Trend analysis of growing season characteristics and agro-climatic risks in the “Trois Rivières” forest reserve agro-ecosystems in North Benin

Few studies regarding the assessment of the growing season’s trends and the associated agro-climatic risks are focused on agro-ecosystems around forest reserve although adaptive extensive agriculture poses severe threats due to climate variability and change. This study aims at analyzing the evolution of agro-climatic characteristics to identify the associated risks. It firstly consisted in analyzing the temperatures within the period from 1960...