Table 3 Structures involved in the training (production, conservation and processing techniques) of rice producers in the study area.

From: Characterization of rice farming systems, production constraints and determinants of adoption of improved varieties by smallholder farmers of the Republic of Benin

Region

Type of structure

Structures

Number of trained farmers

North

(N = 114)

Government agencies

ATDA

74

CPI

7

ProCAD (PADA)

47

NGOs

BORNE fonden

3

GIZ (Pro-Agri, PROSOL)

21

International institutions

AfricaRice

4

CTB or ENABEL (PROFI)

4

PNUD (PVM)

6

Farmer organizations

URCPR-D

2

Centre

(N = 38)

Government agencies

ATDA

22

ProCAD (PADA)

2

NGOs

Songhaï

1

GIZ

18

ONG '' Un monde''

1

VECO-WA

1

International institutions

AfricaRice

2

Farmer organizations

UNIRIZ

3

UCR

1

South

(N = 118)

Government agencies

ATDA

91

INRAB

3

ProCAD (PADA)

9

PAIA-VO

9

NGOs

SNV

1

GIZ

19

ALDIPE

11

International institutions

AfricaRice

2

CTB or ENABEL

6

IFDC

1

Company

ESOP

4

  1. ATDA: Territorial Agricultural Development Agencies, CPI: Investment Promotion Center, GIZ: German Technical Cooperation, ProAgri: Promotion of agriculture, ProCAD: Framework Support Program for Agricultural Diversification, PADA: Support Project for Agricultural Diversification, CTB or ENABEL: Belgian Technical Cooperation, PROFI: Agriculture support program, INRAB: National Institute for Agricultural Research of Benin, ESOP: Service Companies and Producers' Organizations, SNV: Dutch Development Organization, PAIA-VO: Agricultural infrastructure support project in the Valley of Ouémé, IFDC: International Center for Fertilizer Development. ALDIPE: Association for the Fight for Integrated Development and for the Protection of the Environment; UNIRIZ: Union of Hills Rice Producers; PVM: Millennium Villages Project, UCR: Communal rice farmers unions.