A database of the e-registration and geo-referenced of rice value chain actors for the deployment of technologies: Case study of Benin and Côte d’Ivoire
Description
The database contains a total of 17,639 actors (9,000 in Benin and 8,639 in Côte d’Ivoire) with 159 variables divided into six sections: (i) preliminary information on the respondents; (ii) socio-economic characteristics; (iii) information on the rice plots; (iv) knowledge, use, and access to rice varieties; (v) knowledge, use and access to agricultural equipment and method and finally (vi). Six categories of actors were identified: producers of foundation seed, producers of certified seed, producers of paddy rice, parboiler, miller and trader.
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Steps to reproduce
Identifie main regions of rice production areas and rice value chain actors in each country. Update the list of actors based on lists provided by actors’ organizations. Finally, we do the census of all actors and geo-localized all farmers’ and their villages using GPS devices. Tablets were used for data collection.
Institutions
- Africa Rice Center