Resultados de búsqueda - "Upper West Region"

Sanitation practices and circular pathways in the Upper West Region of Ghana por Gebrezgabher, Solomie A., Dongzagla, A., Joshi, Deepa, Nicol, Alan

“…As part of the Towards Brown Gold project, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) analyzed current sanitation practices in Wa, a rapidly urbanizing small town in the Upper West Region of Ghana, to gain insights into sanitation systems from the perspective of local communities. …”
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Establishment of field demonstrations in the upper west region of Ghana under SIMFS Initiative por Jizorkuwie, Abdul-latif Baamonyor, Ofosu-Ampong, Kingsley, Ofori, Patrick, Dugan, Emmanuel, Akpatsu, Isaac Boatey, Abera, Wuletawu

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An assessment of mobile phone-based dissemination of weather and market information in the Upper West Region of Ghana por Etwire, Prince M., Buah, Saaka S.J., Ouédraogo, Mathieu, Zougmoré, Robert B., Partey, Samuel T., Martey, Edward, Dayamba, Sidzabda Djibril, Bayala, Jules

“…Methods We rely on primary data from 310 farmers in the Upper West Region, an understudied part of Ghana. We subject the data to three types of analysis. …”
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Smallholder farmers’ perceptions and strategies for adaptation to climate change in Brong Ahafo and Upper West Regions of Ghana por Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Bamire, Simeon Adebayo, Akinola, Adebayo A., Etwire, Prince M.

“…With data collected from 750 farming households using survey questionnaire and 25 Focus Group Discussions (FGD), this report documents farmers’ perception of climate change and adaptation strategies in the Brong Ahafo and Upper West regions of Ghana. Results showed that DTM varieties are a viable strategy for adaptation to climate change. …”
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Empowering farmers through learning: Establishing field demonstrations in the upper west region of Ghana under the excellence in agronomy initiative por Jizorkuwie, Abdul-latif Baamonyor, Ofosu-Ampong, Kingsley, Akpatsu, Isaac Boatey, Abera, Wuletawu

“…Empowering Farmers Through Learning: Establishing Field Demonstrations in the Upper West Region of Ghana under the Excellence in Agronomy Initiative…”
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The impacts of weather and climate information services on technical efficiency and farm productivity among smallholder farmers in the Upper West Region of Ghana por Djido, Abdoulaye, Houessionon, Prosper, Nikoi, Gordon, Ouédraogo, Issa, Ouédraogo, Mathieu, Segnon, Alcade C, Zougmoré, Robert B.

“…This study evaluates the impacts of a pilot project that introduced weather and climate information services (CIS) on technical efficiency (TE) and sorghum productivity (Y) using a total of 210 plotlevel data comprising of 92 users and 118 nonusers of CIS in the Upper West Region of Ghana. First, we estimate a Stochastic Frontier model to measure the level of TE using a Cobb-Douglas functional form with the assumption of an exponential distribution for the identification of TE scores. …”
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The place of social transformation analysis in vulnerability assessment for climate adaptation planning in Upper West Region, Ghana: a review synthesis por Osei-Amponsah, Charity, Quarmine, William, Wahabu, E.

“…Based on insights from a stakeholders’ brainstorming workshop and the synthesis of information from traditional literature review, this paper contributes to better understanding of the intersections of social transformation with climate vulnerabilities in the Upper West Region of Ghana. The review indicates that the region is experiencing social transformation triggered by technological, demographic and cultural factors, with implications for climate resilience building. …”
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How does institutional embeddedness shape innovation platforms? A diagnostic study of three districts in the Upper West Region of Ghana por Totin, Edmond, Roncoli, Carla, Sibiry Traoré, Pierre C., Somda, Jacques, Zougmoré, Robert B.

