L’objectif de cette étude est d’analyser l’évolution spatio-temporelle des dérivés pluviométriques impactant la qualité de la saison agricole, notamment les périodes de début et de fin de saison, le cumul des pluies, le nombre de jours des pluies, la longueur de la saison et les séquences sèches. Elle s’appuie sur l’analyse des données journalières de 1951 à 2010 de 98 stations météorologiques. Les dérivés pluviométriques sont d’abord identifiés, ensuite, des indices adaptés sont utilisés pour caractériser leurs évolutions. Ces dérivés présentent des fortes variabilités spatiales et temporelles. Cela a permis de subdiviser la région en quatre (4) zones avec des caractéristiques moyennes très distinctes.

The bambara groundnut [Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc. (Fabaceae)] is a legume mainly cultivated by women, for the nutritional quality of these seeds. It is a so-called minor culture and the improvement of the plant and its popularization remains to be promoted. The objective of this present work is to evaluate the genetic variability of bambara groundnut accessions. The experiment was carried out according to a completely randomized block device with four replications. Twenty-two (22) characters including four (4) phenological, four (4) morphological and fourteen (14) related to yield were evaluated for accessions characterization. Descriptive analysis showed significant differences. The coefficients of variation ranged from 3.51% (maturity date) to 38.87% (shell weight). Significantly high values (CV˃20%) for 8 of the metric parameters were observed. Pod weight per plant and seed weight per plant (r=0.943), yield in kg/ha (r=0.943); seed weight per plant and yield in kg/ha (r=0.999) showed the strongest correlations. The phenotypic and genotypic coefficients of variation were high for dry biomass weight (PCV=42.23%; GCV=28.40%), shell weight (PCV=63.46%; GCV=22.46%) and 100-seed weight (PCV=25.57%; GCV=25.25%). Maturity date (95.77%) and 100-seed weight (99.84%) had high heritabilities. Broad-sense heritability and genetic gain are high for 100-seed weight (H2=99.84%; GA=52.58%). The Ascending hierarchical classification produced four groups of which group 4 is the most efficient in yield with short (20.58cm) early accessions (80.32 days). Groups 1 and 2 include, late accessions (~22cm) with respectively maturity dates (DM=85.67 days and DM=86.53 days.