Co-construction d’indicateurs spatialisés de suivi des dynamiques agropastorales au Bénin basés sur des données satellitaires

Information spatiale et approches territoriales du développement, du diagnostic à la médiation / Spatial information and territorial approaches to development, from diagnosis to mediation. Coordonnateurs : Jérémy Bourgoin, Flavie Cernesson, Elodie Valette

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Issue		Cah. Agric. Volume 35, 2026 Information spatiale et approches territoriales du développement, du diagnostic à la médiation / Spatial information and territorial approaches to development, from diagnosis to mediation. Coordonnateurs : Jérémy Bourgoin, Flavie Cernesson, Elodie Valette


Article Number		12
Number of page(s)		12
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/cagri/2026008
Published online		13 mai 2026

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