Content

General Information

Aims of the atlas
Scientific approach
Portraits of research partners

A. Overview Niger and Benin

A1          Research sites
A1.1       Location of Niger and Benin in Africa
A1.2       Location of SFB 308 research sites and partner organisations in West Africa

A2          General maps
A2.1       Political borders
A2.2       Population
A2.3       Topography
A2.4       Climate: Precipitation
A2.5       Soils

A3          Applied projects
A3.1       Vegetation zones in Niger and Benin - present and past zonation
 

B. Niger

B1          Overview Niger
B1.1       Political borders
B1.2       Population
B1.3       History of Niger (text)
B1.4       Settlements and population pressure
B1.5       Urbanisation
 

B2         Maps of natural resources and agricultural production

B2.1      Inventory
B2.1.1   The geological setting in western Niger
B2.1.2   SOTER-map (SOil and TERrain) of south-west Niger
B2.1.3   Bio-climatic zones

B2.2      Agricultural Potentials
B2.2.1   Production risk for pearl millet in south-west Niger
B2.2.2   Land evaluation and agricultural yield potentials in south-west Niger

B2.3      Management
B2.3.1   Recommendations for fallow vegetation management in south-west Niger

B2.4      Animal production and herd migration
B2.4.1   Land use and agropastoral systems in the Filingue region
B2.4.2   Seasonal livestock migration and grazing potentials in south-east Niger

B3.         Economics
B3.1       Niger's economy between subsistence and market
B3.2       Case study: marketing patterns of farming systems in south-west Niger

B4.        Development Potentials
B4.1      Potential for mechanised cultivation in south-west Niger
 

C. BENIN

C1         Overview Benin
C1.1a    Political borders - current
C1.1b    Political borders - planned (not currently used)
C1.2      Population
C1.3      Languages
 

C2         Maps of natural resources and agricultural production

C2.1      Inventory
C2.1.1   Geology and geomorphology of southern Benin
C2.1.2   SOTER - map (SOil and TERrain) of southern Benin
C2.1.3   Land use dynamics in the region of Abomey-Bohicon between 1954 and 1982
C2.1.4   Changes of land use and vegetation near the village of Houéto between 1981 and 1995

C2.2      Agricultural potentials
C2.2.1   Water availability in southern Benin
C2.2.2   Potential maize yield in southern Benin

C3          Economics
C3.1       Maize in Benin: Production, Markets and Transport
C3.2       Major crops and their regional distribution in Benin
C3.3       The origin of "acadja" branches and transport routes in the Province Atlantique
C3.4       Farming systems diversity and the suitability of innovations for managing soil fertility
 

D Appendix

Publications SFB
Links to Related Sites
 

E Database

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