Impacts of climate change on agricultural activities in the Yangambi landscape, expressed as: number of respondents (percentage of respondents)
| Impacts on agricultural Activities | Axes | All Yangambi landscape | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Impacts of climate variability on crop production/yield | Kisangani–Yangambi axis (n = 65) | Yangambi–Ngazi axis (n = 45) | Yangambi center (n = 140) | All Yangambi landscape (n = 250) | p-value |
| Reduction of crops yield | 24 (36.9) | 20 (44.4) | 93 (66.4) | 137 (54.8) | <0.001 |
| Appearance of crop pests | 41 (63.1) | 15 (33.3) | 53 (37.9) | 109 (43.6) | 0.001 |
| Appearance of new weed species | 51 (78.5) | 32 (71.1) | 91 (65.0) | 174 (69.6) | 0.146 |
| Crop wilt | 10 (15.4) | 5 (11.1) | 41 (29.3) | 56 (22.4) | 0.012 |
| Others | 4 (6.2) | 1 (2.2) | 3 (2.1) | 8 (3.2) | 0.331 |
| Most affected crops | |||||
| Rice | 10 (15.4) | 9 (20.0) | 59 (42.1) | 78 (31.2) | <0.001 |
| Maize | 26 (40.0) | 7 (15.6) | 12 (8.6) | 45 (18) | <0.001 |
| Cowpea | 5 (7.7) | 4 (8.9) | 41 (29.3) | 50 (20) | <0.001 |
| Cassava | 5 (7.7) | 3 (6.7) | 24 (17.1) | 32 (12.8) | 0.079 |
| Groundnut | 5 (7.7) | 5 (11.1) | 14 (10.0) | 24 (9.6) | 0.839 |
| Other | 6 (9.2) | 1 (2.2) | 10 (7.1) | 17 (6.8) | 0.360 |
| Impacts on agricultural | Axes | All Yangambi landscape | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kisangani–Yangambi axis | Yangambi–Ngazi axis | Yangambi center | All Yangambi landscape | ||
| Reduction of crops yield | 24 (36.9) | 20 (44.4) | 93 (66.4) | 137 (54.8) | <0.001 |
| Appearance of crop pests | 41 (63.1) | 15 (33.3) | 53 (37.9) | 109 (43.6) | 0.001 |
| Appearance of new weed species | 51 (78.5) | 32 (71.1) | 91 (65.0) | 174 (69.6) | 0.146 |
| Crop wilt | 10 (15.4) | 5 (11.1) | 41 (29.3) | 56 (22.4) | 0.012 |
| Others | 4 (6.2) | 1 (2.2) | 3 (2.1) | 8 (3.2) | 0.331 |
| Rice | 10 (15.4) | 9 (20.0) | 59 (42.1) | 78 (31.2) | <0.001 |
| Maize | 26 (40.0) | 7 (15.6) | 12 (8.6) | 45 (18) | <0.001 |
| Cowpea | 5 (7.7) | 4 (8.9) | 41 (29.3) | 50 (20) | <0.001 |
| Cassava | 5 (7.7) | 3 (6.7) | 24 (17.1) | 32 (12.8) | 0.079 |
| Groundnut | 5 (7.7) | 5 (11.1) | 14 (10.0) | 24 (9.6) | 0.839 |
| Other | 6 (9.2) | 1 (2.2) | 10 (7.1) | 17 (6.8) | 0.360 |
Notes:
Legend: X(Y): X = frequency; Y = percentage