Table 3.

Rice farmers’ perception on the causes of climate change in function of climatic zone of the Republic of Benin

CausesPercentage of responses
Guinean zone
(N* = 93)
Soudano–Guinean zone
(N = 33)
Soudanian zone
(N = 212)
Study area
(N = 338)
Deforestation48.996.977.771.6
Non respect of forbidden18.1–3.27
Anthropogenic activities––10.76.7
Traditional rainmakers18.1––5
Non respect of laws of nature1.1–64.1
God12.73.1–3.8
Human population growth––1.40.9
Desacralization of morals1.1–0.50.6
Use of herbicides––0.50.3

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