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Admin 1: DepartementDépartement

Admin 2: Commune

Admin 3: Arrondissement

Benin’s crop statistics are generally reported at the Admin-1 “département” or Admin-2 “commune” levels. 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.    

Crop data

Year and Season Definitions

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·         Small/petite rains between September and November;

·         Main/grande dry season between December and March.

The Benin Benin’s season dates are very similar to those for Togo and Ghana and even major parts of Nigeria, except where local features figure prominently (hills/mountains, bodies of water, settlement patterns, etc.).

Cropping years are generally referred to by a two-date notation (xxxx-yyyy), in which the planting and harvesting is carried out in the “xxxx” year, and the “yyyy” year in is the marketing year.  When a cropping year is referred to with one notation (e.g. “xxxx”) that refers to the year of planting and harvesting (“il a été retenu de mettre l'année n pour désigner la campagne n/n+1”).                               

Benin’s

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Crop Statistics

The Ministry of Agriculture, or a closely-related ministry, like that of Rural Development is generally the source of the country’s agricultural crop estimates and reporting.

The Benin record of agricultural crop production found in the FDW covers the 1970 to present period. Historical annual agricultural crop statistics reporting, often published in annual reports, has been difficult to find. Here, they have been supplemented by multi-year (often 5 years) summary reports published by the principal ministries involved.

Ag Crop statistics in Benin are generally prepared annually at the national level, delivering estimates generated at the commune or departement level, only for the “main” season. Other production system information (e.g. irrigated, commercial and small-farmer, etc) is generally not provided.

Benin ag Benin’s crop statistic reporting generally distinguishes between no production (neantnéant), and several categories of statistics that were not (yet) available: non-disponibles, non-parvenus, ne figurent pas dans les tableaux pour une autre raison.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.                                    

Methodology of Crop Estimation

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