Six out of 10 Togolese feel climate change effects, farmers mostly – Afrobaromètre

Agriculture
Thursday, 21 March 2019 15:57
Six out of 10 Togolese feel climate change effects, farmers mostly – Afrobaromètre

(Togo First) - More than six out of 10 Togolese believe that the weather has worsened in the past ten years, in regard to agricultural production. This was revealed in the latest survey of Afrobaromètre released February 28th.

This opinion is even more shared among farmers (72% of surveyed). Farmers in the Savanes region appear to be the most hit by the bad weather, according to the survey (83% of the surveyed).

Still in the same report, Afrobaromètre said two out of three Togolese (68%) feel that drought has become “somehow” or “very” severe in their region, over the period reviewed. On the other side, only two out of 10 (26%) of Togolese think flooding has increased in their region.

The survey was, it should be emphasized, carried out in a context where more than half of the Togolese population (55%) has heard about climate change and strangely farmers who are most affected by the phenomenon appear to be the least aware of it (41%).

Ayi Renaud Dossavi

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