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1 Dittoh, S.; Snyder, K. A.; Lefore, Nicole. 2015. Gender policies and implementation in agriculture, natural resources and poverty reduction: case study of Ghana’s Upper East Region. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 22p. (WLE Research for Development (R4D) Learning Series 3) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2015.205]
Gender ; Women ; Equity ; Agricultural policy ; Policy making ; Agricultural workers ; Agricultural production ; Natural resources ; Poverty ; Funding ; Socioeconomic environment ; Civil society organizations ; Local communities ; Households ; Resource allocation ; Case studies / Ghana / Bawku West / Bongo
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047003)
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2 Balana, Bedru B.; Sanfo, S.; Barbier, B.; Williams, Timothy; Kolavalli, S. 2019. Assessment of flood recession agriculture for food security in northern Ghana: an optimization modelling approach. Agricultural Systems, 173:536-543. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2019.03.021]
Agricultural practices ; Floodplains ; Water management ; Crop production ; Food security ; Models ; Supplemental irrigation ; Household income ; Food consumption ; Smallholders ; Farmers ; Rainfed farming ; Soil moisture ; Dry season ; Wet season ; Land allocation ; Communities / Ghana / White Volta River Basin / Bawku West / Talensi / West Mampurusi
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049190)
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Food insecurity is a recurrent problem in northern Ghana. Food grown during the rainy season is often insufficient to meet household food needs, with some households experiencing severe food insecurity for up to five months in a year. Flood recession agriculture (FRA) – an agricultural practice that relies on residual soil moisture and nutrients left by receding flood water – is ordinarily practiced by farmers along the floodplains of the White Volta River in northern Ghana under low-input low-output conditions. Opportunities abound to promote highly productive FRA as a means of extending the growing season beyond the short rainy season (from May to September) into the dry season and thereby increase household income and food security of smallholder farmers. This study uses an optimization modelling approach to explore this potential by analyzing the crop mix and agricultural water management options that will maximize household income and enhance food security. Results indicate that growing cowpea, groundnut and melon under residual-moisture based FRA and high value crops (onion, pepper, and tomato) under supplementary irrigation FRA maximize household income and food security. The cash income from the sale of FRA crops was sufficient to purchase food items that ensure consumption smoothing during the food-insecure months. The study concludes that the full potential of FRA will be realized through a careful selection of crop mixtures and by enhancing access of farmers to improved seeds, integrated pest management and credit and mainstreaming FRA through targeted policy interventions and institutional support.
3 Pavelic, Paul; Villholth, K. G.; Verma, Shilp. (Eds.) 2023. Sustainable groundwater development for improved livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa. Abingdon, Oxon, UK: Routledge. 222p. (Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance)
Groundwater irrigation ; Groundwater potential ; Sustainability ; Livelihoods ; Water resources ; Water management ; Smallholders ; Farmers ; Small-scale irrigation ; Irrigated farming ; Rainfed farming ; Pumps ; Wells ; Boreholes ; Water availability ; Water balance ; Water use ; Groundwater recharge ; Aquifers ; Prediction ; Water table ; Groundwater extraction ; Water quality ; Hydrogeology ; Technology adoption ; Energy ; Institutions ; Water policies ; Water governance ; Gender ; Women ; Households ; Socioeconomic aspects ; Poverty ; Income ; Food security ; Land tenure ; Markets ; Investment ; Supply chains ; Cost benefit analysis ; Credit ; Financing ; Subsidies ; Evapotranspiration ; River basins ; Dry season ; Livestock / Africa South of Sahara / Burkina Faso / Ethiopia / Ghana / Kenya / Malawi / Mali / Mozambique / Niger / Nigeria / Rwanda / United Republic of Tanzania / Uganda / Zambia / Raya Valley / Kobo Valley / Dantiandou Valley / Volta River Basin / Iullemmeden Basin / Zalerigu / Sapeliga / Talensi-Nabdam District / Bawku West
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy SF Record No: H052019)
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