Smallholder farmers' livelihood adaptation to climate variability and ecological changes in the savanna agro ecological zone of Ghana

Smallholder Farmers' Livelihood Security Options amidst Climate Variability and Change in Rural Ghana

Farming as a livelihood activity in the Bosomtwe District is threatened by climate change. This paper ascertained the alternative livelihood options of smallholder farmers against climate variability and change in the Bosomtwe District. Using a cross-sectional survey, 152 smallholder farmers were sampled from 12 communities using a multistage sampling procedure. The quantitative data collected ...

Climate change and smallholder farmers in Malawi

Farmers’ perception and adaptation practice to climate variability and change: a case study of the Vea catchment in Ghana

BACKGROUND Rain-fed agriculture remains the source of employment for a majority of Ghana's population, particularly in northern Ghana where annual rainfall is low. The purpose of this study is to examine farmers' perceptions and adaptation practices to climate change and variability in accordance with actual recorded weather data of the Vea catchment in Upper East Region of northern Ghana durin...

Ecological genomics and process modeling of local adaptation to climate.

Locally adapted genotypes have higher fitness in their native site in comparison to foreign genotypes. Recent studies have demonstrated both local adaptation to and genomic associations with a range of climate variables. For climate adaptation, the most common genomic pattern is conditional neutrality, as proven by weak across-environment correlations, frequent SNP×environment interactions, and...

analysis of farmers’ perception of climate changes and adaptation strategies

introduction agriculture is the most important sector of the economy in iran and it is highly dependent on the climate. the impact of global climatic change on agriculture has recently become an issue of increasing importance. the global climate change has been drawing attention of many to this very important topic of climate change, though it was a difficult proposition for many to accept whet...