Policy study – Benin: Farmers’ organizations question presidential prospects on agrarian growth

.In Benin, farming plays a main role in the nationwide economic situation, contributing 32 per cent of GDP and hiring a sizable portion of the workforce. In spite of notable successful possibility as well as a varied agrarian field (crop production, livestock, nonu2011timber forest items, fisheries), the nation depends heavily on imports of food products, which stand for 25 percent of the total value of imports.