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Influence of Climate Change on Food Crop Yield in Benin Republic

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  • Fèmi E. Hounnou
  • Houinsou Dedehouanou
  • Afio Zannou
  • Sofwaan Bakary
  • Elisée F. Mahoussi

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World climate is projected to be more harmful and unforeseeable. A threefold combination of temperature, precipitation and potential evapotranspiration leads to climate change with a negative effect on staple food crop production. To understand the sensitivity of staple food crop yield to future change in climate, this paper uses the feasible generalized least square (FGLS) and heteroskedasticity and autocorrelation (HAC) consistent standard error techniques function to quantify the effects of climate variables on the mean and variance of crop yields. Data from FAOSTAT website and national institutions such as temperature, precipitation and crop areas cultivated for period 1961-2015 for Benin country are used. Climate variables are computed according to each crop growing season. The results showed that climate change could significantly influence the mean crop yields and could significantly affect the crop yield variability. The contribution of climate variables to crop yield varies across staple crop yields and they were predicted to decrease about 2025. In order to ensure food availability in the context of climate change, support to agricultural sector and especially to staple food crops production should be focused on seeds improvement by generating, developing and extending drought and flood-tolerant varieties. The results also implicate the promoting of irrigated agriculture.

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  • Fèmi E. Hounnou & Houinsou Dedehouanou & Afio Zannou & Sofwaan Bakary & Elisée F. Mahoussi, 2024. "Influence of Climate Change on Food Crop Yield in Benin Republic," Journal of Agricultural Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 11(5), pages 281-281, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:jasjnl:v:11:y:2024:i:5:p:281
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