EventsThe 1st World Sustainability Forum
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This submission belongs to the session A. Environmental Sustainability of the event The 1st World Sustainability Forum
Published date
02 Nov, 2011
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Sarah Acquah, Henry De-Graft Acquah, An Assessment of Farmers Perception and Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change in Beposo, Ghana, in Proceedings of The 1st World Sustainability Forum, 1 November–30 November 2011, MDPI: Basel, Switzerland, doi: 10.3390/wsf-00592
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An Assessment of Farmers Perception and Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change in Beposo, Ghana

Sarah Acquah 1
Henry De-Graft Acquah 1
1. University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
Abstract
This study analyses farmer\'s perception on climate change, their adaptation strategies in response to climate change and barriers to the adaptation process. A survey of 100 randomly sampled farmers was conducted using a standard questionnaire. An interview schedule was the main tool of data collection while descriptive statistics were the main analytical technique. Majority of the farmers studied perceived increase in temperature and a decrease in rainfall. In adapting to climate change, 91% of the farmers change planting dates, 86% use different crop varieties and 72 % implemented soil conservation measures as the major choice of adaptation techniques to climate change. Major barriers to climate adaptation are insufficient access to inputs and lack of credit.
Keywords
Adaptation
Barriers
Climate Change
Farmers
Perception
Descriptive Statistics
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