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Farmers Choice Of Adaptation Strategies To Climate Change And Variability In Arid Region Of Ghana

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  • ALHASSAN, Hamdiyah
  • KWAKWA, Paul Adjei
  • ADZAWLA, William

Abstract

This study used multinomial logit regression to determine the factors that influence farmers’ choice of adaptation strategies to climate change and variability of farmers in Savelugu-Nanton district, Northern region of Ghana. A simple random sampling was used to select 180 farmers. The data was analysed using a Multinomial logit regression model. From the results, the level of climate change and variability awareness was high and the adaptation strategies identified were mixed cropping, change crop varieties, changing planting time/date, soil conservation techniques, increased irrigation, increased female livestock herd, and seasonal migration. Farmers confirmed empirically observations that climate change would lead to a reduction in crop production. Also, gender, age, education, household size, farming experience, access to extension, access to credit, access to mobile phone and perceived decreased rainfall influenced farmers’ choices of a particular adaptation strategy. The findings support and justified calls for education of farmers on climate change and variability.

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  • ALHASSAN, Hamdiyah & KWAKWA, Paul Adjei & ADZAWLA, William, 2019. "Farmers Choice Of Adaptation Strategies To Climate Change And Variability In Arid Region Of Ghana," Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics (RAAE), Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra, vol. 22(1), March.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:roaaec:285928
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.285928
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    1. William Adzawla & Hamdiyah Alhassan, 2021. "Effects of climate adaptation on technical efficiency of maize production in Northern Ghana," Agricultural and Food Economics, Springer;Italian Society of Agricultural Economics (SIDEA), vol. 9(1), pages 1-18, December.
    2. Mesele Belay Zegeye & Teshager Mazengia Asratie & Dagmawit Ketsela Getahun & Mahlet Getahun Deredera, 2023. "Impact of climate change adaptation practices on crop productivity: evidence from North Shewa Zone, Amhara region, Ethiopia," Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, Springer, vol. 16(1), pages 1-24, December.
    3. Opeyemi Obafemi Adelesi & Yean-Uk Kim & Heidi Webber & Peter Zander & Johannes Schuler & Seyed-Ali Hosseini-Yekani & Dilys Sefakor MacCarthy & Alhassan Lansah Abdulai & Karin van der Wiel & Pierre C. , 2023. "Accounting for Weather Variability in Farm Management Resource Allocation in Northern Ghana: An Integrated Modeling Approach," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(9), pages 1-21, April.
    4. Ally Sithole & Oluwasogo David Olorunfemi, 2024. "Sustainable Agricultural Practices in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of Adoption Trends, Impacts, and Challenges Among Smallholder Farmers," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(22), pages 1-22, November.

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