In the contemporary agricultural landscape, agriculture faces four pressing demands:
competitiveness, ensuring food security for a growing population, environmental …

Hydro-climatic information has a potential to improve agricultural productivity under climate
variability. Recent developments in information sharing platforms (Environmental Virtual …

Climate variability has consequences on water availability in rice farming systems. In Ghana,
rice farmers in the Northern Savannah are amongst the most vulnerable to long periods of …

In the era of climate change, irrigation is playing a pivotal role in stabilising food production,
enabling dry season farming, and improving farmers' livelihoods, particularly in Asia and …

Climate variability and its impacts on the agriculture system is clearly evident in Ghana.
Weather and seasonal climate forecast information service has been in operation for some …

The study investigated the relationship between smallholder farmers' socioeconomic
characteristics and their choice to implement formal water management systems in the …

Participatory irrigation, where farmers are given greater control and management
responsibility, has been a topic of controversy for many years. Initially seen as a panacea for …

Rice is an important staple crop, with current demand higher than the domestic supply in
Ghana. This has led to a high and unfavourable import bill. Therefore, recent policies and …

This article analyses smallholder irrigation management transfer (IMT) scheme participation
and its impacts on yield and net farm returns of rice farmers in northern Ghana. We apply the …

Placement (UDP) technology on the output of irrigated rice farmers in the northern region of
Ghana. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 142 rice farmers from the Golinga …