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yield (kg/ha)
Major crop
Fig. 3 Crop yields in extreme climatic conditions
Percentage
PercepƟon
Fig. 4 Effects of ECV events on individual crop yields as perceived by both men and women
yield changes in Africa concluded that shortening of the growing period is the main
cause of projected yield decline and that this effect was present in all sites and all
growing environments in Africa (van Oort and Zwart 2017). On the contrary,
Koudahe et al. (2018) in their study of the impact of climate variability on crop yields
in southern Togo reported a slight increase in growing season precipitation with nonsignificant effect on crop yields. This is in contradiction with Sogbedji (1919), who
revealed that in Togo a decrease in seasonal rainfall amount represented a serious
threat to maize growth. It has also been reported by Adamgbe and Ujoh (2013) in
Gendered Adaptation and Coping Mechanisms to Climate Variability in Eastern…
yield (kg/ha)
Major crop
Fig. 3 Crop yields in extreme climatic conditions
Percentage
PercepƟon
Fig. 4 Effects of ECV events on individual crop yields as perceived by both men and women
yield changes in Africa concluded that shortening of the growing period is the main
cause of projected yield decline and that this effect was present in all sites and all
growing environments in Africa (van Oort and Zwart 2017). On the contrary,
Koudahe et al. (2018) in their study of the impact of climate variability on crop yields
in southern Togo reported a slight increase in growing season precipitation with nonsignificant effect on crop yields. This is in contradiction with Sogbedji (1919), who
revealed that in Togo a decrease in seasonal rainfall amount represented a serious
threat to maize growth. It has also been reported by Adamgbe and Ujoh (2013) in
Gendered Adaptation and Coping Mechanisms to Climate Variability in Eastern…