The “Bringing into Cultivation” Phase of the Plant Domestication Process and Its Contributions to In Situ Conservation of Genetic Resources in Benin

Table 6

Classification of the species under domestication according to the gender and to their specific utilization.

Group of species	Total	Ethnic groups				Type of plant
		NA	MA	GO	LD	LV	NV	Fr	Tb	Md
Species being domesticated by women	31	20	09	04	04	22	02	02	00	05
Species being domesticated by men	18	06	03	09	16	02	01	09	02	04
Species being domesticated by both men and women	20	10	06	08	07	04	03	03	01	09
Total	69	36	18	21	27	28	06	14	03	18

NA: Nago, MA: Mahi, GO: Gourmantché, LD: Lamba/Ditamari, LV: leafy vegetable, NV: nonleafy vegetable, Fr: fruit, Tb: Tuber crop, Md: medicinal plant.