African Journal of
Agricultural Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Agric. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1991-637X
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 6848

Full Length Research Paper

Socio-economic reasons for high weed infestations in Northwestern Benin maize (Zea maize L.) production systems

Geoffroy Gantoli
  • Geoffroy Gantoli
  • Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Germany.
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Horst Oebel
  • Horst Oebel
  • Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Germany.
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Desire S. M. Agossou
  • Desire S. M. Agossou
  • Department of Economics, Socio-Anthropology and rural Communication, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin.
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Roland Gerhards
  • Roland Gerhards
  • Department of Weed Science, Institute of Phytomedicine, University of Hohenheim, Otto-Sander Straße 5, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany.
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  •  Received: 22 September 2015
  •  Accepted: 03 November 2015
  •  Published: 31 December 2015

How to cite this article

APA /
Gantoli, G., Oebel, H., Desire S. M. Agossou3 and Roland Gerhards1 (2015). Socio-economic reasons for high weed infestations in Northwestern Benin maize (Zea maize L.) production systems. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 10(53), 4967-4974.
Chicago /
Geoffroy Gantoli, Horst Oebel, Desire S. M. Agossou and Roland Gerhards. "Socio-economic reasons for high weed infestations in Northwestern Benin maize (Zea maize L.) production systems." African Journal of Agricultural Research 10, no. 53 (2015): 4967-4974.
MLA /
Geoffroy Gantoli, et al. "Socio-economic reasons for high weed infestations in Northwestern Benin maize (Zea maize L.) production systems." African Journal of Agricultural Research 10.53 (2015): 4967-4974.