Perceptions of Climate Change Risk on Agriculture Livelihood in Savanna Region, Northern Togo

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The agriculture sector in the Savanna region of Togo is especially vulnerable to weather fluctuations, which have an impact on crop production levels. However, farmers’ decisions implement adaptation strategies are directly related their perceptions climate change risk. current study employed a participatory workshop and household survey 425 farmers examine drivers specific risks interest (risk loss livelihood for farmers) measure level risk perception. A perception score (CCRPS), descriptive statistics, principal component analysis, K-means cluster analysis were used analyze data collected. findings revealed that most important changes conditions affecting agricultural area mainly increased duration dry spells, erratic rainfall, increase extreme rainfall events. These climatic variations cause more floods droughts, which, when coupled with socio-ecological vulnerability drivers, these events livelihood, expose farmland, contribute area. Based appraisals occurrence hazards, exposure, vulnerability, been classified into three categories: high, moderate, low. This finding sheds some light perception, may influence decision. can be uptake thus resilience change.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Climate

سال: 2023

ISSN: ['2225-1154']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/cli11040086