Adaptation Strategies of Cattle Farmers in the Dry and Sub-Humid Tropical Zones of Benin in the Context of Climate Change
Heliyon 6 (2020) e04373 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Heliyon journal homepage: www.cell.com/heliyon Research article Adaptation strategies of cattle farmers in the dry and sub-humid tropical zones of Benin in the context of climate change Yaya Idrissou a,*, Alassan Seidou Assani a, Mohamed Nasser Baco b, Afouda Jacob Yabi c, Ibrahim Alkoiret Traore a a Laboratoire d’Ecologie, Sante et Production Animales (LESPA), Faculted’Agronomie (FA), Universite de Parakou, 01 BP 123, Parakou, Benin b Laboratoire Societe-Environnement (LaSEn), Faculte d'Agronomie, Universite de Parakou, 01 BP 123, Parakou, Benin c Laboratoire d’Analyse et de Recherches sur les Dynamiques Economiques et Sociales (LARDES), Faculted’Agronomie, Universite de Parakou, BP 123, Parakou, Benin ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Keywords: Cattle farming is directly impacted by climate change (CC), as it utilizes resources whose seasonality and pro- Adaptation strategies ductivity are strongly climate-dependent. Farmers respond to the negative influence of CC by implementing Climate change different adaptation strategies, where choices are informed by many factors. This study aims at analyzing the Livestock adaptation strategies of cattle farmers in the dry tropical zone (DTZ) and sub-humid tropical zone (STZ) of Benin Benin with regard to climate change, as well as the determinants for the choice of these strategies. For that matter, 360 Agricultural science Biological sciences cattle farmers were surveyed. Data collected were related to the demographic and socio-economic characteristics Earth sciences of the cattle farmers, their perception and adaptation to CC. The data collected were subjected to frequency Environmental science analysis and binary logistic regression. The results showed that livestock farmers were partly aware of climate Social sciences related with CC, especially the increase of temperature.
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