How do farmers' perceptions of climate variability and change match or and mismatch climatic data? Evidence from North-west Ghana

G Dakurah - GeoJournal, 2021 - Springer
This paper investigates farmer perceptions of climate variability and change in rural North-
west Ghana and compares with analyses of daily rainfall data (from 1960–2016) and …

Comparing farmers' perception of climate change and variability with historical climate data in the Upper East Region of Ghana

ML Amadou, GB Villamor, EM Attua… - Ghana Journal of …, 2015 - ajol.info
Perception of climate change and variability supported by local knowledge has helped to
advance understanding of climate change and its impacts on agricultural land-use systems …

Farmers' perceptions of climate change and variability and existing opportunities for adaptation in Wenchi Area of Ghana

S Adjei-Nsiah, RN Issaka, JO Fening… - … Journal of Climate …, 2010 - search.proquest.com
Climate change is increasingly emerging as the most significant environmental threat to
sustainability of human livelihoods in Ghana, as in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa. A …

Climate variability since 1970 and farmers' observations in Northern Ghana

E Nyadzi - Sustainable Agriculture Research, 2016 - publications.openuniversitystm.com
The study examines how farmers' observations of climate variability and change correspond
with 42 years (1970-2011) meteorological data of temperature and rainfall. It shows how …

Climate variability indicators-scientific data versus farmers perception; evidence from southern Ghana

DA Ankrah, J Mensah, JN Anaglo… - Cogent Food & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Even though copious knowledge has been advanced in the extant literature on climate
variability and change. Two schools of thought exist—one that views farmers' perceptions of …

[PDF][PDF] Farmers' perception of climate change in the Ejura-Sekyedumase district of Ghana.

F Kemausuor, E Dwamena, A Bart-Plange… - 2011 - academia.edu
Sustainable agriculture is embedded in the relationship between humans and climate,
especially in attitudes towards climate change, the rates of change and the impact of such …

[HTML][HTML] Using traditional agroecological knowledge to adapt to climate change and variability in the Upper East Region of Ghana

F Baffour-Ata, P Antwi-Agyei, GO Apawu… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ghana's susceptibility to climate change is well documented and the agricultural sector
which is the backbone of the country's economy is one of the most vulnerable sectors to the …

Nature of climate change-induced risks in semi-arid northwestern Ghana: Gauged observations, perceptions of smallholder farmers, and perspectives for livelihood …

I Lente, WK Heve, MY Owusu-Twum… - Information …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Climate variability and impact have been an endemic challenge to smallholder farmers who
largely depend on rainy weather for livelihoods in semi-arid north-western Ghana. Many …

Climate change adaptation strategies and constraints in Northern Ghana: Evidence of farmers in Sissala West District

CJ Fagariba, S Song, SKG Soule Baoro - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
Research findings indicate that most African countries are vulnerable to climate change as a
result of challenges such as poverty, weather extremes, and insufficient governmental …

Smallholder farmers' cropping decisions in rural North-west Ghana under climate variability and change

G Dakurah, H Osbahr, A Arnall - Regional Environmental Change, 2024 - Springer
This study examines smallholder farmers' cropping decisions in North-west Ghana under
climate variability and change (CVC). It aims to understand the matches and mismatches …