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In Benin, there is production tomato, onion, pepper, corn, it will intensify. A special program was adopted on Wednesday July 3, 2024 to promote the installation of agricultural infrastructure. First effects “Special program to intensify market gardening and cereal production”be visible by the end of the 2024-2025 agricultural season. The program should facilitate large-scale production of tomato, onion, pepper, corn and many other guesses. The expected performance remains unknown, but the Beninese state intends to strengthen food security through the availability of food crops and market garden products. “We have a typology of our farms based on family farming, small farms. [Le souhait du gouvernement est] that all these small farms have the possibility of easy access to new generation seeds”, the Minister of Agriculture, Gaston Cossi Dossouhoui, confided during a lively press briefing after make decisions in the council of ministers . [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwnoVsnahD4[/embed] The adoption of this special program follows the “the effects of climate change and the intense heat seen between the months of January and May” 2024. This disturbance has led to “low yields of market garden crops, particularly tomatoes, onions, chili” during this agricultural campaign, informs the council of ministers. This situation led to “increase in their prices on the markets”. Paradoxically, there is performance “grain production, especially corn” increase, but uncontrolled exports to countries in the sub-region, also caused a surge in prices”recalls the Beninese executive. The increase in the price of these foods led to a series of protests in May 2024. union marches against high cost of living. In order to contain the increase in prices, Patrice Talon’s government banned the export of products (corn, rice, millet, sorghum, cowpea, etc.), as well as tubers and their derivatives, (flours including gari, etc.) to neighboring countries. This embargo ends in December 2024. 10 billion CFA Francs By adopting the Special Program, the State wants “avoid these situations repeating themselves cyclically”. The aim of all the measures adopted, according to the government, is to “intensify sustainable market gardening and grain production to ensure their availability and accessibility to the populations”. The initial budget planned for its implementation is set at 10 billion CFA Francs. This amount will be used to: installing agricultural production infrastructure such as cultivation in controlled environments, small irrigation, storage equipment and infrastructure to reduce post-harvest losses; access to specific inputs (high yielding seeds resistant to climate change, pesticides, mineral fertilizers, biostimulants/biofertilizers, etc.); adopting sustainable agricultural practices such as integrated water resource management, crop rotation and soil fertility management; strengthen agricultural mechanization.