Journal of
Agricultural Extension and Rural Development

  • Abbreviation: J. Agric. Ext. Rural Dev
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2170
  • DOI: 10.5897/JAERD
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 488

Full Length Research Paper

Agricultural technologies, territorialization from below and land-use conflicts in agro-pastoral areas of Northern Benin

Georges Djohy
  • Georges Djohy
  • National School of Statistics, Planning and Demography (ENSPD), Research Unit on Agro-Pastoral, Humanitarian and Food Systems (UR-SAPHA), University of Parakou, (UP), Benin.
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Honorat Edja
  • Honorat Edja
  • Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology (ESR), Faculty of Agronomy (FA), University of Parakou (UP), Benin.
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  •  Received: 29 August 2022
  •  Accepted: 28 September 2022
  •  Published: 31 December 2022

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