Claim · model-written summary
Annual rainfall dropped significantly in Benin center cotton zone.
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e0“Benin center cotton zone undergoes a significant drop of annual rainfall which induces a significant impact on agricultural yields and vegetation health”
Title
Declining Rainfall and Biophysical Degradation In Benin Center Cotton Zone
Enagnon Brice Sohou International journal of forest, soil and erosion 2016
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Association The rainfall drop significantly affected agricultural yields.
- Association The rainfall drop significantly affected vegetation health.
- Observation Rainfall isohyets decreased.
- Association Major rains favored stripping surface soil horizons.
- Observation The soil redness index significantly decreased.
- Observation Sahelian species including Cyanotis Lanata proliferated on eroded soils.
- Mechanism Frequent drought and water stress caused rapid leaf drying.
- Mechanism Rapid leaf drying was linked to increasing vegetation fires during the dry season.
- Observation Landscape chlorophyll density is declining.