Table 4.

Impacts of climate change on agricultural activities in the Yangambi landscape, expressed as: number of respondents (percentage of respondents)

Impacts on agricultural
Activities
AxesAll 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 yield24 (36.9)20 (44.4)93 (66.4)137 (54.8)<0.001
Appearance of crop pests41 (63.1)15 (33.3)53 (37.9)109 (43.6)0.001
Appearance of new weed species51 (78.5)32 (71.1)91 (65.0)174 (69.6)0.146
Crop wilt10 (15.4)5 (11.1)41 (29.3)56 (22.4)0.012
Others4 (6.2)1 (2.2)3 (2.1)8 (3.2)0.331
Most affected crops     
Rice10 (15.4)9 (20.0)59 (42.1)78 (31.2)<0.001
Maize26 (40.0)7 (15.6)12 (8.6)45 (18)<0.001
Cowpea5 (7.7)4 (8.9)41 (29.3)50 (20)<0.001
Cassava5 (7.7)3 (6.7)24 (17.1)32 (12.8)0.079
Groundnut5 (7.7)5 (11.1)14 (10.0)24 (9.6)0.839
Other6 (9.2)1 (2.2)10 (7.1)17 (6.8)0.360

Notes:

Legend: X(Y): X = frequency; Y = percentage

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