Small ruminant farmers' feeding strategies to cope with climate change across five agroecological zones of Benin, West Africa.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to understand feeding strategies used by small ruminant farmers to cope with climatic change in the five contrasting agroecological zones (AEZ) of the Benin Republic and to identify the determinants of adopting these strategies. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to conduct interviews with 400 smallholder farmers in the rural areas of Benin. Data was collected on production system characteristics, farmers' perception of climatic changes' impacts on livestock production, and their coping strategies. Cross tabulations with Chi² statistic and the non-parametric Kruskal Wallis test were used to compare farmers' perceptions and coping strategies between the five AEZ. Then, the binomial logistic regression was used to identify determinants of using a particular

SUBMITTER: Romaric Gninkplekpo EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11566677 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature