Adapting to the Inevitable: The Case of Tanbi Wetland National Park, The Gambia

Ceesay, Adam; Wolff, Mathias; Njie, Ebrima; Kah, Matty; Koné, Tidiani

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-39880-8_16

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“…The settlement was purposely sampled based on crop production and participation in agriculture programmes under the Ministry of Food and Agriculture in the Municipality. The choice of respondents was based on farming system practiced and accessibility to the farms (Ceesay et al, 2016). The questions were grouped under their socio-economic characteristics, type of land cover conversion and the rate of conversion, as well as their land use activities and decisions.…”

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The impact of crop farmers’ decisions on future land use, land cover changes in Kintampo North Municipality of Ghana

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Agodzo

et al. 2019

IJCCSM

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Purpose -This paper aims to assess the rate and land category contributing to the changes in seven land-uses in the Kintampo North Municipality of Ghana and the effect of the decisions of land users on future landscapes.Design/methodology/approach -LANDSAT images were classified to generate land use/cover maps to detect changes that had occurred between 1986 and 2014. In total, 120 farmers were also interviewed to determine their perceptions on land use changes. Interval, category and transition levels of changes were determined. Savanna woodland, settlement and forest were mostly converted to farmland in both intervals (1986-2001 and 2001-2014).Findings -Results showed that rock outcrop, plantation, cropland and savanna woodland increased at an annual rate of 13.86, 1.57, 0.82 and 0.33 per cent, respectively, whilst forest, settlement and water body decreased at 4.90, 1.84 and 1.17 per cent annual rate of change, respectively. Approximately, 74 per cent of farmers will not change land use in the future, while 84.2 per cent plan to increase farm sizes.Research limitations/implications -The study shows that more land cover will be targeted for conversion as farmers expand their farmlands. There is the need for strict implementation of appropriate land use/cover policies to sustain food production in the region in this era of changing climate and population increase.Originality/value -This research assessed the land use changes in the Kintampo North Municipality and its impacts on agriculture and carbon stocks release via land use changes. It identified how the decisions of the local farmers on land management will affect future landscape.

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