Abstract:
The objective of this study is to analyze the influence of cotton production on the children education
in Banikoara (north Benin), Benin cotton basin. Thus, the study was interested to the various actors
(85) involved in the production of cotton and the children education, considered as layers.
Qualitative data were collected from these actors. They were then treated through discourse analysis
and descriptive statistics using SPSS version 21 software. The results showed that in recent years
cotton production has grown exponentially to the detriment of other speculations such as corn, millet,
sorghum and rice. Only thirty percent (30%) of children were in school compared to nine (9%)
percent among cotton producers. These children, who are obliged to help their parents, are involved
in all the farming operations, which prevents them from attending classes properly. It follows
massive and successive classes repetitions as well as abandonment. The non-schooling of children
being a recurring phenomenon in Banikoara, the mechanization of cotton production or to a lesser
extent, a subsidy of labor occasional becomes necessary in order to reverse the tendency. |