“…We present a case study of sub-national platforms established in three districts of the climatically-stressed Upper West Region of Ghana and charged with facilitating climate change responses at the local level and channelling community priorities into national climate change policy. …”
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Weather-index based crop insurance as a social adaptation to climate change and variability in the Upper West Region of Ghana: Developing a participatory approach por Adiku, Samuel G.K., Debrah-Afanyede, Evelyn, Greatrex, Helen, Zougmoré, Robert B., MacCarthy, Dilys Sefakor

“…The study also highlighted the high spatial variability of rainfall in the Upper West region of Ghana, showing the necessity of satellite-derived rainfall products. …”
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Two degrees up—Part Two: Ghana por Jarvis, Andy

“…Farmers in the Upper West Region of Ghana are finding that rising temperatures and increasingly unpredictable rains are compounding the long-running problems of population pressure and declining soil fertility. …”
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Supervisory Report on CSV Monitoring Plan in the Lawra-Jirapa Climate-Smart Villages, Ghana por Nyuor, Anslem Bawayelaazaa

“…This report is about the implementation of an M&E monitoring Plan that would allow future monitoring to track the progress of CSA adaptation options currently being implemented in the Lawra and Jirapa Climate-Smart Village site comprising seven communities of these districts located in the Upper West region of Ghana.…”
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Willingness to pay for biofertilizers among grain legume farmers in northern Ghana por Banka, M., Aidoo, R., Abaidoo, Robert C., Fialor, S.C., Masso, C.

“…Primary data was elicited from 400 grain legume farmers selected from Northern and Upper West Regions of Ghana through a simple random sampling technique. …”
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Activation of subnational platform to broker institutional changes por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…For instance, the three platforms established in the Upper West region are used for other climate projects (ASSAR project).…”
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Potential for Increasing Agricultural Water Productivity in the Black Volta Basin, Ghana por Quandzie, Stephen

“…The Black Volta Basin provides a major water resource in Ghana and the Upper West region in particular. Agriculture is the main occupation of majority of the inhabitants, but this is normally done on subsistence basis. …”
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Using a gender lens to explore farmers' adaptation options in the face of climate change: Results of a pilot study in Ghana por Naab, Jesse B., Koranteng H

“…The Upper West Region of Ghana and especially the Lawra-Jirapa districts are highly vulnerable to climate variability and likely to be amongst the worst hit under climate change. …”
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Targeting and Scaling-up of Agricultural Water Management Interventions in the Black Volta Basin – Ghana: A CPWF V1 MSc Thesis Project por Diabene, Perpetual

“…Majority of the populace in the Upper West Region of Ghana are small-scale farmers who depend mainly on rain-fed agriculture. …”
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Don't destroy the environment por Braslow, Juliet, Lolig, Victor, Dittoh, Saa, Tuota, Jonathan, Akudugu, Mamudu, Abra, Edem

“…This participatory video titled “Don’t destroy the environment” was filmed, produced, and directed by a group of 9 farmers and community members from Kunzokalla Village in Jirapa District, Upper West Region of Ghana. With this video they want to communicate that the environment needs our active protection and management and we should all ‘rise up and fight to save the land.’ …”
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Test and Disseminate Technologies to Intensity Vegetable Mono-cropping por International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, World Vegetable Center, Savanna Agricultural Research Institute

“…Project abstract: Four vegetable crops will be compared across subsets of 30-50 households in each of the 3 northern regions using two planting densities and they are Amaranth for Upper West Region, Jute Mallow for the Northern region and Roselle for the Upper East region. …”
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(Re)thinking environmental governance in the changing climate context of northwestern Ghana por Osei-Amponsah, Charity, Okem, Andrew, Nornoo, J., Puopiel, F.

“…Through a case study in the Upper West Region of Ghana, it explores how climate change impacts are shaped by both gender and generational factors, with power relations and inequalities deeply embedded within environmental decision-making processes. …”
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Environmental impact of livestock production in Northern Ghana: A preliminary assessment por Ansah, Terry, Cudjoe, Shedrack, Dari, Prosper S., Van Der Hoek, Rein

“…The case study conducted in the Savanna agro-ecological zone focused on two communities: Tindan in the Northern Region and Bussie in the Upper-West Region. Various biophysical, environmental, and climate impacts were assessed using the CLEANED tool, relying on interviews with farmers, literature, and expert knowledge. …”
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