Table 6. Rice famers’ adaptation...

Table 6.

Rice famers’ adaptation approaches to some climate manifestations

Climate manifestations	Approaches	Guinean zone (N = 138)	Soudano–Guinean zone (N = 63)	Soudanian zone (N = 217)	Study area (N = 418)
Flood
	No approach	87.4	98.1	64.7	76.4
	Flood-tolerant varieties	–	–	24.7	13.5
	Early varieties	–	–	8.8	4.8
	Construction of dikes for water evacuation	11.9	–	–	3.9
	Long cycle varieties	–	–	1.8	1
	Harvest quickly	–	1.9	–	0.2
	Avoid sowing rice in March	0.7	–	–	0.2
Drought
	No approach	99.2	92.4	59.1	78.6
	Drought-tolerant varieties	–	–	29.2	14.2
	Early varieties	–	5.7	11.1	5.4
	Irrigation	0.8	–	–	1.1
	Creation of a channel to better serve the sown area with water	–	1.9	–	0.3
	Installation of barriers to block the flow of water out of the cultivated land	–	–	0.6	0.3
Strong winds
	No approach	–	–	78.9	88.5
	Dwarf varieties	–	–	21.1	11.5
Rain delay
	No approach	100	100	40.6	69.1
	Early varieties	–	–	59.4	30.9
Early cessation of rains
	No approach	100	100	60.8	79.4
	Early varieties	–	–	39.2	20.3
High temperature
	No approach	100	100	99.1	99.5
	Resistant varieties	–	–	0.9	0.5
Pests and diseases
	No approach	100	100	92.1	96
	Pesticides	–	–	5.1	2.6
	Resistant varieties	–	–	2.8	1.4

Climate manifestations	Approaches	Guinean zone(N = 138)	Soudano–Guinean zone(N = 63)	Soudanian zone(N = 217)	Study area(N = 418)
Flood
	No approach	87.4	98.1	64.7	76.4
	Flood-tolerant varieties	–	–	24.7	13.5
	Early varieties	–	–	8.8	4.8
	Construction of dikes for water evacuation	11.9	–	–	3.9
	Long cycle varieties	–	–	1.8	1
	Harvest quickly	–	1.9	–	0.2
	Avoid sowing rice in March	0.7	–	–	0.2
Drought
	No approach	99.2	92.4	59.1	78.6
	Drought-tolerant varieties	–	–	29.2	14.2
	Early varieties	–	5.7	11.1	5.4
	Irrigation	0.8	–	–	1.1
	Creation of a channel to better serve the sown area with water	–	1.9	–	0.3
	Installation of barriers to block the flow of water out of the cultivated land	–	–	0.6	0.3
Strong winds
	No approach	–	–	78.9	88.5
	Dwarf varieties	–	–	21.1	11.5
Rain delay
	No approach	100	100	40.6	69.1
	Early varieties	–	–	59.4	30.9
Early cessation of rains
	No approach	100	100	60.8	79.4
	Early varieties	–	–	39.2	20.3
High temperature
	No approach	100	100	99.1	99.5
	Resistant varieties	–	–	0.9	0.5
Pests and diseases
	No approach	100	100	92.1	96
	Pesticides	–	–	5.1	2.6
	Resistant varieties	–	–	2.8	1.4

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