Small-scale Mining, the SDGs and Human Insecurity in Ghana

Mensah, Isaac Adjei; Boakye-Danquah, John; Suleiman, Nurudeen; Nutakor, Sena; Suleiman, Muhammad Dan

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“…This discrepancy in water security between the two sectors may be due to the negative impacts of prevalent illegal mining activities, which are especially common in the southern part of Ghana. This result is consistent with the findings by Mensah et al [ 99 ], who found that illicit mining has a negative impact on the economy, society, and environment in Ghana. It causes biodiversity loss, land degradation, water pollution, and lost mineral revenue.…”

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Effects of water, energy, and food security on household well-being

Asaki,

Oteng-Abayie,

Baajike

2024

PLoS ONE

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Water, energy, and food insecurity are significant challenges that affect both economies and households, particularly in developing countries. These resources have an effect on households wellbeing, businesses, and all sectors of the economy, making them critical to ensuring household well-being, which is frequently measured by quintile welfare. As a result, there has been a significant increase in interest in securitizing these resources in order to mitigate their negative effects on household’s wellbeing This study provides an empirical investigation of the determinants of water, energy, and food (WEF) security and the effect of water, energy, and food security on household well-being in Ghana. This study provides an empirical investigation of the determinants of water, energy, and food (WEF) security and the effect of water, energy, and food security on household well-being in Ghana. The study used a sample of 2,735 households from the Ghana Living Standard Survey (GLSS) Wave 7. We applied an instrumental variable probit, complementary log-log and ordered Probit estimation techniques for analysis. Empirical analysis reveals several important findings. Firstly, factors such as age, credit access, household location, employment status, and livestock ownership positively contribute to household water security, while remittances, water supply management, water bills, and water quantity have negative impacts. Secondly, age, marital status, household size, remittances, and livestock ownership significantly influence household energy security. Thirdly, marital status, household income, credit access, and household size are crucial determinants of household food security, with residence and region of household location exerting negative effects. Additionally, while water and energy security have a relatively lower impact on household well-being, food security emerges as a key driver in promoting household wellbeing. The study recommends that policymakers and stakeholders design and implement robust programs and interventions to sustain households’ water, energy, and food supply.

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Effects of water, energy, and food security on household well-being

Asaki,

Oteng-Abayie,

Baajike

2024

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“…Yakoleva et al (2017) focuses on large scale mining companies and the role that they can play in contributing to the achievement of the SDGs in Africa. Further work has examined similar questions for ASM in Ghana (Mensah et al, 2020). de Mesquita et al (2017) conducted a systematic literature review of mining and sustainable development, highlighting that the main focus of papers remained on the environmental dimensions of the UN goals, with further work needed on the other areas -economic and social that compose the SDGs framework.…”

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Evaluating the impact of small-scale mining on the achievement of the sustainable development goals in Guyana

Laing

Moonsammy

2021

Environmental Science & Policy

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“…The study area ( Figure 1) was purposively restricted to seven sites in four districts in the Western Region of Ghana. The study area was chosen because there are artisanal or small-scale, unregulated gold mining, locally known as "galamsey", rife in there [13,14]. Western region covers an area of approximately 23,921 square kilometers, forming about 10% of Ghana's total land area and is rich in gold ore [15,16].…”

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The WHO/FAO have requested data on food consumption to better understand the increasing toxicological results of foodstuffs. The aim of this study was to determine the food consumption characteristics of the consumers living in smallscale mining areas. Commonly consumed food crops of each category: fruit, cereals, vegetables, legumes and root tubers were selected. In all, 308 consumers were sampled using a one-week dietary recall tool and a stratified sampling method of the consumers. The @Risk Microsoft add-in was used to analyze the data. The results show that the adolescents (10-17 years) consumed cowpea (233.90 g/day) and cassava (666.96g/day) at a relatively higher level compared to children (3-9 years) and adults (18-64 years). Likewise, adults consumed yam (136.65g/day), maize (1739.37g/day), rice (1272.40g/day), pineapple (184.97g/day) and watermelon (656.55g/day) at a relatively higher level compared to children and adolescents. On the contrary, whereas children generally consumed lower quantities of food, they presented higher exposure frequency to cowpea (364 days/year), root tubers (36-364 days/year) and grains (286-364 days/year) compared to adults and adolescents. Both adolescent and adult population subgroups presented higher exposure frequency to vegetables (364 days/year) relative to children (104-364 days/year). The findings further show that, in increasing order rice and maize are the most consumed crops. The adult population subgroup, in the study area may be vulnerable to contaminants in maize grains than other dishes categories due to the high mass consumed and high exposure duration. Children may be vulnerable to contaminants in maize grains because of the high exposure frequency.

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Small-scale Mining, the SDGs and Human Insecurity in Ghana

Cited by 9 publications

References 13 publications

Effects of water, energy, and food security on household well-being

Effects of water, energy, and food security on household well-being

Evaluating the impact of small-scale mining on the achievement of the sustainable development goals in Guyana

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