Table 5 Farmers’ perception on climate change and its impacts on tick and tick-borne diseases abundance in Kabare, Kalehe, Uvira and Walungu territories, eastern DR Congo.
Parameters (%) | Kabare (N = 335 | Kalehe (N = 140) | Uvira (N = 102) | Walungu (N = 122) | Total (N = 699) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Knowledge of climate change | |||||
No | 71.6 | 57.9 | 52.0 | 60.6 | 61.5 |
Yes | 28.4 | 42.1 | 48.0 | 39.4 | 38.5 |
Exposure to climate change | |||||
No | 25.0 | 6.8 | 14.3 | 12.8 | 14.1 |
Yes | 75.0 | 93.2 | 85.7 | 87.2 | 85.9 |
Tick abundance and climate change | |||||
Strong increase | 5.2 | 8.6 | 1.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
Slight increase | 18.7 | 5.7 | 39.2 | 25.3 | 20.6 |
Stagnation (no change) | 74.2 | 67.1 | 59.8 | 69.7 | 68.3 |
Slight decrease | 0.6 | 12.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 |
Strong decrease | 1.3 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
Appearance of new tick species | |||||
No | 70.3 | 96.4 | 40.2 | 87.9 | 75.0 |
Yes | 29.7 | 3.6 | 59.8 | 12.1 | 25.0 |
Disappearance of certain tick species | |||||
No | 99.4 | 99.3 | 97.1 | 99.0 | 98.8 |
Yes | 0.6 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
Trends in the frequency of tick-borne diseases | |||||
Strong increase | 5.8 | 15.0 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 7.5 |
Slight increase | 14.8 | 2.9 | 39.2 | 17.2 | 16.9 |
Stagnation (no change) | 78.7 | 62.1 | 59.8 | 73.7 | 69.2 |
Slight decrease | 0.0 | 13.6 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4.4 |
Strong decrease | 0.6 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
Trend in severity of tick-borne diseases | |||||
Strong increase | 5.8 | 16.4 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 6.7 |
Slight increase | 11.6 | 1.4 | 26.5 | 23.2 | 14.1 |
Stagnation (no change) | 81.9 | 60.7 | 71.6 | 74.7 | 72.4 |
Slight decrease | 0.0 | 15.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 4.8 |
Strong decrease | 0.6 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
Trend in incidence of tick-borne diseases | |||||
Strong increase | 5.8 | 13.6 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 6.7 |
Slight increase | 12.9 | 6.4 | 38.2 | 15.2 | 16.7 |
Stagnation (no change) | 80.6 | 58.6 | 56.9 | 78.8 | 69.2 |
Slight decrease | 0.0 | 12.1 | 4.9 | 1.0 | 4.6 |
Strong decrease | 0.6 | 9.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 |
