The inability of Benin to comply with EU standards led to a ban on its shrimp exports. The ban had a negative impact on … fishery sector, and the local shrimp demand could not fully compensate for the loss of the EU market. …

The study of demographic trends in sub-Saharan Africa though crucial in the assessment of the impact of population size … that fertility has increased in some countries--Kenya and Cameroon; has remained almost stable in Benin, Ivory Coast and …, the estimates posit a decline in both infant and child mortality in Kenya, Benin and Ivory Coast; infant mortality in …

Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing 11 of the countries that make up West Africa — Benin, Burkina …The first of three books in IFPRI’s climate change in Africa series, West African Agriculture and Climate Change: A … change will increase the efforts needed to achieve sustainable food security throughout the region. West Africa’s population …

Benin covers a land area of 114,763 square kilometers and occupies a long stretch of land perpendicular to the coast of … the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa. It is bordered on the north by Burkina Faso and the Republic of Niger, on the east by … transitional tropical conditions, with less rainfall than in other areas at the same latitude—a climate known as the Benin …

Tree crops have changed land tenure in Africa. Planters have acquired more permanent, alienable rights, but have also … the Benin region of colonial Nigeria. Planters initially obtained land by traditional methods. Mature plantations were …

Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing 11 of the countries that make up West Africa – Benin, Burkina Faso …The first of three books in IFPRI’s climate change in Africa series, West African Agriculture and Climate Change: A … will increase the efforts needed to achieve sustainable food security throughout the region. West Africa’s population is …

Although Nigeria's Benin region was a major rubber producer in 1960, the industry faltered before 1921. I use labor … scarcity and state capacity to explain why rubber did not take hold in this period. The government was unable to protect Benin …

-Saharan Africa’s poor farmers, but what makes this technology a successful poverty alleviation tool? In the short run, the technology … irrigation project in rural northern Benin, which provides a controlled study of technology impacts in the Sudano-Sahel. The …

paper contributes to the effort by screening nine African countries: Algeria, Benin, Mali, Mozambique, Tanzania, Niger …, Senegal, Uganda and South Africa. Data on environmental taxes was collected through various sources. The aim of this paper is …