Determinants of Choice of Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Northern Ghana

Abstract

This paper used binary logistic regression model to analyze factors that affect the choice of climate change adaptation strategies of farmers in Northern Ghana. Using semi-structured questionnaires, 155 farmers were randomly sampled from purposively selected three Northern Regions in Ghana. The empirical results of the binary logistic regression models revealed different effects of the factors on farmer's choice of adaptation strategies. Farming experience, farm income, access to phones, mixed farming, farmers' perception on reduction in rainfall amount and access to weather information significantly and positively affects the choice of at least five climate change adaptation strategies. Following the findings of this study, agricultural extension service should be intensified through organization of adult education programmes or field schools for farmers to educate them on some climate change adaptation strategies. Agro climatic information centers should be established at vantage points in farming communities to enable farmers seek for information to help them revise their climate change adaptation decisions for specific time and agricultural activity. Lastly, affordable climate change adaptation technologies should be designed and make available to poor farmers to adopt.

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“…They also have different socio-economic and institutional attributes. These three conditions (geographical location, socio-economic and institutional attributes) influence their selection choices of adaptation strategies to climate change [5]- [18] based on the utility associated with each choice [13].…”

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“…For such a dichotomous outcome, the inferential statistical analysis used for this study is a logistic model (Mabe et al, 2014). The effect of X on the response probabilities, P(y = j/x) can be estimated by using binary logit model which is expressed as: P The logit regression equation, that is used to ascertain variables influencing youth understanding level of climate change, is:…”

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“…Although smallholder farmers are likely to be seriously affected by the effects of climate change owing to their lack of capacity to adequately adapt, research shows that only a minority of them take advantage of adaptation options (Fosu-Mensah et al, 2012). As such, a clear understanding of the factors that influence farmers' adaptation decisions is essential to the designing of appropriate policies to promote effective adaptation in the agricultural sector (Mabe et al, 2014).…”