Zogbodomey
The municipality of Zogbodomey is located in the southern part of the Abomey plateau 108 km from Cotonou. It is between 6 ° 56 'and 7 ° 08 Latitude North, 1 ° 58' and 2 ° 24 'East Longitude and is located at the entrance of the Zou department going to Bohicon. It is limited: in the North by the municipalities of Bohicon and Za-Kpota, in the South by the departments of the Atlantic and the Couffo, in the East by the communes of Covè, Zagnanado and Ouinhi and in the West by the commune of Agbangnizoun.
Vegetation and fauna
The vegetation cover is mainly characterized by mosaics of crops and fallow land.Swamps and gallery forests run along the main rivers. In addition, the southern part of the town is covered with dense forests associated with the Koto Forest and teak plantations.Finally, areas of mosaic crops and fallow under palm are observed in the southern half of the town.
In some of these forests there are endangered animal species and birds of great ornithological value. These include the red-bellied monkey, grasscutter, antelope, deer, giraffe, pangolin and caiman.
According to the DPP / APRM, the Zogbodomey commune is part of the agroecological depression zone whose main crops are maize associated with cassava, cowpeas, tomatoes, peppers, etc., which form the basis of the system. of production.
Agricultural Land Resources
The land in rainfed agriculture is found throughout the municipality. The land belongs to the population but the commune also has unexploited land in Cana I and Massi. The floodplains, swamps or swamps are also found in almost the whole commune (except the districts of Cana II and Zoukou).We particularly note the presence of lowlands in Djihizidè, Tovlamè, Agonli, Wansougon, Alladaho, Agbogbohono, Cana Domè, Tangbedji (about 1300 ha), Hinti, Gbaffo, Domè center, Agoita, Goissanou, Dèmè, Koussoukpa, Lokoli, Hon, Adogbé. In Domè there is also a developed land of over 500 ha in Tangbédji, used in the past for rice growing but which is currently abandoned in the district.
Fishing and fish farming
The commune of Zogbodomey presents a hydrographic network favorable to the activities of halieutic production namely the fishing and the fish farming.Indeed, a large part of its eastern limit, is bordered by the Ouémé river which comes to meet the Zou river whose tributaries Hlan, Koto and Samion cross the commune from the Center - East towards the north - central.There are also artesian wells and lowlands. All these potentialities are concentrated on the eastern part in favor of the districts of Kpokissa, Koussoukpa, Domè and in a small proportion in the district of Massi.
In the East zone with high fishing potential, it is practiced:
- An individual harvesting fishery on natural water bodies with the possibility to recede in flood plains, use of fish holes (traps) in Domè and Kpokissa;
- A fish culture based on tilapia culture and developed on a small scale (25 ares for 117personnes represented in eight groups and five individuals).
Breeding
The high species
The species raised are cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, rabbits, poultry and grasscutters.Note that despite the relative predisposition of natural resources, cattle have not been able to take off because of social habits. On the other hand, we are witnessing the development of small stockbreeding (small ruminants, poultry) and conventional breeding (auladiculture, acaniculture and rabbit breeding).
Breeding types
The breeding is dominated by traditional type.The animals are left wandering and driven into the bush.
Modern type breeding is practiced on a small scale for each species except sheep and cattle.
Livestock size
In Zogbodomey commune, according to CARDER statistics, in 2001, there were 35,000 head of poultry, 12,000 head of small ruminants and 500 head of cattle. (CeRPA-Zou)
Breeding system
Livestock Feeding : Animals are taken to the bush for food. It should be noted that some owners are sourcing cakes for their animals.(Cottonseed cake, soybean ...)
Habitat : Animals live in suitable housing designed or constructed for this purpose.Some of them seek their shelter on the trees (poultry), in the bush or in the hidden corners of the house.
Infrastructures: There is virtually no adequate pastoral infrastructure in Zogbodomey commune.
Water restraint: It is not found in the town.
Veterinary care: some animals benefit from the will of their owner and the support of CeRPA. The main diseases found in animals are: trypanosomiasis, gastrointestinal parasitosis, scabies, small ruminant plague, bovine pasteurellosis, vitamin deficiency, mastitis and foot-and-mouth disease, coccidiosis, snake bites
Apart from the breeding of sheep and cattle, which is observed in a few individuals, the entire population breeds mainly poultry and goats.
Support structure
The only livestock support structure is CeRPA. The supervisory staff consists of a few veterinary agents of CeRPA.Unfortunately, however, there is a high mortality rate for most of the species
40%) of small ruminants. The main cause of this state of affairs is the type of breeding practiced. The animals are left stray, source of uncontrollable poor diet.Moreover inaccessibility to veterinary care, lack of technical support contribute to the poor profitability of the activity. In total, the majority of breeders is not supervised in this activity.
Outlets for the sale of products
The raised species The animals are marketed in the internal markets of Kotokpa, Kpokissa and Massi; in the external markets of Bohicon, Houègbo, Tokpa and Houndjro
Organization of breeders by species
There is only one organization called the Zogbodomey Livestock Association (AEZ).
Tourism
In terms of tourism, the town is full of many tourist sites, the most important of which are: the palaces of the Kings Agadja, Tégbéssou, Kpingla, Agonglo, Guézo and Glélè in the district of Cana;
- The remains of General Dodds' ship abandoned after the battle of Kpokissa with King Béhanzin;
- The great ceremony "of the triumphant return of Chief Alanhossou to"Hlanhonou ";
- The battlefield of the Amazons or these warrior women who ousted the colonial troops;
- The mystical streams of Hlan, Koto, Samion and Agbogbo.
- The Lokoli Forest, which is home to endangered animal and plant species such as the red-bellied monkey and the thermal springs (which flow freely into nature 24 hours a day in Hlanhonou, Avavi, and Hon) are also tourism potentialities to enhance.