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Farmer field schools, climate action plans and climate change resilience among smallholder farmers in Northern Ghana

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  • Cornelius K. A. Pienaah

    (University of Western Ontario)

  • Roger Antabe

    (University of Toronto Scarborough)

  • Godwin Arku

    (University of Western Ontario)

  • Isaac Luginaah

    (University of Western Ontario)

Abstract

Smallholder farmers in Ghana’s Savannah ecological zone face multiple climate stressors. Government and non-governmental organizations have introduced educative demonstrations on sustainable agriculture practices to help them cope. However, the effectiveness of these strategies in enhancing smallholder farmers’ climate resilience needs examination. Our study, guided by the Resilience Theory (RT), aimed to explore factors that shape smallholder farmers’ climate resilience and how their participation in Farmer Field Schools (FFSs) and Climate Action Plans (CAPs) affect their resilience to climate change. We analyzed data from a cross-sectional survey of 517 smallholder farmers in the Upper West region of Ghana using ordered logistic regression. Our findings showed that smallholder farmers’ “good” climate change resilience was associated with participation in Farmer Field Schools (OR: 7.809, p

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  • Cornelius K. A. Pienaah & Roger Antabe & Godwin Arku & Isaac Luginaah, 2024. "Farmer field schools, climate action plans and climate change resilience among smallholder farmers in Northern Ghana," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 177(6), pages 1-25, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:climat:v:177:y:2024:i:6:d:10.1007_s10584-024-03755-w
    DOI: 10.1007/s10584-024-03755-w
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