Determinants of Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change among Smallholder Rural Households in the Bongo District, Ghana

Osumanu, Issaka Kanton; Aniah, Philip; Yelfaanibe, Augustine

doi:10.4314/gjds.v14i2.8

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“…Majority of the research works on determinant factors of CCA used quantitative, qualitative or mixed-methods analysis. Majority of the studies in pastoral (Chingala et al, 2017;Mengistu and Haji, 2015;Tilahun et al, 2017;Zampaligré et al, 2014), agro-pastoral (Balama et al, 2013;Bryan et al, 2013;Kgosikoma et al, 2018;Kima et al, 2015; Mengistu and Haji, 2015;Serkalem et al, 2014;Zampaligré et al, 2014;Silvestri et al, 2012) and smallholder farmers (Ajao et al, 2011;Alemayehu and Bewket, 2017;Belay et al, 2017;Comoé and Siegrist, 2015;De Jal on et al, 2015;Gedefaw et al, 2018;Legesse et al, 2013;Mabe et al, 2014;Misganaw et al, 2014;Mudombi-Rusinamhodzi et al, 2012;Nabikolo et al, 2012;Osumanu et al, 2017;Ozor et al, 2010;Yila and Resurreccion, 2013) used logistic/logit regression models (binary/ordered/multinomial) to evaluate the determinant factors of CCA. This highlights that the various kinds of logistic regression models are widely implemented in assessing the determinant factors of CCA research studies.…”

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“…Several research works have been conducted in different corners of SSA on the perception of farmers to climate change adaptation (CCA) and the socioeconomic factors that influence the adaptation of these farmers to the changing climate (Mudombi-Rusinamhodzi et al, 2012;Muller and Shackleton, 2014;Nabikolo et al, 2012;Osumanu et al, 2017;Ozor et al, 2010;Gedefaw et al, 2018;Legesse et al, 2013;Mabe et al, 2014;Mengistu and Haji, 2015;Serkalem et al, 2014;Alemayehu and Bewket, 2017;Mekuyie et al, 2018;Belay et al, 2017;Chingala et al, 2017;Feleke et al, 2016;Kgosikoma et al, 2018;Opiyo et al, 2016;Yila and Resurreccion, 2013;Zampaligré et al, 2014). However, these research findings are fragmented and are not in a position to support policymakers in formulating context-specific strategies.…”

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Determinant factors of climate change adaptation by pastoral/agro-pastoral communities and smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa

Menghistu

Abraha

Tesfay

et al. 2020

IJCCSM

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Purpose The purpose of this systematic review was to assess the determinant factors of climate change adaptation (CCA) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Design/methodology/approach Studies that focused on determinant factors of CCA by crop–livestock farmers and pastoralists in SSA and written in English were reviewed from five major databases using the applications of Endnote and NVivo. The review process followed a sequence of steps to reach into the final selection. Findings A total of 3,028 papers were recovered from the databases and screened for duplicates (777) and publications before 2000 (218). The titles and abstracts of 2,033 papers were reviewed, and 1,903 of them were excluded owing to preliminary exclusion criteria. Finally, 130 papers were selected for full-text review and more detailed assessment, where 36 papers qualified for the final review. The most important determinant factors of CCA by pastoralists were household income, access to information, access to extension services, government support and access to market. In the case of agro-pastoralists, access to information, household income, age and land/livestock ownership were found as the major determinant factors. Household income, land ownership, access to information, farm size, household size and access to extension services were the determinant factors found for CCA by smallholder farmers. Research limitations/implications This systematic review identified the major determinant factors according to production systems and highlights the importance of considering specific factors in designing CCA strategies. Originality/value After clearly stating the research question, a literature search was conducted from the major databases for climate-related research, and a comprehensive search was performed by two independent researchers.

