Research Article

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

Table 6

Market value of the priority NUS at Glazoué market as indicated by the market’s women association.

SpeciesPrice per Kg in US $
MinimumMaximum

Bidens pilosa0.3750.5
Blighia sapida22.5
Cajanus cajan0.8751
Ceratotheca sesamoides1.251.5
Citrullus lanatus 22.25
Cleome gynandra0.50.75
Corchorus olitorius1.53
Crassocephalum crepidiondes1.251.75
Crassocephalum rubens1.251.75
Cucumeropsis mannii2.252.5
Cyperus esculentus 22.5
Dioscorea dumetorum 22.25
Ipomea batatas1.251.5
Launaea taraxacifolia0.6251.125
Macrotyloma geocarpum2.253.75
Pennisetum glaucum0.751
Sesamum indicum 1.752.25
Sphenostylis stenocarpa0.6250.75
Vigna subterranea1.52