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Perception of actors in the pineapple production value chain on climate risks and their impacts on the Allada plateau


Author: Julie S. LOKO*, Euloge OGOUWALE, Barnabé HOUNKANRIN
Department of Geography and Regional Planning (DGAT), FASH, UAC, Benin.
Published Date: 2024-09-10
Keywords: Allada Plateau, climate risks, Perception, Actors in the production value chain, Pineapple.
Abstract:
The Allada plateau, a major pineapple producer in Benin, is affected by increasingly pronounced climate variability, manifested among other things by seasonal fluctuation, a variation in the level of sunshine, but also by rainfall and thermal variations, which negatively affect the quantity and quality of pineapple produced according to the perceptions of the actors in the pineapple production value chain. This study identifies the climate risks faced by actors in the pineapple production value chain according to their perceptions. The data used are primary and secondary data collected from actors in the pineapple production chain of the Allada plateau on the climate risks perceived by the actors and their impact on pineapple production. In total, 235 producers were surveyed in the five pineapple-producing municipalities on the Allada plateau. Individual interviews using questionnaires and focus group interviews using participatory tools from the Vulnerability and Adaptive Capacity Analysis (CVCA) Framework developed by CARE were used to identify the climate risks faced by the actors. The use of descriptive statistics (mean, frequency, tables and graphs) allowed the processing and analysis of data relating to the perceptions of actors in the production value chain, their impacts and their adaptation measures. From the analysis of data from the field surveys of this study, it emerges that the climatic risks faced by the actors in the pineapple production value chain are drought, flooding, late and heavy rains and excessive heat. The causes related to the occurrence of these climate risks according to the actors are among others: disobedience to the deities, non-compliance with social norms, deforestation and the increase in greenhouse gases. Thus, to face the impacts of these climate risks, strategies for prevention and management of climate risks such as crop diversification, fallow, mixed crops, but the impacts of these climate risks still remain. It is therefore necessary to conduct studies to identify and propose appropriate strategies for the prevention and management of climate risks implemented by the actors in the production value chain of the Allada Plateau.