The adaptive capacity of smallholder farmers to climate change in the Northern Region of Ghana

Abdul-Razak, Majeed; Kruse, Sylvia

doi:10.1016/j.crm.2017.06.001

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“…Those who preferred changing planting dates were at 11% while those who preferred planting different crops were at 5.5%. Similar findings have also been reported in Ethiopia where farmers in Haraghe adapted soil and water conservation measures to curb the effects of climate variability [28] and in Ghana among smallholder farmers [1]. The computed chi square value was significant at 191.38 at 3 degrees of freedom (p˂0.05).…”

Section: Climate Variability Adaptation Strategiessupporting

confidence: 71%

Assessing the Impact of Climate Variability on Food Security in Kenya: A Case Study of Kisii County

Samwel¹,

Abutto²,

Otieno³

2018

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Climate variability and change has been found to be one of the factors that affect economies leading to food insecurity in various parts of the world. Kenya is no exception. This study looks at how climate variability has contributed to food insecurity in Kisii County, Kenya. The objectives of this study is therefore to, (i) to examine the rainfall and temperature trends in Kisii County for a period of 30 years, (ii) to examine the effect of climate variability on food production and (iii) to assess the perception of local farmers on weather and climate information, (iv) to evaluate the coping strategies adopted at household level to bridge the gap on food deficit and (v) to assess the nutritional status of children and the elderly in Kisii County. The study was conducted in the larger Kisii County. The data used was mainly rainfall and temperature data from meteorological stations and sample data gathered from selected groups. The study population comprised of children between 6 months and 59 months, household heads, elderly people and agricultural officers. Purposive sampling was used to select agricultural officers while multistage sampling was used to select respondents at household level. Primary data was collected by use of a pre-tested questionnaire. The MUAC tape was used to collect nutritional status of children while BMI data was obtained from elderly people. Mann Kendall statistic was used to determine whether the trend of rainfall and temperature observed is significant while Chi-square test was used to determine whether the coping strategies observed varied significantly at household level. From the analysis, rainfall has not shown any significant change in Kisii County while temperature trend has been significantly increasing over the years at 95% confidence level. This could explain the observed reduction in river levels. Analysis of crop production and price trends of major food crops in Kisii County showed a decreasing trend of food production leading to increase in price over the years. This meant that farmers could not produce enough to take them to the next harvesting season making farmers to adopt different coping strategies at household level which differed significantly according to Chi-Square test. Malnutrition status of both elderly people above 59 years and children between 6-59 months were similar with 23% of both children/elderly being severely malnourished/malnourished. This study has only looked at climatic factors such as rainfall and temperature. Other aspects such as depth of underground water, ph level of soil and the effects of land fragmentation also need to be looked at. This study is important to both farmers in choosing the right crop to plant, and policy makers and planners in formulating the best mitigation and intervention strategies for Kisii County food insecurity problem. This will further contribute to national efforts towards achievement of vision 2030. 3 that temperatures were projected to increase at a rate of 0.3/0.4 0 C/decade under RCP4.5/8.5 scenarios ...

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Section: Climate Variability Adaptation Strategiessupporting

confidence: 71%

Assessing the Impact of Climate Variability on Food Security in Kenya: A Case Study of Kisii County

Samwel¹,

Abutto²,

Otieno³

2018

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“…The adaptive capacity of a society is constrained by the resilience of its institutions and the natural systems. Abdul‐Razak and Kruse () tell us that when assessing sector‐specific adaptive capacity of smallholder farmers, social capital tends to determine the ability of local farmers to access labour resources. As suggested by Yaro et al (2015), this is directly linked to the farmers' capacity to cope or adapt to climate change stress.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The public discourse of climate change although shrouded by uncertainties but its multiple facets impacts which are real and unequivocal has now been widely recognised and accepted by scientific communities (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC], ; Mishra et al, ). In the past 30 years, climate change has contributed to global agricultural decline of 1–5% per decade (Abdul‐Razak & Kruse, ; Porter et al, ). Its effect are also predicated to manifest in severe consequences for the global agricultural sector (Mthembu & Zwane, ; Thornton, ) and the economies of countries in sub‐Saharan Africa that are largely driven by the agricultural sector.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Building adaptive capacity: Reducing the climate vulnerability of smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe

Mashizha¹

2019

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Climate change is affecting agricultural production, particularly in Africa, where agriculture forms the backbone of rural economies. Smallholder farmers in rural areas are vulnerable to the effects of climate change due to their marginalised location, low levels of technology, and reliance on rain‐fed agriculture. This conceptual paper finds that adaptation is cross cutting in nature and complex. Hence, it requires an approach that incorporates both policy and investment issues into its planning. This research not only contributes to literature on adaptation strategies but will also provide relevant insight for capacity building on smallholder farmers to avert the ongoing and future climate crisis. Furthermore, it contributes to hitherto limited work on understanding how adaptive capacity is shaped and be sustainable in Zimbabwe. This paper recommends that the government and private sector should disseminate technology that helps farmers adapt to climate change and access to irrigation technology must be a priority.

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“…Even with this economic and social importance, family farming is still a vulnerable sector, because it is complex, diverse and risk susceptible (Chambers et al, 1989) and normally characterized by low levels of investment. This segment come is considered the most climate vulnerable group, undermining income security and the total productivity (Abdul-Razak et al, 2017).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Software for agriculture climate risk management focused in smallholders

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Pinto

Medeiros

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Taking Persimmon (Diospyros kaki L.), Fig (Ficus carica L.) and Papaya (Carica Papaya L) fruits in São Paulo State, southeast of Brazil, as a case of study, we present here new softwarethat was designed to support smallholders to manage their climate risk on the production area. The main idea of this new software named "Brazilian Mapping for Agricultural Zoning System" (BRAMAZOS) is to transform scientific knowledge into useful information for crop climate risk management, indicating the risk of crop failure and which is the limiting meteorological element for the area unsuitability. The software was developed based on user experience design, focusing on the users facilities with a friendly interface.We simulated these fruits climate risk in current and future scenarios of climate change using ETAHadgem ES Regional Climate Models (RCM), which is a downscaling of the Global Climate Model HadGEM2-ES, based on the IPCC 5th Assessment Report (AR5). We observed changes in the climate risk zone distribution for Persimmon and Papaya cultivation, which could lose almost 30% and 9% of the suitable area respectively. On the other hand, fig did not present significant reduction in the climate risk zone. The results presented here suggested that the temperate fruit examples used here seem to be more sensible to the temperature increase and, the tropical example seems to be more precipitation decrease sensitive. We discussed the significance of BRAMAZOS software as tool to support efficient information to climate risk management, providing agroclimatic information that are efficient to assist decision making, increase food security with the intention to reduce the climate impact on smallholders development and resources management issues.

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The adaptive capacity of smallholder farmers to climate change in the Northern Region of Ghana

Cited by 179 publications

References 26 publications

Assessing the Impact of Climate Variability on Food Security in Kenya: A Case Study of Kisii County

Assessing the Impact of Climate Variability on Food Security in Kenya: A Case Study of Kisii County

Building adaptive capacity: Reducing the climate vulnerability of smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe

Software for agriculture climate risk management focused in smallholders

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