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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{Identification of Staple Food Stocks Building Decision Drivers in Maize"=based Farming Systems of Benin, West"=africa\footnote{\textbf{Contact Address:} Freddy Noma, Justus-Liebig Universität Gießen, Institute of Farm and Agribusiness Management, Giessen, Germany, \mbox{e-mail}: \email{orounoma@yahoo.fr}}\\[0.8ex]}}
\normalsize{\textsc{Freddy Noma$^{1}$, Afouda Jacob Yabi$^{2}$, Ranganath Lakshmaiah$^{3}$, Siegfried Bauer$^{4}$}}
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\item[]{\small{\textit{$^{1}$Justus-Liebig Universität Gießen, Institute of Farm and Agribusiness Management, Germany}}}
\item[]{\small{\textit{$^{2}$University of Parakou, Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Benin}}}
\item[]{\small{\textit{$^{3}$Justus-Liebig Universität Gießen, Inst. for Agricultural Policy and Market Research, Germany}}}
\item[]{\small{\textit{$^{4}$Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Inst. of Farm and Agribusiness Management - Project and Regional Planning, Germany}}}
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In a context of increasing maize demand from local consumers and neighbouring countries, it is noticed that maize, primarily a staple food, is shifting to cash crop status.  Maize is known as the main staple in West-Africa, then it flows from surplus countries to those in deficits; and within country regions. In Benin, smallholder farmers' households are those depending, the most, on market. Adding the recent food crisis, there is a need to identify factors that might help rural households to cope with shocks (i.e. food crisis, price hikes, etc.) through building their own staple food stocks. The study assumes that a food balance in surplus eases the constitution of stocks. From estimation of maize consumption balance, three groups of households are obtained: surplus, sufficient and deficit. Data were collected in northern Benin, 210 farmers were sampled. The Multinomial Logit model has served to model the effects of socio"=demographics and economic factors; marketing behaviours on these food (maize) availability levels. Note that factors which increase the likelihood to be in surplus and/or reduce deficit probabilities are those assumed to facilitate staples stocks, maize, building at household level.  From own production \mbox{47.14\,\%} households are sufficient; whereas, \mbox{15.24\,\%} are in deficit and \mbox{37.62\,\%} have surplus. Sufficient is the base outcome, on the seventeen factors, six and four are significant in surplus and deficit equations, respectively.  Land has positive and negative effects on surplus and deficit, respectively. Then this factor promotes maize stock building; whilst household size does not. To build its maize stock, a household in surplus, should grow leguminous, sorghum and tubers, instead of cotton; be experienced in farming and educated; sell its maize on local market; should have at most one granary. Household in deficit, to build its maize stock, should grow cotton and leguminous, have livestock, be experienced in maize farming and less educated; should not sell its maize on local market but to foreign markets; should own at least two granaries. }

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\noindent \textbf{Keywords:} Food crisis, household level.  , maize, staple food stocks building
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