title: Indigenous knowledge on landraces and fonio-based food in Benin.
abstract: Fonio is a traditional cereal cultivated in many West African countries, where farmers are often the guardians of a rich diversity of landraces or traditional varieties. An investigation conducted in northwest of Benin on indigenous knowledge about fonio landraces and fonio-based traditional foods allowed us to inventory 35 landraces identified by the farmers. Ipormoa, Namba, Icantoni or Kopognakè or Icantoga and Iporhouwan landraces were good to cook paste and couscous and easy to dehusk. Besides, Ipormoa and Iporhouwan landraces had interesting agronomic characteristics. Paste, porridge, and couscous were the main fonio-based foods consumed by farmers in northwest of Benin.
authors.affiliation: a Unité de Recherche en Génie Enzymatique et Alimentaire, Laboratoire d'Etude et de Recherche en Chimie Appliquée, Ecole Polytechnique d'Abomey-Calavi , Université d'Abomey-Calavi , Cotonou , Bénin.
authors.forename: Vénérande Y
authors.initials: VY
authors.lastname: Ballogou
authors.forename: Mohamed M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Soumanou
authors.forename: Fatiou
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Toukourou
authors.forename: Joseph D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Hounhouigan
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D001541:Benin; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification; D016208:Databases, Factual; D002523:Edible Grain / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification; D005502:Food; D006801:Humans; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Benin; ethnic group; fonio; food; landraces; quality