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\parbox[b]{13.4cm}{\centering \large{\textbf{Tropentag, September 18-21, 2016, Vienna, Austria}}\\[1ex] \Large{``Solidarity in a competing world ---\\fair use of resources''\\[2ex]}}
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\Large{\textbf{Influence of Shared Knowledge on Rice Endogenous Innovation Process in Benin\footnote{\textbf{Contact Address:} Cossi Leonard Hinnou, University of Abomey-calavi (Benin), Faculty of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences, 02-833~Cotonou, Benin, \mbox{e-mail}: \email{hicoll77@yahoo.fr}}\\[0.8ex]}}
\normalsize{\textsc{Cossi Leonard Hinnou$^{1}$, L. Roch Mongbo$^{2}$, Sidi Sanyang$^{3}$}}
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\item[]{\small{\textit{$^{1}$University of Abomey-calavi (Benin), Faculty of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences, Benin}}}
\item[]{\small{\textit{$^{2}$University of Abomey-calavi (Benin), Faculty of Agronomy Sciences, }}}
\item[]{\small{\textit{$^{3}$Africarice Center, Policy, Innovation Systems and Impact Assessment, }}}
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With the aim to increase the level of production and render more competitive the local rice on the national and international market, several actions have been initiated in Benin notably through the introduction and spread of new innovations. These innovations are struggling to get a place in the rural environment. The reasons for this low success are related to the non"=inclusion of knowledge building mechanisms among local actors. In addition, rice producers are involved in interaction networks they use to design their farming systems. Social networks and their structuring are very involved in the construction and movement of individual and collective innovations. This study aims to analyse the influence of knowledge sharing in these networks in the innovation process of Rice in the Central region of Benin. Thus, the theory of strong ties and weak ties remains critical and has formed the basis of this research. As results, experience in rice production, contact with peers, the average area sown the last five years and the sex are the main variables that determine the endogenous innovation in rice farming in the Central region of Benin. The contact with peers could generate information resources conducive to innovation. Similarly, the process of innovation in rice farming starts with the producers' decision to resolve the constraints they face. It is found that the domestic resources come from the close"=knit relationships they have with their relatives such as parents and friends (strong ties),while external resources are solicited from peer leaders, research and support structures or during training sessions (weak ties). However, the opening of social networks rice to their external environment is favourable to the contribution of relevant information resources. However, the dominance of strong links within these networks does not allow them to build bridges for the purpose of disseminating useful information for new innovation. Finally, we will retain that the endogenous innovation process is a path in which the knowledge of the stockholders and the quality of their relationships with their external environment are crucial.}

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\noindent \textbf{Keywords:} Innovation, links, rice, shared knowledge, social network
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