen and twenty square plots of 1 ha were demarcated, respectively, in woodland and dense forest in Bénin. Each 1 ha plot was divided into 100 quadrats of one 100 m2. Species of trees in each quadrat were identified and recorded. The cost in terms of time required to record tree species in each 1 ha plot and five random quadrats in a 1 ha plot were also recorded to compute the mean inventory effort for a team of three foresters. From the 100 quadrats in a 1 ha plot, fourteen independent subplots of square and rectangular plots with different sizes were considered by grouping together adjacent quadrats of 100 m2. Eigen analysis was carried out to compare the subplots. Moreover, the relationship between the relative loss of accuracy (RLA) and the size of subplots was modelled. Plot size highly influenced the RLA (P < 0.05). Findings indicated that the square plots of 1500 and 1000 m2 with an inventory effort of 0.35 and 0.20 man-days per subplot, respectively in tropical dense forests and woodlands appeared to be the most efficient in the phytosociological characterization of woody vegetation. Key words: Bénin, efficiency, eigen analysis, floristic analysis, inventory plot, vegetation 11. Biodiversity conservation in home gardens: traditional knowledge, use patterns and implications for management Idohou R.a, Fandohan B.abc, Salako V.a, Kassa B.a, Gbèdomon R.a, Yédomonhan H..a, Glèlè Kakaï R..a, Assogbadjo A.Ea a Laboratory of Applied Ecology, Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, University of AbomeyCalavi, 01 BP: 526, Cotonou, Benin, bEcole Nationale Supérieure des Sciences et Techniques Agronomiques, Université d’Agriculture de Kétou, BP: 95, Kétou, Bénin, cInternational Ecosystem Management Partnership (IEMP), United Nations Environment Programme, c/o Institute of Geography and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 11A Datun Rd, Beijing 100101, China; *Corresponding author:
[email protected] International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management (2014) 10(2), 89–100 Abstract There is increasing interest in home gardens (HGs) as biodiversity hot spots. However, knowledge on how sociocultural characteristics and environment influence knowledge and management of HG species is still limited. Eliciting these links helps illustrate how HG could conserve biodiversity. This study addressed the following hypotheses: (i) age and gender shape
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the knowledge of HG species; (ii) knowledge on HG species varies across phytochorological zones; (iii) use values (UVs) of HG species are correlated to their ecological importance and (iv) HG species is mostly used for food and medicinal purposes. Data were collected from 285 HGs, across three phytochorological zones of Benin, using semi-structured interviews. Quantitative analyses were performed using ethnobotanical indexes and statistical tests. Our results confirmed our assumptions except for hypothesis (i). Gender and age did not determine knowledge on HG species. Nevertheless, noticeable differences were encountered among the zones regarding species, knowledge and use types. UV and ecological importance were highly correlated. Our results support the point that HGs sustain food and medicine supply while contributing to conservation of local biodiversity. However, with modern mutations, HGs are unlikely to be preserved if they are not actively mainstreamed in production and conservation policies. Keywords: gender; age; use value; ecological importance; West Africa. 12. Determinants of crop-livestock integration by small farmers in three agro-ecological regions of Benin Koura B. I., Dedehouanou H., Dossa H. L., Kpanou B. V., Houndonougbo F., Houngnandan P., Mensah G. A., Houinato M.. Laboratory of Applied Ecology, University of Abomey-Calavi, 01 P.O. Box 526, Cotonou, Republic of Benin Email:
[email protected] Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences(under review) Abstract Despite the numerous work conducted on integrated crop-livestock systems, very little is known about factors determining farmers’ trend to integrate. Our study aimed at a socioeconomic characterization of endogenous crop-livestock integration in Benin and identification of determinants of farmers’ decision to use these practices. Two hundred and forty farmers were surveyed in three agro-ecological regions of Benin. A semi structured questionnaire was used to collect information on farmer’s characteristics, production factors and agriculture and breeding by-products valorization practices. On the basis of main links between both productions, three integration levels (no integration, NI: 36%; partial integration, PI: 55%; total integration, TI: 9%) were identified and characterized according to socioeconomic characteristics of farmers. Then the multinomial logistic regression technique was used to predict the integration level of a given farmer in function of its socioeconomic characteristics. The three integration levels differ significantly (p
