Abstract:
Cotton is the main cash crop in Benin. Cotton cultivation is an important source of income for
the Aklamkpa District. The income from this sector contributes to the improvement of the living
conditions of the populations. The main objective of this study is to contribute to a better
understanding of the socio-economic impacts of cotton cultivation in the Aklamkpa District.
The methodological approach adopted includes documentary research, field work, demographic
data from 1979-2013, cotton production statistics, data processing with Word and Excel
software.
The analysis of the results has been done. The results obtained show that income from the
marketing of cotton production has contributed 85% to the improvement of people's living
conditions. Cultivation techniques suggest a degradation of the vegetation cover and the
acceleration of the depletion of the soil of the study area. Faced with such a situation, more than
90% of producers adopt endogenous strategies to adapt to cotton production. In doing so, it is
important to develop new methods of cotton production, diversify agriculture, adopt organic
cotton cultivation and propose measures for the rational management of the environment. |
