Gender, Social Inequalities and Application of Climate Smart Agriculture Practices among Smallholder Farmers in Ghana
Farmers in Ghana have suffered from the effects of climate change. These negative effects are more severe among women and youth farming groups. Research in Ghana has been focused on developing climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices to mitigate the negative effect of climate change on farmers prod...
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International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
2023
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| author | Kofituo, Rich Kofi Dalaa, Mustapha Alasan Tepa-Yotto, Ghislain Adomaa, Faustina Obeng Mponela, Powell Odoi, Maureen Erekua Tahidu, Osman Damba |
| author_browse | Adomaa, Faustina Obeng Dalaa, Mustapha Alasan Kofituo, Rich Kofi Mponela, Powell Odoi, Maureen Erekua Tahidu, Osman Damba Tepa-Yotto, Ghislain |
| author_facet | Kofituo, Rich Kofi Dalaa, Mustapha Alasan Tepa-Yotto, Ghislain Adomaa, Faustina Obeng Mponela, Powell Odoi, Maureen Erekua Tahidu, Osman Damba |
| author_sort | Kofituo, Rich Kofi |
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| description | Farmers in Ghana have suffered from the effects of climate change. These negative effects are more severe among women and youth farming groups. Research in Ghana has been focused on developing climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices to mitigate the negative effect of climate change on farmers productivity. The study uses baseline data from the Accelerating impacts of CGIAR climate research for Africa (AICCRA) project to analyze social inequalities and gender dimensions in the application of CSA practices among maize, cowpea, yam, sweet potato and tomato farmers in Ghana. A total of 551 farmers (≃30% female) were interviewed in six regions using an exploratory research design approach. All farmers practice at least one of the CSA practices, that is use of disease- and pest-tolerant varieties, minimum tillage, ridging, mulching, promotion of stress- tolerant improved varieties, composting, organic amendment for improving soil health, planting of Mucuna pruriens and organic amendment. Further findings show that male farmers are more resource rich in all regions of the study, apart from the Bono East Region. In terms of agricultural land holdings, male farmers own more lands than female farmers. Female farmers have more access to climate information in Bono East, Central and Upper East regions. Overall, male farmers have more access to credit than female farmers. From a policy perspective, in order to enhance equitable application of CSA practices among farmers, stakeholders must operationalize laws guiding tenure of farm lands, and there must be effective climate information dissemination coupled with facilitation of agricultural credit and loan facility to mostly female farmers. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1369332025-11-11T16:43:58Z Gender, Social Inequalities and Application of Climate Smart Agriculture Practices among Smallholder Farmers in Ghana Kofituo, Rich Kofi Dalaa, Mustapha Alasan Tepa-Yotto, Ghislain Adomaa, Faustina Obeng Mponela, Powell Odoi, Maureen Erekua Tahidu, Osman Damba gender agriculture research gender relations climate-smart agriculture Farmers in Ghana have suffered from the effects of climate change. These negative effects are more severe among women and youth farming groups. Research in Ghana has been focused on developing climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices to mitigate the negative effect of climate change on farmers productivity. The study uses baseline data from the Accelerating impacts of CGIAR climate research for Africa (AICCRA) project to analyze social inequalities and gender dimensions in the application of CSA practices among maize, cowpea, yam, sweet potato and tomato farmers in Ghana. A total of 551 farmers (≃30% female) were interviewed in six regions using an exploratory research design approach. All farmers practice at least one of the CSA practices, that is use of disease- and pest-tolerant varieties, minimum tillage, ridging, mulching, promotion of stress- tolerant improved varieties, composting, organic amendment for improving soil health, planting of Mucuna pruriens and organic amendment. Further findings show that male farmers are more resource rich in all regions of the study, apart from the Bono East Region. In terms of agricultural land holdings, male farmers own more lands than female farmers. Female farmers have more access to climate information in Bono East, Central and Upper East regions. Overall, male farmers have more access to credit than female farmers. From a policy perspective, in order to enhance equitable application of CSA practices among farmers, stakeholders must operationalize laws guiding tenure of farm lands, and there must be effective climate information dissemination coupled with facilitation of agricultural credit and loan facility to mostly female farmers. 2023-10-10 2024-01-04T12:46:25Z 2024-01-04T12:46:25Z Poster https://hdl.handle.net/10568/136933 en Open Access application/pdf International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Kofituo, Rich Kofi; Dalaa, Mustapha Alasan; Tepa-Yotto, Ghislain; Adomaa, Faustina Obeng; Mponela, Powell; Odoi, Maureen Erekua; Tahidu, Osman Damba . 2023. Gender, Social Inequalities and Application of Climate Smart Agriculture Practices among Smallholder Farmers in Ghana. Poster. Presented at the CGIAR GENDER Conference 'From Research to Impact: Towards just and resilient agri-food systems', New Delhi, India, 9-12 October 2023. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture |
| spellingShingle | gender agriculture research gender relations climate-smart agriculture Kofituo, Rich Kofi Dalaa, Mustapha Alasan Tepa-Yotto, Ghislain Adomaa, Faustina Obeng Mponela, Powell Odoi, Maureen Erekua Tahidu, Osman Damba Gender, Social Inequalities and Application of Climate Smart Agriculture Practices among Smallholder Farmers in Ghana |
| title | Gender, Social Inequalities and Application of Climate Smart Agriculture Practices among Smallholder Farmers in Ghana |
| title_full | Gender, Social Inequalities and Application of Climate Smart Agriculture Practices among Smallholder Farmers in Ghana |
| title_fullStr | Gender, Social Inequalities and Application of Climate Smart Agriculture Practices among Smallholder Farmers in Ghana |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender, Social Inequalities and Application of Climate Smart Agriculture Practices among Smallholder Farmers in Ghana |
| title_short | Gender, Social Inequalities and Application of Climate Smart Agriculture Practices among Smallholder Farmers in Ghana |
| title_sort | gender social inequalities and application of climate smart agriculture practices among smallholder farmers in ghana |
| topic | gender agriculture research gender relations climate-smart agriculture |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/136933 |
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