Factors Influencing Sustainable Land and Water Management Technologies Uptake in Northern Ghana
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Climate change continues as a threat to smallholder farmers in Northern Ghana, which is arid in nature and prone to draught conditions. Sustainable Land and Water Management (SLWM) technologies have been introduced to smallholder farmers in the area as adaptation strategies to mitigate the negative effects of climate change. Adoption of the SLWM technologies have the potential of reducing the negative impact of climate change, and also improve crop yield. There is a death in knowledge in understanding factors that influence the uptake of the SLWM technologies in Northern Ghana. The study therefore, examined the factors influencing SLWM technology uptake in Northern Ghana. The study was undertaken among 300 smallholder farmers in the three Northern Regions of Ghana through a multi-stage sampling technique. Data were gathered through a survey and a Poisson model was employed to assess the drivers and intensity of adoption. Results showed that factors such as support received, labour, water availability, exposure, access to information and farm size influenced the uptake of the SLWM technologies. The study recommends that policy makers should work towards improving the factors that influence the uptake of the SLWM technologies. It is also important to adopt private-public partnership model in the implementation of the SLWM technologies.
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
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Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Hamza Adam
Bu kişi benim
0000-0002-3423-6957
Ghana
Mohammed Faisal Amadu
Bu kişi benim
0000-0002-6908-8181
Ghana
Osman Tahidu Damba
*
Bu kişi benim
0000-0002-6672-0196
Ghana
Yayımlanma Tarihi
25 Eylül 2020
Gönderilme Tarihi
28 Ocak 2020
Kabul Tarihi
29 Haziran 2020
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2020 Cilt: 51 Sayı: 3