Progamme National Contre le Tuberculose

CFD Simulation via User-Defined Functions and Resizing of a Solar Dryer for Processing 25 kg of Pineapple

This article presents an optimization and numerical simulation (CFD) study of an indirect solar dryer designed for pineapple drying, aiming to reduce critical post-harvest losses in West Africa, particularly in Benin. Unlike many previous studies that are often limited to modelin...

Endogenous honeycomb stone arrangements reduce soil erosion, improve soil moisture, and sorghum productivity under fertilizer microdosing on steep lands of Boukombé in northwestern Benin

The biophysical field-based evaluation of the endogenous soil and water conservation (SWC) practices in the hilly region of sub-Saharan West Africa is lacking. To address this, the current study aims to evaluate the most commonly used erosion control practices in the hilly region...

Dietary behaviour of Sepedon (Parasepedon) ruficeps and Sepedon (Sepedomyia) nasuta (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) and the distribution of their snail prey in Benin (West Africa)

Sciomyzidae (Diptera) larvae live as predators and/or parasitoids of snails. They have potential economic importance as biological control agents against gastropods that are vectors of parasitic diseases. In the present study, the use of Sepedon larvae in schistosomiasis control...