Priority area for sustainable Cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) growing in Togo: Economic implications and conservation areas
Understanding a species’ current and future potential habitat is crucial to design its policy for management and cultivation practices that are more resilient in the face of climate change. This study assessed the present-day distribution and predicted the potential effect of climate change on the...
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| author | Mèwèmenreré Denise ASSANG Wouyo ATAKPAMA Enagnon Benoit Olivier AHOUANDJINOU Kangbeni DIMOBE GOUWAKINNOU Gérard Nounagnon Koffi AKPAGANA |
| author_facet | Mèwèmenreré Denise ASSANG Wouyo ATAKPAMA Enagnon Benoit Olivier AHOUANDJINOU Kangbeni DIMOBE GOUWAKINNOU Gérard Nounagnon Koffi AKPAGANA |
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Understanding a species’ current and future potential habitat is crucial to design its policy for management and cultivation practices that are more resilient in the face of climate change. This study assessed the present-day distribution and predicted the potential effect of climate change on the distribution of Anacardium occidentale’s habitat in Togo under two Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5) by 2055. Maximum Entropy algorithm, 2538 species occurrence records, and a combination of 23 climate- and soil-related variables were used. Soil, isothermality, temperature seasonality, and annual precipitation are the most significant environmental factors affecting the distribution of the species in Togo. Based on the current model, 54.45% of the Togolese landscape is favourable for cashew development, mainly in the plains of Guinean and Sudanese savannahs. Unfavourable areas (15.20%) are in the southern mountainous areas of Togo and coastal areas. An increase in favourable areas and a slight decrease in unfavourable and moderately favourable areas are predicted by 2055, considering the two scenarios.
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| spelling | doaj.art-5a25e57e9d984c6c9cba1cd5596f275a2023-12-16T17:26:53ZengUniversity "Hassiba Benbouali" de ChlefRevue Nature et Technologie1112-97782437-03122023-01-011501Priority area for sustainable Cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) growing in Togo: Economic implications and conservation areasMèwèmenreré Denise ASSANG0Wouyo ATAKPAMA1Enagnon Benoit Olivier AHOUANDJINOU2Kangbeni DIMOBE3GOUWAKINNOU Gérard Nounagnon4Koffi AKPAGANA5a / Laboratory of Botany and Plant Ecology, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, University of Lome, 01 BP 16515, Togo. b / Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Agricultural Training (INFA) of Tove, BP 401 Kpalime Togo. Laboratoire de Botanique et Écologie Végétale, Département botanique, Faculté des sciences, Université de Lomé, 01 BP 16515, Togoa/ Laboratoire d’Écologie, de Botanique et de Biologie végétale (LEB), Faculté d’Agronomie, Université de Parakou, 03 B.P. 125, Parakou, Bénin. b/ West African Service, Science Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land use (WASCAL), Department of Climate Change &Human Habitat, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, NigeriaLaboratory of Botany and Plant Ecology, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, University of Lome, 01 BP 16515, Togo.Laboratory of Ecology, Botany and Plant Biology (LEB), Faculty of Agronomy, University of Parakou, 03 B.P. 125, Parakou, BeninLaboratory of Botany and Plant Ecology, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, University of Lome, 01 BP 16515, Togo Understanding a species’ current and future potential habitat is crucial to design its policy for management and cultivation practices that are more resilient in the face of climate change. This study assessed the present-day distribution and predicted the potential effect of climate change on the distribution of Anacardium occidentale’s habitat in Togo under two Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5) by 2055. Maximum Entropy algorithm, 2538 species occurrence records, and a combination of 23 climate- and soil-related variables were used. Soil, isothermality, temperature seasonality, and annual precipitation are the most significant environmental factors affecting the distribution of the species in Togo. Based on the current model, 54.45% of the Togolese landscape is favourable for cashew development, mainly in the plains of Guinean and Sudanese savannahs. Unfavourable areas (15.20%) are in the southern mountainous areas of Togo and coastal areas. An increase in favourable areas and a slight decrease in unfavourable and moderately favourable areas are predicted by 2055, considering the two scenarios. https://journals.univ-chlef.dz/index.php/natec/article/view/145Fruit cropsClimate changeHabitatsMaxEntTogo |
| spellingShingle | Mèwèmenreré Denise ASSANG Wouyo ATAKPAMA Enagnon Benoit Olivier AHOUANDJINOU Kangbeni DIMOBE GOUWAKINNOU Gérard Nounagnon Koffi AKPAGANA Priority area for sustainable Cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) growing in Togo: Economic implications and conservation areas Revue Nature et Technologie Fruit crops Climate change Habitats MaxEnt Togo |
| title | Priority area for sustainable Cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) growing in Togo: Economic implications and conservation areas |
| title_full | Priority area for sustainable Cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) growing in Togo: Economic implications and conservation areas |
| title_fullStr | Priority area for sustainable Cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) growing in Togo: Economic implications and conservation areas |
| title_full_unstemmed | Priority area for sustainable Cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) growing in Togo: Economic implications and conservation areas |
| title_short | Priority area for sustainable Cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) growing in Togo: Economic implications and conservation areas |
| title_sort | priority area for sustainable cashew anacardium occidentale l growing in togo economic implications and conservation areas |
| topic | Fruit crops Climate change Habitats MaxEnt Togo |
| url | https://journals.univ-chlef.dz/index.php/natec/article/view/145 |
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