ARF

An Applied Research Fund (ARF) country workshop will take place in Benin on November 20 to 22, 2019. Most of the eleven ARF projects running in Benin have finalized or are about to be finished. They will share their lessons learned and discuss issues related to result uptake and scaling opportunities. »

The PARCR project in Benin has published its final factsheet, with as main outcome achieved the high adoption of the best practices of rice production on the one hand, and of the best practices of rice parboiling on the other hand.  »

This ARF project has been finalized and has published its final results, confirming that there is a growing demand in spider plant in urban areas. More people are aware of the nutritional and medicinal qualities of the plant and integrate it into their eating habits. »

Please download the final factsheet of ARF-3 project ProFish in Benin, in which the consortium shares its final research findings, confirming that farmers included in the test of the new fish feeds show great interest in the new product developed. »

Please download the final factsheet of the ARF-3 Dyegrain project in Benin, in which the consortium shares its final research findings: farmers have successfully cultivated dye sorghum crop on a commercial basis and Leman Sarl, the private partner, purchased a total of 1800 Kg of fresh leaves for international trade.  »

PLease download the final factsheet of the ARF-3 project FortiMoringa in Benin. The research consortium shares its end results: for producers, optimal conditions for Moringa leaves production and preservation of Moringa seeds were determined, as well as appropriate cutting height and type of fertilizer that increases leaves yield; for processors, the fortified infant flour formulas and Moringa leaves powder (MLP) were developed. »