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Adaptive capacities of farmers to climate change adaptation strategies and their effects on rice production in the Northern region of Ghana

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  • Mabe Franklin Nantui

    (Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Ghana)

  • Sarpong Daniel Bruce

    (Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Ghana)

  • Osei-asare Yaw

    (Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Ghana)

Abstract

This study estimated the adaptive capacities of farmers to climate change adaptation strategies and their effects on rice production in the Northern Region of Ghana. The adaptive capacities of rice farmers were estimated quantitatively and categorized into high, moderate and low adaptive capacities. Double logarithmic regression model of Cobb-Douglas production function was used to quantity the effects of adaptive capacities of farmers on rice production. On the average, the farmers interviewed are moderately adaptive to climate change. Also, high adaptive farmers obtain nine more bags of 50 kg bag of paddy rice than farmers with low adaptive capacities. Therefore, the more a farmer has the ability to adjust to climate change, the more the number of bags of rice he or she obtains. Rice farmers should be empowered through better extension services in order to attain high adaptive capacity status so as to help them obtain more rice output.

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  • Mabe Franklin Nantui & Sarpong Daniel Bruce & Osei-asare Yaw, 2012. "Adaptive capacities of farmers to climate change adaptation strategies and their effects on rice production in the Northern region of Ghana," Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences, CyberLeninka;Редакция журнала Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences, vol. 11(11), pages 9-17.
    • Handle: RePEc:scn:031261:14037408
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    1. Franklin Nantui Mabe & Gifty Sienso & Samuel Donkoh, 2014. "Determinants of Choice of Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Northern Ghana," Research in Applied Economics, Macrothink Institute, vol. 6(4), pages 75-94, December.
    2. Tanko, Mohammed, 2022. "Nexus of risk preference, culture and religion in the adoption of improved rice varieties: Evidence from Northern Ghana," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 115(C).

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