Climate change is putting significant pressure on agricultural activities. This chapter aims to analyze the perceptions of climate variability by cereal producers in the far north of Benin. To achieve this objective, meteorological data (temperature, precipitation and relative humidity) from the period 1970 to 2018, socio-demographic data and agricultural data were used. Instat + and SPSS software enabled the analysis of the agro-climatic parameters of the season and the survey data on the local perception of the populations, respectively, in the form of tables and graphs. The results of the work reveal that the grain producers in the study environment perceive climate variability. Rising temperatures (94.86%), flooding (67.19%) and drought (58.6%). The analysis of climatic risks (precipitation, temperature and humidity) confirms the perception of these producers. Indeed between 1970 and 2018, the trends in precipitation and temperature are on the rise with increasing humidity.
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