Climate change adaptation in rural Ghana: indigenous perceptions and strategiesAfricaagricultureclimate changeadaptationrural developmentIn Ghana, the agricultural sector is climate-dependent and susceptible to threatening impacts of climate change, yet, little is known about climate change adaptation in rural...
The low agricultural production has been linked to effects of climate change. New technologies and cultivation practices aimed at enabling farmers to maximise their production to reduce risks associated with changes in climatic conditions in agriculture have been introduced in Northern Ghana. The nagging...
Ghana respectively, where the latter country faces a tradeoff of water use between agriculture in the north and production of hydro energy in the south. ... A Bhaduri,U Manna,EB Barbier,... - 《Discussion Papers》 被引量: 7发表: 2009年 An overview of climate change adaptation and mitigati...
Climate change is known to negatively affect agriculture and livestock, but there has been little scientific knowledge on which regions of the planet would be touched or what the biggest risks may be. New research led by Aalto University assesses just how global food production will be affected ...
Ghana - Soils, Climate, Agriculture: Throughout the country, weathering, leaching, and the formation of laterite hardpans (hard, impervious layers composed chiefly of iron and aluminum oxides cemented by relatively insoluble materials) by capillary movem
Long-run economic development in Ghana is potentially vulnerable to anthropogenic climate change given the country's dependence on rainfed agriculture, hydropower, and unpaved rural roads. We use a computable general equilibrium model, informed by detailed sector studies, to estimate the economywide ...
agriculture.Climate change is a threat to agriculture and food security because of the loss in food production through crop failure and increase in disease and mortality radoi:10.14662/ARJASR2015.007Abubakari, FariyaAbubakari, FaridaSocial ence Electronic Publishing...
Recognising the effects of climate change on agriculture in Ghana, smallholder farmers will need to be supported through the provision of accurate and timely Climate Information Services (CIS) to provide useable information on climate change risks affecting their livelihoods. Climate information services ...
College of Agriculture and Consumer SciencesEnvironment Development & SustainabilityFosu-Mensah B Y, Vlek P L, MacCarthy D S. 2012. Farmers’perception and adaptation to climate change: A casestudy of Sekyedumase district in Ghana. Environment,Development and Sustainability, 14, 495-505...
For the case of Ghana, the study reveals low awareness of climate change among policy-makers, human and institutional capacity constraints as some of the key factors militating against the mainstreaming of climate information services. Capacity building of policy makers and institutional strengthening ...