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Storage Assessment

Storage facilities are available in all main towns in Benin. Most of these facilities are privately owned and are in an acceptable condition. Warehouses equipment such as pallets, tarpaulins, wheelbarrows, scales, weighbridges, etc. are available in the country and could even be imported from the Humanitarian Response Depot in Accra. As well, fumigation products can be purchased in Benin. It should be noted that is difficult to find big storage capacity in Benin. There is no high limited storage structures in all over the country. Only the cotton factories have big storage capacity.

Commercial Storage

Location	Owner	Available for Rent	Capacity	Type [1]	Access [2]	Condition [3]
Location	Owner	Available for Rent	(MT / m² / m³)	Type [1]	Access [2]	Condition [3]
Saclo, Bohicon- Dept of Zou	UEMOA	Yes	2,560 m²/17,920 m³	Concrete	Flat	Good
Honmèho, Bohicon -Dept of Zou	UEMOA	Yes	2,560 m²/17,920 m³	Concrete	Flat	Good
Seme Kpodji	DONGACO & SONIMEX	No	5 x 1,500 m²	Concrete	Flat	Good
Djidja, Dept of Zou	IFDC (International Fertiliser Development Compagny)	No	1,280 m² / 8 ,960 m³	Concrete	Flat	Good
Djidja, Dept of Zou	UCPC (Union Communale des producteurs du Coton)	No	1,584 m² / ,960 m³	Concrete	Flat	Good
Natitingou	UEMOA	Yes	1,280 m² / 8 ,960 m³	Concrete	Flat	Good
Djougou	UEMOA	Yes	1,280 m² / 8 ,960 m³	Concrete	Flat	Good
Kandi	UEMOA	Yes	1,280 m² / 8 ,960 m³	Concrete	Flat	Good
Cotonou	Benin Storage	Yes	1,000 m² / 10,000 m³	Concrete	Flat	Good
Malanville	UEMOA	Yes	1,280 m² / 8 ,960 m³	Concrete	Flat	Good

[1] Warehouse Type: Open storage, container, rub-hall, silo, concrete, other, unspecified

[2] Warehouse Access: Raised siding, flat

[3] Warehouse condition: Appears intact, appears damaged, under construction/repair.

Storage Used by Humanitarian Organizations

WFP’s government partner, the Direction Nationale des Projects, has a network of eight warehouses throughout the country, for a total storage capacity of 4,650 mt. These warehouses are in the following locations: Natitingou, Djougou, Parakou, Kandi, Lokossa, Porto-Novo, Cotonou and Bohicon.

Each humanitarian organization has its own warehouses where they are storing their items.

The current storage capacity available in Benin and which are used by WFP in the below table.

N°	Warehouse	Sites	Infrastructures	Capacite Magasin/MT	Notes
1	Cotonou	ONASA	Concrete	3 000
1	Cotonou	ONASA	Concrete	1 000
Total capacity COTONOU				4 000
2	Porto Novo	Tokpota	Rubhall	250
2	Porto Novo	Tokpota	Concrete	400
Total capacity PORTO-NOVO				650
3	Lokossa	Préfecture	Concrete	500
		Ahouamey	Concrete	500
		Ahouamey	Rubhall	350
		DDEMP	Concrete	-
Total capacity LOKOSSA				1 350
4	Bohicon	Saclo	Concrete	2 000
		Marché Bohicon	Concrete	900
		Carder Bohicon	Concrete	400
		FUPRO	Concrete	1 000	Rent
		Abomey	Concrete	-
Total capacity BOHICON				4 300
5	Parakou	Sous Bureau PAM	Rubhall1	250
			Rubhall2	400
			Rubhall3	350
			Concrete	800
		Sinangourou	Concrete	1 700	Temporary
Total capacity PARAKOU				3 500
6	Kandi	Face Hopital de Zone	Rubhall	250
	Kandi	Face Hopital de Zone	Concrete	500
	Gougounou	Gounarou	Gounarou	1 000	Temporary
Total capacity KANDI				1 750
7	Djougou	Face Barrage SONEB	Rubhall	250
	Djougou	Face Barrage SONEB	Concrete	500
	Copargo	Copargo	Concrete	500	Temporary
Total capacity DJOUGOU				1 250
8	Natitingou	Derrière Mairie	Rubhall	250
			Concrete	450
			Concrete	500
Total capacity NATITINGOU				1 200
9	Allada	Sekou/Allada	Concrete	12 000	Rent
Total capacity ALLADA				12 000
TOTAL				26 000	Tonnes

Public Sector Storage

There is some public storage available to be used by any kind of agency of humanitarian in different locations in Benin if the request and the need are formulated to the local authorities. But most of the existing warehouses need strong renovation works before their usage. The best option is to directly contact the Ministry or the Department heads in the locality who will help in identifying the available warehouses or locations to be occupied. 

