The majority of the people of West Africa are engaged in agriculture and related activities. As such, land is an important factor of agricultural production. But land scarcity and fragmentation in the wake of population growth, climatic variability and environmental deterioration have undermined large-scale agricultural production. This has worsened the poverty and food insecurity situation in the subregion. With migration as an integral feature of the socioeconomic dynamics of most societies, people have–apart from other responses–resorted to migration in search of fertile land and economic opportunities.

Basic statistical agricultural data of holders for 2011 major farming season: Total Number of holders in E. A Engaged in Crops production (cereals, legumes and pulses, stachy staplesCereals, vegetables) and livestock and small ruminants production. Gender Analysis of multi-round annual crops livestock survey: access to land, physically challenged (disability) holders, access to land, access to labour by holders, access to financial resources (credit) by holders, sales of farm produce by holders, total holders owning land for farming, total holders not owning land for farming. Challenges in accessing credit: High interest rate, delay in administrative procedures, long distance to financial Source, collateral.

This document describes the averages of Minimum and Maximum Temperatures in 2009 and the rainfall amounts recorded in the same year. Characteristics range between 2007 and 2009 and reflect the monthly temperature averages in Northern Benin. The utility of this document is that it informs in a short time the different variations of the climate in this northern part of Benin.