Farmers' Perceptions & Adaptation to Climate Change Part III: Climate change perception; Dassari, Benin, 2013

This dataset is the third of a series of datasets addressing farmers' adaptation to climate change in West-Africa, specifically in Dano, Burkina Faso and Dassari, Benin.

This Data was obtained by interviews with 137 people from 17 communities,in Dassari. It provides information on the household level in regard to the aspects; changes in climate, hazards, and drivers of climate change.

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Date (Publication)
2017-04-28
Edition
1st version
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Purpose
The survey was conducted in the context of the WASCAL working package 3.3 Farmers' Perceptions & Adaptation Strategies.
Status
Completed
Author
  Center for Development Research, Department C: Ecology and Natural Resources Management, University of Bonn - Dr. Daniel Callo-Concha ( Senior Researcher )
Genscherallee 3 , Bonn , 53113 , Germany
+49-228-73-1795
https://www.zef.de
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  Center for Development Research, Department C: Ecology and Natural Resources Management, University of Bonn - Dr. Daniel Callo-Concha ( Senior Researcher )
Genscherallee 3 , Bonn , 53113 , Germany
+49-228-73-1795
https://www.zef.de
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4
  • farming technique
  • socioeconomic factor
  • man-made climate change
  • farm
  • arable farming
  • agriculture
  • risk perception
  • crop production
  • livestock farming
  • mixed farming
  • household
Theme
  • farmers
  • adaptation
  • climate change
  • perception
  • changes in climate
  • hazards of climate change
  • drivers of climate change
Region
  • Africa
  • Benin
  • Western Africa
Place
  • Dassari
  • Sudan savanna
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Citation:

Callo-Concha, D. (2017): Farmers' Perceptions & Adaptation to Climate Change Part III: Climate change perception; Dassari, Benin, 2013

https://wascal-dataportal.org/geonetwork/?uuid=335186cb-e47b-4e83-a0a7-2e065ff310c7

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Metadata language
English
Topic category
  • Farming
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Begin date
2013-04-24
End date
2013-04-27
Supplemental Information

Codes were assigned so that each variable can directly be linked to the corresponding question in the questionnaire.

The code is generated on the basis of the section number (I), number of question (1,2,3,...) and subcategories of each question (x.1, x.2, x.3,... or A,B,C,...)

Please compare with questionnaire file.

The following is a a list of all codes with descriptions for this dataset:

Number_0.1

Order of data when sorted according to "community (ascending)

Date_Interv._0.3

Date of interview

TimeStart_Interv._0.4

Starting time of interview

TimeEnd_Interv._0.5

Ending time of interview

Community_0.7

Name of community

Civ.Status_0.8

Family status

Household_0.9

ID of household

HeardCC_III.1

Have you ever heard of climate change?

HeardCC_what_III.1.1

What have you heard about climate change?

Exp_ExtremeC_III.2

Have you experienced any extreme climatic events in the last 5-10 years?

Exp_ExtremC_what_III.2.1

What extreme climatic events have you experienced?

Exp_ExtremC_when_III.2.2

When have you experienced these extreme climatic events?

Driver_Rain_III.3.1

Changes in rain in last 5-10 years in home village/region

Driver_Temp_III.3.2

Changes in temperature in last 5-10 years in home village/region

Driver_Wind_III.3.3

Changes in wind in last 5-10 years in home village/region

Driver_Dust_III.3.4

Changes in dust in last 5-10 years in home village/region

Driver_Other_III.3.5

Changes in other drivers in last 5-10 years in home village/region

Shock_Insect_III.4.1

Household affected by insect/pest infestation in last 5-10 years

NoShock_Insect_III.4.1.1

Number of insect/pest infestations in last 5-10 years

Shock_Disease_III.4.2

Household affected by plant diseases in last 5-10 years

NoShock_Disease_III.4.2.1

Number of plant disease outbreaks in last 5-10 years

Shock_Drought_III.4.3

Household affected by drought in last 5-10 years

NoShock_Drought_III.4.3.1

Number of droughts in last 5-10 years

Shock_Flood_III.4.4

Household affected by flood in last 5-10 years

NoShock_Flood_III.4.4.1

Number of floods in last 5-10 years

Shock_Fire_III.4.5

Household affected by fire in last 5-10 years

NoShock_Fire_III.4.5.1

Number of fires in last 5-10 years

Shock_Wind_III.4.6

Household affected by wind in last 5-10 years

NoShock_Wind_III.4.6.1

Number shocks caused by wind in last 5-10 years

Shock_Other_III.4.7

Household affected by any other shock in last 5-10 years

NoShock_Other_III.4.7.1

Number of shocks caused by other reason in last 5-10 years

Change_CropYield_III.5.1

Changes in crop yield related to changes in weather patterns

Change_CropDiv_III.5.2

Changes in crop diversity related to changes in weather patterns

Change_WaterAvail_III.5.3

Changes in water availability related to changes in weather patterns

Change_LivestockPop_III.5.4

Changes in livestock population related to changes in weather patterns

Change_LivestockDis_III.5.5

Changes in livestock diseases related to changes in weather patterns

Change_CropDis_III.5.6

Changes in crop pests/diseases related to changes in weather patterns

Change_WaterQual_III.5.7

Changes in water quality related to changes in weather patterns

Change_Erosion_III.5.8

Changes in erosion related to changes in weather patterns

Change_FarmInc_III.5.9

Changes in farm income related to changes in weather patterns

Change_Other_III.5.10

Changes in other aspects related to changes in weather patterns

Assist_Rec_III.6

Assistance received when shocks occurred

Assist_Rec_whom_III.6.1

Assistance was given by whom

Assist_Rec_Type_III.6.2

Type of assistance received

ContCC_Burn_III.7.1

Contribution of bush burning to climate change

ContCC_CutTrees_III.7.2

Contribution of cutting of trees to climate change

ContCC_AgricLand_III.7.3

Contribution of increase in agricultural land to climate change

ContCC_Pop_III.7.4

Contribution of increase in population to climate change

ContCC_FossFuel_III.7.5

Contribution of use of fossil fuels to climate change

ContCC_Other_III.7.6

Contribution of other factors to climate change

AdvExtServices_III.8

Advice received from extension office
Distribution format
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  • PDF ( nn )

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  WASCAL - ( )
OnLine resource
Questionnaire_Part_III.pdf ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

Questionnnaire

OnLine resource
DASSARI_Part_III_Climate_change_perception_ANONYM.csv ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

Answers to questionnaire (anonymized)

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Dataset
Statement
Data was collected by an extensive, semi-structured field questionnaire in Dano, in April 2013. Survey results were primarily qualitative and entered into SPSS for further analysis.
File identifier
335186cb-e47b-4e83-a0a7-2e065ff310c7 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Parent identifier
e9fa1d63-0709-4dbc-98e2-959d2ea55e63 e9fa1d63-0709-4dbc-98e2-959d2ea55e63
Date stamp
2019-05-27T13:28:51
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0
Processor
  Center for Development Research (ZEF) - Carl Anderson ( Student assistant )
Walter-Flex-Str. 3 , Bonn , 53113 , Germany
 
 

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Keywords

adaptation changes in climate climate change drivers of climate change farmers hazards of climate change perception
GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4
agriculture arable farming crop production farm farming technique household livestock farming man-made climate change mixed farming risk perception socioeconomic factor

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