Abstract:
Agriculture, the basis of the Beninese economy, mobilizes several producers in Adja-Ouèrè to
develop different techniques to make their production profitable. This research analyzed the
socio-economic impacts of hydro-agricultural developments in the Commune of Adja-Ouèrè. To
achieve this objective, data was collected through individual interviews with 201 households and
interviews with 25 resource persons. These data were processed by calculating the response
frequencies of the respondents, which were translated into tables and graphs using the Excel
2013 spreadsheet. The geographical coordinates of the hydro-agricultural facilities were used to
produce the distribution map of the structures with the Arc gis 10.5 software.
The results showed that there are 43 hydro-agricultural development sites distributed in the 6
districts of the commune of Adja-Ouèrè organized into 5 categories: development by dykes and
dikes (16.27%), development by drilling (2.33%), development by sprinkling (53.49%), by
mounds and ridges (23.26%), and development by watering (4.65%) The main crops grown in
managed areas are vegetables (40% of sites), cereal crops (32% of sites), tubers (14.29%) and
legumes and other fruit trees (13.71%) of managed sites overall. The benefit varies according to
the type of management, crop and area covered. The socio-economic importance of these
developments is mainly related to the income that producers receive, which varies according to
the type of development carried out and the area covered. Indeed, the borehole system brings in
an average of 2,202,000 FCFA per hectare for the producer, compared to 850,000 FCFA for the
modern sprinkler system, 705,000 FCFA for the traditional sprinkler system, and 855,000 FCFA
for the dyke and bund systems. However, the mound and sprinkler systems are less profitable,
yielding 435,000 FCFA and 552,000 FCFA respectively. In spite of these advantages, producers
encounter various difficulties in carrying out hydro-agricultural development, notably the lack of
financial means, the overabundance of rainfall that ravages agricultural products and dikes, and
land conflicts. |
