[ Rythme hydro-climatique et exploitations agricoles dans les bas-fonds dans la commune de Ouassa-Pehunco ]
Volume 48, Issue 2, May 2020, Pages 129–145
Abdoul-Ramane ABDOULAYE1
1 Département de Géographie et Aménagement du Territoire, Université de Parakou, Faculté des Lettres, Arts et Sciences Humaines, Parakou, Benin
Original language: French
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Floods and extreme droughts, characteristic of the hydro climatic rhythm in the commune of Ouassa-Péhunco, influence the various agricultural productions and cause the occupation of the shallows. The objective of this study is to analyze the hydro-climatic rhythm of farming in the shallows of the commune of Ouassa-Péhunco. The qualitative and quantitative data used and processed by the statistical method made it possible to characterize the climate on the one hand and agricultural yields on the other. The results indicate that the rainy season begins from May to October with a peak in September and the dry season from December to April. With a late onset of rain, the shallows of the town of Ouassa-Péhunco flood from August to September according to the respondents with an alternation between rain and drought. The scarcity or availability of water resources impacts agricultural production in the lowlands through a drop in yield. Faced with this situation, adaptation strategies have been developed by the populations.
Author Keywords: Hydro-climatic rhythm, Agricultural production, Ouassa-Péhunco, Lowlands.
Volume 48, Issue 2, May 2020, Pages 129–145
Abdoul-Ramane ABDOULAYE1
1 Département de Géographie et Aménagement du Territoire, Université de Parakou, Faculté des Lettres, Arts et Sciences Humaines, Parakou, Benin
Original language: French
Copyright © 2020 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Floods and extreme droughts, characteristic of the hydro climatic rhythm in the commune of Ouassa-Péhunco, influence the various agricultural productions and cause the occupation of the shallows. The objective of this study is to analyze the hydro-climatic rhythm of farming in the shallows of the commune of Ouassa-Péhunco. The qualitative and quantitative data used and processed by the statistical method made it possible to characterize the climate on the one hand and agricultural yields on the other. The results indicate that the rainy season begins from May to October with a peak in September and the dry season from December to April. With a late onset of rain, the shallows of the town of Ouassa-Péhunco flood from August to September according to the respondents with an alternation between rain and drought. The scarcity or availability of water resources impacts agricultural production in the lowlands through a drop in yield. Faced with this situation, adaptation strategies have been developed by the populations.
Author Keywords: Hydro-climatic rhythm, Agricultural production, Ouassa-Péhunco, Lowlands.
Abstract: (french)
Les inondations et les sècheresses extrêmes, caractéristiques du rythme hydro climatique dans la commune de Ouassa-Péhunco, influencent les différentes productions agricoles et entrainent l’occupation des bas-fonds. L’objectif de la présente étude est d’analyser le rythme hydro-climatique sur l’exploitation agricole dans les bas-fonds de la commune de Ouassa-Péhunco. Les données qualitatives et quantitatives utilisés et traitées par la méthode statistique ont permis de caractériser le climat d’une part et les rendements agricoles d’autre part. D’après les résultats, la saison pluvieuse commence de mai à octobre avec un pic en septembre et la saison sèche de décembre à avril. Avec un début de pluie tardive, les bas-fonds de la commune de Ouassa-Péhunco s’inondent d’août à septembre selon les enquêtés avec une alternance entre pluie et sècheresse. La rareté ou la disponibilité de la ressource en eau impact les productions agricoles dans les bas-fonds à travers une baisse du rendement. Face à cette situation des stratégies d’adaptation ont été développées par les populations.
Author Keywords: Rythme hydro-climatique, Productions agricoles, Ouassa-Péhunco, Bas-fonds.
How to Cite this Article
Abdoul-Ramane ABDOULAYE, “Hydroclimatic rhythm and farming in the shallows in the town of Ouassa Pehunco,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 129–145, May 2020.
