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

Table 7

Contribution of both men and women to the production and marketing of the priority neglected and underutilized crops species in Benin.

Species	North				Centre and south
	Production		Marketing		Production		Marketing
	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
Bidens pilosa	+	+++	+	+++	+	+++	+	+++
Blighia sapida	+++	+	+	+++	+++	+	+	+++
Cajanus cajan	+	+++	+	+++	+++	+++	+	+++
Ceratotheca sesamoides	+	+++	+	+++	+	+++	+	+++
Citrullus lanatus	+++	+++	+	+++	+++	+++	+	+++
Cleome gynandra	+	+++	+	+++	+	+++	+	+++
Corchorus olitorius	+	+++	+	+++	+	+++	+	+++
Crassocephalum rubens	+	+++	+	+++	+	+++	+	+++
Crassocephalum crepidioides	+	+++	+	+++	+	+++	+	+++
Cucumeropsis mannii	+++	+++	+	+++	+++	+++	+	+++
Cyperus esculentus	+++	+++	+	+++	nc	nc	nc	nc
Dioscorea dumetorum	+++	+	+	+++	+++	+	+	+++
Ipomea batatas	+++	+++	+	+++	+++	+++	+	+++
Launaea taraxacifolia	+	+++	+	+++	+	+++	+	+++
Macrotyloma geocarpum	+	+++	+	+++	+++	+++	+	+++
Pennisetum glaucum	+++	+++	+++	+++	+++	+++	+	+++
Sesamum indicum	+++	+++	+++	+++	nc	nc	nc	nc
Sphenostylis stenocarpa	+++	+	+++	+++	+++	+++	+	+++
Vigna subterranea	+	+++	+	+++	+++	+++	+	+++