We tested a novel way of encouraging the adoption of improved maize seeds in Benin. In the treatment group, farmers were provided with intensive agricultural-extension support and a full package of inputs to test on one of their plots. In the control group, farmers were offered improved seeds,...

Dans ce papier, le modèle markovien a été utilisé pour analyser la dynamique de la pauvreté au Bénin. En supposant que les changements d’états de bien-être observés au niveau d’un ménage se présentent comme une chaîne de Markov, la méthode de « first-step-analysis » a été...

In this paper the Markov model has been used to analyze poverty dynamics in Benin. Assuming that the observed successive changes in well-being classes at the household level could be considered as a Markov chain, the first-step-analysis method is used to derive several indicators to measure the...