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

Table 3

Knowledge of the species and of their biology by the local communities.

Ethnic groups	Total	Knowledge of the species		Knowledge of the species’ biology		Period of availability
		Widely known	Little known	Known	Unknown	AS	RS	DS
Ditamari/Lamba	27	17	10	18	9	8	16	3
Gourmantché	21	13	8	15	6	5	9	7
Mahi	18	12	6	10	8	5	11	2
Nago	36	28	8	27	9	9	25	2

AS: all seasons, RS: rainy season, DS: dry season.