Evaluation of land suitability methods with reference to neglected and underutilised crop species: A scoping review

H Mugiyo, VGP Chimonyo, M Sibanda, R Kunz… - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
In agriculture, land use and land classification address questions such as “where”,“why” and
“when” a particular crop is grown within a particular agroecology. To date, there are several …

A review of the water resources of Ghana in a changing climate and anthropogenic stresses

SK Agodzo, E Bessah, M Nyatuame - Frontiers in Water, 2023 - frontiersin.org
An extensive narrative review approach is adopted to present existing information on the
consumptive and non-consumptive uses and their related issues, such as floods and …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling current and future groundwater demands in the White Volta River Basin of Ghana under climate change and socio-economic scenarios

JK Mensah, EA Ofosu, K Akpoti, AT Kabo-Bah… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Study region White Volta River Basin, Ghana. Study focus Groundwater
sustainability is becoming a major concern in the face of population growth, land use land …

Identifying drivers for variability in maize (Zea mays L.) yield in Ghana: A meta-regression approach

AKK Kouame, PS Bindraban, IN Kissiedu… - Agricultural …, 2023 - Elsevier
CONTEXT Maize is the main cereal crop in Ghana, but its production is adversely affected
by various biotic and abiotic factors. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to highlight the factors …

[HTML][HTML] Monitoring spatial-temporal variations of surface areas of small reservoirs in Ghana's Upper East Region using Sentinel-2 satellite imagery and machine …

B Ghansah, T Foster, TP Higginbottom… - … of the Earth, Parts a/b/c, 2022 - Elsevier
Small reservoirs are one of the most important sources of water for irrigation, domestic and
livestock uses in the Upper East Region (UER) of Ghana. Despite various studies on small …

The significance of small reservoirs in sustaining agricultural landscapes in dry areas of West Africa: A review

S Owusu, O Cofie, M Mul, J Barron - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Water scarcity is a growing challenge in semi-arid and sub-humid areas. There are over
2000 small reservoirs (SRs) with storage capacities of up to 1× 106 m3 across West Africa's …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping land suitability for informal, small-scale irrigation development using spatial modelling and machine learning in the Upper East Region, Ghana

K Akpoti, TP Higginbottom, T Foster, R Adhikari… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Small-scale irrigation has gained momentum in recent years as one of the development
priorities in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, farmer-led irrigation is often informal with little …

[HTML][HTML] Rainfall variabilities and droughts in the Savannah zone of Ghana from 1960-2015

ABM Incoom, KA Adjei, SN Odai - Scientific African, 2020 - Elsevier
In the Savannah region of Ghana, water scarcity appears to be a frequent occurrence, which
is expected to worsen with the anticipated reductions in the quantity of rainfall received. A …

Impacts of climate change on crop and irrigation water requirement in the Savannah regions of Ghana

ABM Incoom, KA Adjei, SN Odai, K Akpoti… - Journal of Water and …, 2022 - iwaponline.com
Irrigation is important for food security, however, water requirements for sustainable
irrigation may be affected by climate change. The study analysed water requirements of two …

Geological resource Planning and environmental Impact assessments based on GIS

Y Xie, B Xie, Z Wang, RK Gupta, M Baz, MA AlZain… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The purpose is to study the geological resource planning and environmental impact
assessments based on the geographic information system (GIS). In this study, the land …