Country Context
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Statistical Reporting Units
Benin’s agricultural statistics generally use the administrative units for statistical reporting, either at Administrative-level 1 (a “Departement”) or at Administrative-level 2 (a “Commune”) entities. There is a level 3 unit (“an Arrondissement”)Most statistical data for Benin uses administrative boundaries as the unit of reporting. There are three principal levels: 1) administrative-level 1, a “departement”; 2) administrative-level 2, a “commune”; and 3) administrative-level 3, an “arrondissement”.
Crop statistic reporting units: Benin’s agricultural statistics are generally reported at the Admin-1, “departement” or Admin-2, commune levels.
In Benin, the Ministry of Agriculture has defined, and sometimes refers to, eight agro-ecological zones (see Compendium des statistiques agricoles, 1992) which generally group more than one commune together based upon common physical, climate-based, and agronomic features. Some of the zones do not respect commune boundaries.
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