Physical and mechanical characteristics of the earthen barns used for food crop storage in the North-West of Benin (West Africa)
Atacora and Donga are two departments regarded as the barns of Benin. In these two regions, the surplus of food crops harvested by farmers is stocked in earthen barns whose primary construction material is kneaded clay soil with an admixture of vegetable straws (fonio, rice…) pounded beforehand. The...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
2013-12-01
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| Series: | RUDN Journal of Engineering Researches |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.rudn.ru/engineering-researches/article/view/4736 |