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Overview of smallholders’ local rice post-harvest activities in Benin: Gender, practices, commercialization and rice processors livelihoods
Zossou, Enangnon; Vodouhe, Davo Simplice; Diagne, Aliou et al.
2012XIII World Congress of Rural Sociology
 

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Keywords :
Rice processing; smallholder; livelihoods; Benin
Abstract :
[en] Rice is a primary food source, vital vehicle in dealing with food security and eradicating poverty. In Benin rice is becoming increasingly important and its production and processing tasks are divided on the basis of gender, with women being responsible for much of the drudgery involved in processing. To have an overview of gender and socio-economic dimensions of local rice processing in Benin, a study was conducted in the north and south of Benin with 240 smallholder rice processors randomly selected. In addition to structured interviews and weekly report sheets, the participatory assessment on sustainable livelihood approach was used to appreciate the different states of their financial, social, human, natural and physical capitals assets. Rice processors are mostly women (67% in the whole sample). Men are more representative in white rice processing while women are more representative in parboiled rice processing. Women rice processors have less acces to formal learning source and have bad practices during white rice processing. The traditional rice parboiling methods that don’t lead to good quality rice is prevalence. The main actors of local rice commercialization are the rice producers; the bodies of the Ministry of Agriculture; Famers Organisation and smallholder local rice processors who are generally young women. During local rice commercialization, women are more representative in the sale without contract in the processing village while men are more representative in the sale under a contract. The overall state of capitals is low with better scores in human, physical and natural capitals stocks for men and in social capital for women.
Research center :
ULiège, Gembloux Agro Bio-Tech / AfricaRice / FSA, UAC
Disciplines :
Sociology & social sciences
Anthropology
Quantitative methods in economics & management
Author, co-author :
Zossou, Enangnon ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Doct. sc. agro. & ingé. biol.
Vodouhe, Davo Simplice;  Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques de l'Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Bénin
Diagne, Aliou;  AfricaRice
Lebailly, Philippe  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Sciences agronomiques > Economie et développement rural
Language :
English
Title :
Overview of smallholders’ local rice post-harvest activities in Benin: Gender, practices, commercialization and rice processors livelihoods
Publication date :
August 2012
Number of pages :
23
Event name :
XIII World Congress of Rural Sociology
Event organizer :
International Rural Sociology Association
Event place :
Lisbon, Portugal
Event date :
July 209 to August 4
By request :
Yes
Audience :
International
References of the abstract :
XIII World Congress of Rural Sociology, From crises to opportunities. July 29 to August 4, 2012, Lisbon, Portugal.http://irsa2012.com/event/wcrs-2012/presentation/
Funders :
IFS / CTB
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