Location	Owner	Available for Rent	Capacity	Type [1]	Access [2]	Condition [3]
Location	Owner	Available for Rent	(MT / m² / m³)	Type [1]	Access [2]	Condition [3]
ARAKOU	Ministry of Agriculture	Yes	664 mt/443 m²/1329 m³	Concrete	Easy	Appears intact
ARAKOU	Ministry of Agriculture	Yes	664 mt/443 m²/1329 m³	Concrete	Easy	Appears intact
KANDI	Ministry of Development and Plan	Yes	450 mt/300 m²/900 m³	Concrete	Easy	Appears intact
KANDI	Ministry of Development and Plan	Yes	450 mt/300 m²/900 m³	Concrete	Easy	Appears intact
DJOUGOU	Ministry of Development and Plan	Yes	389 mt/259 m²/778 m³	Concrete	Easy	Appears intact
DJOUGOU	Ministry of Development and Plan	Yes	389 mt/259 m²/778 m³	Concrete	Easy	Appears intact
COTONOU ONASA	Ministry of Agriculture	Yes	2210 mt	Concrete	Easy	Appears intact
COTONOU ONASA	Ministry of Agriculture	Yes	2210 mt	Concrete	Easy	Appears intact
NATITINGOU 1	Ministry of Development and Plan	Yes	210 mt/120 m²/420 m³	Concrete & Rubhalls	Easy	Appears intact
NATITINGOU 1	Ministry of Development and Plan	Yes	210 mt/120 m²/420 m³	Concrete & Rubhalls	Easy	Appears intact
NATITINGOU 2	Ministry of Development and Plan	Yes	625 mt/284 m²/1250	Concrete	Easy	Appears intact
NATITINGOU 2	Ministry of Development and Plan	Yes	625 mt/284 m²/1250	Concrete	Easy	Appears intact
PORTO NOVO (Déguè Topka)	Ministry of Agriculture	Yes	446 mt/223 m²/893 m³	Concrete	Easy	Appears intact
PORTO NOVO ( Topkota)	Ministry of Development and Plan	Yes	431 mt/287 m²/862 m³	Concrete	Easy	Appears intact
PORTO NOVO ( Topkota)	Ministry of Development and Plan	Yes	431 mt/287 m²/862 m³	Concrete	Easy	Appears intact
BOHICON (Cerpa)	Ministry of Development and Plan	Yes	431 mt/203 m²/509 m³	Concrete	Easy	Appears intact
BOHICON (Cerpa)	Ministry of Development and Plan	Yes	431 mt/203 m²/509 m³	Concrete	Easy	Appears intact
BOHICON (Impôt)	Ministry of Development and Plan	Yes	254 mt/560 m²/1680 m³	Concrete	Easy	Appears intact
BOHICON (Impôt)	Ministry of Development and Plan	Yes	254 mt/560 m²/1680 m³	Concrete	Easy	Appears intact
LOKOSSA (Ahaoumey)	Ministry of Development and Plan	Yes	840 mt /264 m²/800 m³	Concrete	Easy	Appears intact
LOKOSSA (Ahaoumey)	Ministry of Development and Plan	Yes	840 mt /264 m²/800 m³	Concrete	Easy	Appears intact
LOKOSSA (Commune)	Ministry of Development and Plan	Yes	310 mt/207/621 m³	Concrete	Easy	Appears inta
LOKOSSA (Commune)	Ministry of Development and Plan	Yes	310 mt/207/621 m³	Concrete	Easy	Appears inta

[1] Warehouse Type: Open storage, container, rub-hall, silo, concrete, other, unspecified

[2] Warehouse Access: Raised-siding, flat

[3] Warehouse condition: Appears intact, appears damaged, under construction/repair.

Cold Chain

There are not many cold chain facilities in the country.

Location	Organisation / Owner	Type [1]	Cooling /  Power [2]	Quantity	Total Capacity  m³	Condition
Location	Organisation / Owner	Type [1]	(MT / m² / m³)	Quantity	Total Capacity  m³	Condition
Cotonou	Ministry of Health	Container	Compression	6	300 m³	Appears intact
Parakou	PEV	Cold Room Positive	Compression	5	115 m³	Appears intact
Djougou	PEV	Cold Room Negative	Compression	1	20 m³	Appears intact
Save	PEV	Refrigerator	Absorption	10	1.69 m³	Appears intact
Lokossa	PEV	Freezer	Absorption	6	0.870 m³	Appears intact
12 Departments	PEV	Refrigerator & Freezer	Compression	8	1.76 m³	Appears intact

[1] Cold Room Positive, Cold Room Negative, Refrigerator, Freezer,

[2] Compression, Absorption, Solar, Other, unspecified