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Table 1 Description of the state farms

From: Breeders’ knowledge on cattle fodder species preference in rangelands of Benin

State farms

Area (ha)

Climate zone

Annual rainfall (mm of rain)

Temp.

Soil

Vegetation

Breed type

FEK

380

Guinean

900–1100

29 °C

Ferralitic, clay-gravell

Small islands of forest, savannah

Girolando

FES

3600

Guinean

1123

27.6 °C

Clay

Savannah, forage plots

Lagunaire, Métis Azawak-lagunaire, Borgou

FEB

11,127

Sudano-guinean

900–1100

25 °C

Poorly evolved, ferruginous hydromorphic

Savannah, woodland, forest gallery

Borgou

FEO

33,000

Sudanian

1125

27 °C

Sandy, loamy

Woodland, savannah

Borgou, Girolando, Azawak

  1. Source: MAEP [3]
  2. Temp. temperature, FEK state farm of Kpinnou, FES state farm of Samiondji, FEB state farm of Bétécoucou, FEO state farm of Okpara