Soil carbon sequestration as a climate strategy: what do farmers think?

HJ Buck, A Palumbo-Compton - Biogeochemistry, 2022 - Springer
Countries and companies with net-zero emissions targets are considering carbon removal
strategies to compensate for remaining greenhouse gas emissions. Soil carbon …

The role of traditional ecological knowledge in ecosystem services management: the case of four rural communities in Northern Ghana

YA Boafo, O Saito, S Kato, C Kamiyama… - … Journal of Biodiversity …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
This study combines qualitative and quantitative research to examine perceptions held by
rural households in Northern Ghana regarding the value of traditional ecological knowledge …

Soil organic carbon stocks and their determining factors in the Dano catchment (Southwest Burkina Faso)

OKL Hounkpatin, FO de Hipt, AY Bossa, G Welp… - Catena, 2018 - Elsevier
Although the evaluation of soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks across different types of land
use and major reference soil groups is essential for mitigating climate change, there …

Education for disaster risk reduction (DRR): Linking theory with practice in Ghana's basic schools

PT Apronti, S Osamu, K Otsuki, G Kranjac-Berisavljevic - Sustainability, 2015 - mdpi.com
Current understanding of disaster risk reduction (DRR) concurs that, when provided the right
education, children have the potential to reduce their own vulnerability and the vulnerability …

Successful community participation in climate change adaptation programs: on whose terms?

S Samaddar, M Oteng-Ababio, F Dayour… - Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
Community participation in climate change adaptation (CCA) programs has been advocated
for long, but its implementation remains uncertain. There is also very little understanding and …

Potential and challenges of conservation agriculture in sequestration of atmospheric CO2 for enhancing climate-resilience and improving productivity of soil of small …

RL Rattan Lal - CABI Reviews, 2016 - cabidigitallibrary.org
The projected climate change, caused by emissions from fossil fuel combustion and land
use change, may adversely impact the agronomic yields and aggravate food insecurity of …

Land transition and intensity analysis of cropland expansion in Northern Ghana

K Shoyama, AK Braimoh, R Avtar, O Saito - Environmental management, 2018 - Springer
Cropland expansion to meet the growing demand for food and fuel is a driving factor in
forest degradation. Over the next few decades, increases in the area of agricultural land are …

Predicting the potential impact of climate change on carbon stock in semi-arid West African savannas

K Dimobe, JLN Kouakou, JE Tondoh, BJB Zoungrana… - Land, 2018 - mdpi.com
West African savannas are experiencing rapid land cover change that threatens biodiversity
and affects ecosystem productivity through the loss of habitat and biomass, and carbon …

[PDF][PDF] Developing a community-based resilience assessment model with reference to Northern Ghana

EK Antwi, K Otsuki, S Osamu, FK Obeng… - IDRiM …, 2014 - idrimjournal.com
Faced with adversarial climatic and physical conditions and an inept socioeconomic
development priorities, Northern Ghana remains one of the regions that are most vulnerable …

Effect of agricultural machinery on physical and hydraulic properties of agricultural soils

KA Felix - Journal of Soil Science and Environmental …, 2021 - ebooks.netkumar1.in
The study assessed effect of farm machinery on both physical and hydraulic properties of
agricultural soils used for rice cultivation in northern Ghana. Two tractor models were used …