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Water is an indispensable resource for human being and the environment. This study analyses spatial distribution of water reservoirs in the Sota catchment with regards to livestock density, population density, rainfall distribution and geological structure of the Sota catchment, and assessed the state of these reservoirs. To this end, the geographic coordinates of water reservoirs were collected and the updated database of reservoirs census in Benin, was used. In addition, livestock and population census database, rainfall data from 1980 to 2016 of twelve (12) stations and geological database were processed in ArcGIS for generating respectively the spatial layers of livestock, population, rainfall and geological map of the catchment. The reservoirs' state has been appreciated by documents exploration and in situ observations. Single factor Regression analysis was conducted to understand the relation of each of the factors with the spatial distribution of the reservoirs in the Sota catchment. The results reveal that Sota catchment contains 35 small water reservoirs mostly concentrated in its central western and south western part. The reservoir density is 0.0026 km -2 . Most of the reservoirs are located within areas where livestock density, population density and rainfall amount is high: 51%, 46% and 86% respectively. However, no significant relation was found between reservoirs distribution and livestock density, population density, and rainfall respectively in the catchment. The basement geological structures of the Sota catchment are associated with 71% of the reservoirs' location. The reservoirs are threatened by siltation, lack of pastoral facilities, poor maintenance and management. In fact, 100%, 86%, 74%, 71%, 40%, and 34% of reservoirs are respectively subjected to the issues of: absence of waterers, siltation, deteriorated dyke, eutrophication, inexistent management committee, and drying up in dry season. For sustainable local development purposes, more attention should be paid to basin management planning for construction of new reservoirs and to reservoirs 'maintenance. Future research on the reservoirs' sustainability and monitoring surveillance are recommended., Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest., (© 2023 The Authors.)

Greenhouse gas from rice production has become a great concern and the focus of a lot of research in recent years. The main aim of the study was to explore the research trend of GHG emissions from rice production by exploring the research hotspots and providing suggestions for future research directions over the period 1991 to 2020. A bibliometric analysis was conducted using the Scopus database, and the sample included 2535 articles. The methodology was based on descriptive analysis, co-occurrence analysis, factorial analysis, word dynamic over time, and the author's keyword analysis over time. The results indicate a remarkable increase in the number of articles published on this topic, mainly in the journals of "Agriculture," "Ecosystems," and "Environment." The main authors were Conrad R. and Wassmann R. Relating to the number of published articles, very few were contributed by African countries, whereas China, Japan, and India were the main contributors. The co-occurrence analysis showed that rice, methane, and nitrous oxide are the core keywords of the network. The multiple factorial analysis pointed out that greenhouse gas emissions from rice production depend on the farming practices, the environmental factors, and the plant growth as well. The evolutionary path showed that the current author's keywords are more related to global warming potential, climate change, and biochar. The findings of this review can help researchers and scholars by providing a better overview of development trends that have emerged over the past 30 years and suggestions for the future direction in this field., (© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.)