Diversity of the Neglected and Underutilized Crop Species of Importance in Benin

Table 4

Reasons of neglect of the neglected and underutilised crop species and their relative importance according to farmers and the agricultural technicians.

Reasons	% of respondents
	Farmers	Agricultural technicians
Lack of financial support for research	0	95.88
Lack of national promotion policy	80.73	89.41
Economically non profitable production	31.95	13.53
High cost of production	26.34	7.059
Lack of organised markets	98.04	65.88
Low yield	94.63	19.41
Painful production	49.02	0
Painful harvest	37.31	0
Susceptibility to high soil moisture	10.98	0
Susceptibility to low soil fertility	18.78	24.70
Susceptibility to pests and diseases	65.61	59.41
Susceptibility to weeds	15.61	0
Cultural believes	27.32	9.41
Lack of improved cultural practices and varieties	56.10	79.41
Ignorance of the species nutraceutical values	0	11.76