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Determinant factors of climate change adaptation by pastoral/agro-pastoral communities and smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa

Menghistu

Abraha

Tesfay

et al. 2020

IJCCSM

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“…Studies in different parts of the world revealed that climate change adaptation is taking place in dynamic biophysical, socioeconomic and political contexts, which fluctuate across time and location (Bawakyillenuo et al, 2016). Farmers' capacity to adapt with climate change effects is therefore a function of demographic, socioeconomic, institutional features of the households (Osumanu et al, 2017). However, the current study was reviewed literatures that were merely directed to semiarid agro-pastoral systems, which are very similar to the study area.…”

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“…Demographic features such as being male, educational status, farming experience and climate change perception of the household head were assumed to have a positive effect on adaptation decision (Temesgen et al, 2014). Likewise, socioeconomic structures of households such as farm income and total livestock in tropical livestock unit (TLU) were hypothesized to influence farmers' adaptation decision positively (Osumanu et al, 2017).…”

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Small holder farmers’ perception and response mechanisms to climate change: Lesson from Tekeze lowland goat and sorghum livelihood zone, Ethiopia

Mihiretu¹,

Okoyo²,

Lemma³

2020

Cogent Food & Agriculture

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Though climate change is a global agenda since the last few decades, local and regional changes are not well documented in third-world nations. Therefore, understanding the local circumstances of climate change is vital to exert context specific responses to allay its adverse effects. This study hence assessed small holder farmers' perception and response mechanisms to climate change and their determinants in Tekeze lowland goat and sorghum livelihood zone, Northeast Ethiopia. Data collected from 260 sample respondents were analyzed in descriptive statistics and econometric model. Results revealed that 86.5% of the respondents observed changes in main climatic patterns, whereas 92.3% of them recognized variability in daily weather. Indeed, 76.8% and 83.5% of respondents perceived a rising temperature and decreasing rainfall, respectively. This finding is in line with the regression results of meteorological data recorded for 20 study years in the area. Among respondents who perceived the climate change, nearly two-third were responded through crop, livestock and nonagriculturebased livelihood initiatives. The probit model also discovered that educational status, farm/nonfarm income, extension contact, access to climate information and training were significant factors behind farmers' response decision. As a result, future development interventions should provide prominent training and extension, local meteorological service and agricultural inputs on top of creating nonagricultural income generating opportunities, would play significant role in climate change adaptation.

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“…Second, farmers will then scrutinize the available options, with the goal to identify what and why (adaptation measures) to adopt or implement. It must however be noted that many factors such as age, farming experiences, information, economic resources, education and institutions determines the adaptive capacity of households (Bawakyillenuo et al., 2016; Osumanu et al., 2017). The choice or decision to implement adaptation measures (adopt innovations) more often depends of the accessibility of adequate information, education, institutional support and asset base of vulnerable households (Bawakyillenuo et al., 2016).…”

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

Aniah

Kaunza-Nu-Dem

Ayembilla³

2019

Heliyon

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Climate variability and ecological changes have consequently altered life and natural livelihood-sustaining systems leading to socio-cultural, economic and environmental challenges and vulnerabilities. The risk factors are very high and the impacts will raise the developmental impediments of safeguarding livelihood security and poverty eradication in Sub-Saharan Africa. Adaptation to climate and ecological variation, though recognized as pressing and necessary, operates in the context of numerous uncertainties and unknowns. Previous studies on climate adaptation tried to identify universal patterns of coping rather than differentiating between agro ecological zones, villages and types of households. This paper uses case studies from two rural communities in the Savanna agro ecological zone of Ghana to explore smallholder farmers' responses to climate and ecological variation effects on their livelihood activities that have emerged since the mid-1980s. Results suggest that smallholder farmers use various coping, on-farm and off-farm adaptation strategies to ameliorate the negative impacts of climate and ecological changes on their livelihood. Coping measures such as selling household assets, migration of the entire households and decreasing food consumption/changing diets can be damaging. On –farm adaptation strategies such as varying planting dates, use of drought tolerant crop varieties, soil conservation strategies are based on farmers indigenous knowledge passed down from generations. To ensure sustainability of local adaptation strategies, there is the need for exchange of knowledge between and among smallholder farmers and formal institutions through the recognition and empowerment of local residents and collective actions.

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Determinants of Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change among Smallholder Rural Households in the Bongo District, Ghana

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Determinant factors of climate change adaptation by pastoral/agro-pastoral communities and smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa

Determinant factors of climate change adaptation by pastoral/agro-pastoral communities and smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa

Small holder farmers’ perception and response mechanisms to climate change: Lesson from Tekeze lowland goat and sorghum livelihood zone, Ethiopia

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

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