Flood risk assessment and adaptation under changing climate for the agricultural system in the Ghanaian White Volta Basin

WK Smits, EM Attoh, F Ludwig - Climatic Change, 2024 - Springer
In the context of river basins, the threat of climate change has been extensively studied.
However, many of these studies centred on hazard analysis while neglecting the need for …

Occurrence of pesticide residues and associated ecological risks assessment in water and sediment from selected dams in northern Ghana

A Orou-Seko, D Chirawurah, A Houndji, F Achana… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Pesticides are chemicals used to enhance crop production. However, their residues can
persist and accumulate in various environmental settings. This study assessed the …

The double tragedy of agriculture vulnerability to climate variability in Africa: How vulnerable is smallholder agriculture to rainfall variability in Ghana?

EK Derbile, A Dongzagla, DJM File - Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk …, 2016 - journals.co.za
This article analysed vulnerability of smallholder agriculture to climate variability, particularly
the alternating incidences of drought and heavy precipitation events in Ghana. Although …

Opposing objective and subjective wellbeing outcomes within an environmentally vulnerable delta: a case study of Volta Delta, Ghana

L Cannings, CW Hutton, A Sorichetta… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Despite a growing interest in the measurement and conceptualization of
wellbeing, the integration within sustainability research, and the understanding of how …

[HTML][HTML] Farmers' pesticide use and knowledge of aquatic ecosystem contamination with its perceived health risk from contaminated fish consumption in northern …

A Orou-Seko, D Chirawurah, JA Ndago… - Scientific African, 2024 - Elsevier
Pesticide residues in agricultural environments pose significant threats to aquatic
ecosystems and human health. Most studies investigate the quantity, environmental, and …

The impact of smallholder farmers' knowledge on climate change adaptation on food security in Tanzania

T Mbegalo, TF Theodory, F Lyakurwa - Cogent Social Sciences, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Climate change poses a substantial threats to agriculture and food security in Sub-Saharan
Africa, particularly in Tanzania. While research has proposed farm-level strategies to …

Local level impacts of climatic and non‐climatic factors on agriculture and agricultural land‐use dynamic in rural northern Ghana

BK Badmos, GB Villamor, SK Agodzo… - Singapore Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigated the local level impacts of climatic and non‐climatic factors on the
agricultural land‐use dynamic in rural northern Ghana. Data was collected by means of …

Modeling Pesticide Use Behavior Among Farmers in the Upper East Region of Ghana: An Empirical Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior

IK Asante, JK Ocran, EW Inkoom - Environmental Protection …, 2023 - ojs.wiserpub.com
This study examined the pesticide use behavior of farmers along the White Volta Basin in
the Upper East Region of Ghana, using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to explore the …

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A Orou-Seko, D Chirawurah, JA Ndago… - researchgate.net
Pesticide residues in agricultural environments pose significant threats to aquatic
ecosystems and human health. Most studies investigate the quantity, environmental, and …

Spatio-Temporal Analysis of the Pattern of Land Cover Changes Among the Sub-Basins in the White Volta Basin

Z Osman, O Zakari, C Gyamfi, E Boakye… - Available at SSRN … - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract The White Volta Basin has witnessed a declining trend of vegetative cover due to
high anthropogenic activities which have impaired the ability of the river basin to provide …