Towards sustainable vegetable production around agro-pastoral dams in Northern Benin: current situation, challenges and research avenues for sustainable production and integrated dam management

Table 3 Ranking of the main sources of dam siltation as perceived by vegetable producers in Nikki, Fombawi, and Sakabansi

Source of dams’ siltation^a	Location
Source of dams’ siltation^a	Nikki	Fombawi	Sakabansi
Water erosion	1	1	1
Vegetable production around dams	2	–	3
Farming around dams	3	3	4
Livestock	4	2	2

^aRanking based on the relative importance as perceived by vegetable farmers during focus group discussions in the different villages. Ranking scale 1–4 (1 = highest; 4 = lowest); – indicates no response

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