Farmers response to climate variability and change in rainfed farming systems: Insight from lived experiences of farmers.

ABSTRACT: Climate adaptation, while urgent, is complicated by a slew of unknowns and uncertainties through insufficient scholarship. This study addresses these slews of unknowns surrounding local adaptation to climate change and associated determinants among rainfed smallholder farmers in rural Ghana. We utilized a mixed-method approach to collect primary data from 410 households, 15 key informants and 10 focus group participants coupled with meteorological data from the Ghana Meteorological Agency, Accra (GMet). Results from meteorological analysis from 1989 to 2020 and farmers' perceptions showed a consistent pattern exemplifying a temperature rise, and a decline in rainfall pattern in the study area over the period. Rainfed smallholder farmers employed multiple coping strategies including-cogniti

SUBMITTER: Yeleliere E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10558911 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature