This study aims at analyzing the impacts of socio-institutional factors on the adoption and diffusion of improved rice parboiling equipment in Benin. The analysis of this influence is based on the use of Enterprise Web as comprehensive analysis tools of socio-organizational interventions in rural areas. In order to ensure a local supply of efficient and sustainable system, the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) trained local artisans for duplication and sale of the improved parboiling equipment. Four local NGOs and two local government programs are involved in its dissemination in some...