Author: D. K. AcquavePublisher:
ISBN: 9789964957070
Category : Agricultural systems
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Improving Farming Systems in the Interior Savannah Zone of Ghana
Author: D. K. AcquavePublisher:
ISBN: 9789964957070
Category : Agricultural systems
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Improving Farming Systems in the Interior Savannah Zone of Ghana
Author: D. K. AcquayePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural systems
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Environmental Services Provided by Selected Farming Systems in Ghana
Author: Wayo SeiniPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Modeling Land-use Change in the Volta Basin of Ghana
Author: Ademola K. BraimohPublisher: Cuvillier Verlag
ISBN: 3865370446
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Land change studies in a 5,400km2 area within the Volta Basin of Ghana were carried out using satellite image and socio-economic analyses. The dominant change process was conversion of natural vegetation to cropland at an annual rate of 5%. Reversible land change trajectories involving accumulation of woody biomass indicate a certain level of rainfall-induced ecosystem resilience. Linear and logistic regressions identified agricultural land suitability, distance from main market and localities, child-dependency ratio and population density as the main drivers of change. Policy measures that would relieve human pressure on vegetation resources, guarantee food supply and promote commercialization of agriculture are suggested.
Farming Systems of the African Savanna
Author: A. KerPublisher: IDRC
ISBN: 0889367930
Category : Agricultural systems
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Farming Systems of the African Savanna: A continent in crisis
A user guide to Ghana Africa research in sustainable intensification for the next generation (Africa RISING) baseline evaluation survey data
Author: Azzarri, CarloPublisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
The Ghana Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING) Baseline Evaluation Survey (GARBES) survey was implemented from May to July 2014 as part of IFPRI’s Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of Africa RISING. Africa RISING aims to create opportunities for smallholder farmers in Africa south of the Sahara (through action research and development partnerships) by sustainably intensifying their farming systems and improving food, nutrition, and income security. Initiated in 2012, the program is supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as part of the U.S. government’s Feed the Future (FTF) initiative. The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) leads a sustainable intensification effort focusing on the cereal-based farming systems in the Guinea Savannah Zone of West Africa (Ghana and Mali) and East and Southern Africa (Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia) while the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) leads the research activities focusing on the crop-livestock systems of the Ethiopian highlands. The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has been tasked with M&E of the three projects. Ghana Africa RISING is being implemented in Northern, Upper East, and Upper West regions of Ghana, within the FTF Zones of Influence. The research activities are led by IITA and Wageningen University (WUR). GARBES collected detailed household- and plot-crop level data addressing various topics: employment (agricultural and non-agricultural); health; agricultural land; crop inputs, harvest, storage, and sale; livestock ownership, feed, and water; agriculture-related challenges and coping strategies; credit and off-farm income sources; housing condition and ownership of various durable assets; subjective welfare and food security; household-level food consumption; non-food expenditure; agricultural shocks; and child and women anthropometry. The community survey collected data on access to basic services; extension services; social organizations, mobility, and village-level shocks; access to natural resources; metric conversion units; and prices of crops and food items. GARBES covered 1,284 households and 50 communities drawn from the three project regions. Data were collected using structured questionnaires in multiple local languages through Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (using SurveyCTO).
Multiscale Analysis of Landscape Data Sets from Northern Ghana
Author: Nathaniel Kwamina HowardPublisher: Cuvillier Verlag
ISBN: 3865376533
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
History of Soybeans and Soyfoods in Africa (1857-2019)
Author: William Shurtleff; Akiko AoyagiPublisher: Soyinfo Center
ISBN: 1948436078
Category : Soybean
Languages : en
Pages : 1223
Book Description
The world's most comprehensive, well documented, and well illustrated book on this subject. With extensive subject and geographical index. 113 photographs and illustrations - mostly color. Free of charge in digital PDF format on Google Books
The Impact of Bushfire on Carbon and Nutrient Stocks as Well as Albedo in the Savanna of Northern Ghana
Author: Thomas Torika BagamsahPublisher: Cuvillier Verlag
ISBN: 3865374069
Category : Albedo
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Bushfires are an important ecological factor in tropical savannas. This study assesses the role bushfires play with regard to the carbon and nutrient fluxes in the savanna ecosystem of northern Ghana. Long-term repeated bushfires lead to serious losses of nitrogen with subsequent land degradation and to the release of considerable amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which could affect the regional and even the global climate.
Sustainable intensification of smallholder farming systems in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
Author: Benjamin KarikariPublisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2832546471
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description