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- Title
Determinants of Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change among Smallholder Rural Households in the Bongo District, Ghana.
- Authors
Osumanu, Issaka Kanton; Aniah, Philip; Yelfaanibe, Augustine
- Abstract
This study examined the determinants of adaptive capacity of smallholder rural households to climate change in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region of Ghana. It employed a mixed method approach involving questionnaire survey of 150 households randomly selected from two communities within the district, focus group discussions and key informant interviews. The results of a binary logistic regression model indicates that five predictor variables (education of the household, farming experience, farm size, belief system and training) out of 11 tested determinants were significant at 1%, 5% and 10% probability levels. Forward stepwise (likelihood ratio) showed that these five variables had explained 61% of the total variances in households' adaptive capacity. The study concludes that attempts to support household adaptation strategies to climate change should pay considerable attention to understanding socio-economic factors, including education and belief systems, in order to develop sustainable strategies that will be culturally accepted by communities.
- Subjects
GHANA; CLIMATE change; HOUSEHOLDS -- Environmental aspects; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; MIXED methods research; QUESTIONNAIRES; FOCUS groups; LOGISTIC regression analysis
- Publication
Ghana Journal of Development Studies, 2017, Vol 14, Issue 2, p142
- ISSN
0855-6768
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4314/gjds.v14i2.8