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1 Antwi-Agyei, P.; Dougill, A. J.; Doku-Marfo, J.; Abaidoo, R. C. 2021. Understanding climate services for enhancing resilient agricultural systems in Anglophone West Africa: the case of Ghana. Climate Services, 22:100218. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cliser.2021.100218]
Climate change adaptation ; Information services ; Policy making ; Farming systems ; Vulnerability ; Resilience ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Agricultural productivity ; Socioeconomic development ; Capacity development ; Institutions ; Stakeholders ; Decision making / Anglophone Africa / West Africa / Ghana / Liberia / Sierra Leone / Nigeria / Gambia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050384)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405880721000066/pdfft?md5=f45a830d6f05e8f8d0c1f50f3b8e740d&pid=1-s2.0-S2405880721000066-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050384.pdf
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Whilst the capability of climate services to reduce climate impacts is alluring, empirical evidence on how best to mainstream climate information services in Africa is lacking. This paper determines how climate information services have been incorporated into national policies by Anglophone West African states for building agricultural resilience and provides a detailed analysis of issues facing Ghanaian agricultural systems. The paper addresses the questions: (i) to what extent is climate change recognised as a threat to agricultural development in national climate facing policies of Anglophone West African states? (ii) to what extent have climate information services been incorporated into national and regional policy frameworks of Anglophone West African states for resilient agricultural systems? (iii) what are the key challenges in mainstreaming climate information services into national policies for resilient agricultural building in Ghana? The study employed thematic content analysis, multi-stakeholder workshops and expert interviews to understand climate discourses around climate services. Findings show that climate change is highlighted in national and regional level policies as a serious threat to socioeconomic development and agricultural productivity in West Africa. Anglophone West Africa countries are at various stages in establishing a National Framework for Climate Services to help guide future adaptation planning. This study shows that Anglophone West African states have not yet incorporated climate information services into strategic national and regional climate facing policies that are critical in shaping efforts aimed at managing climate risks. For the case of Ghana, the study reveals low awareness of climate change among policy-makers, human and institutional capacity constraints as some of the key factors militating against the mainstreaming of climate information services. Capacity building of policy makers and institutional strengthening are both vital for more effective mainstreaming of climate services across West Africa.
2 Antwi-Agyei, P.; Wiafe, E. A.; Amanor, K.; Baffour-Ata, F.; Codjoe, S. N. A. 2021. Determinants of choice of climate change adaptation practices by smallholder pineapple farmers in the semi-deciduous forest zone of Ghana. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 12:100140. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indic.2021.100140]
Climate change adaptation ; Strategies ; Smallholders ; Farmers ; Nonfarm income ; Forests ; Awareness ; Livelihoods ; Land fragmentation ; Land ownership ; Soil conservation ; Institutions ; Nongovernmental organizations ; Socioeconomic aspects / Ghana / Nsawam Adoagyiri
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050820)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665972721000416/pdfft?md5=5f862ffcc12a0a452cd0dd452a4fde9c&pid=1-s2.0-S2665972721000416-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050820.pdf
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This paper explored the extent to which the awareness of climate change affects the choice of climate change adaptation practice by smallholder pineapple farmers. This study used a cross-sectional data collected from 150 farmers in the Nsawam Adoagyiri Municipality, Ghana. We applied the Latent Class Analysis (LCA) to identify sub-population of pineapple farmers based on their awareness levels of climate change and socioeconomic characteristics. We then used a multinomial logistic regression to examine the extent to which differences in climate change awareness influence adaptation choices. Results indicated that, smallholder pineapple farmers are well aware of climate change and perceived changes in rainfall and temperature patterns. Further, the findings revealed that smallholder pineapple farmers are implementing a host of on-farm and off-farm climate change adaptation practices including irrigation, adjusting planting time, land fragmentation, the use of agro-ecological knowledge, and seasonal migration. The LCA identified three subgroups of smallholder pineapple farmers based on their level of awareness of climate change – strong climate change awareness group (n = 111; 74%), moderate climate change awareness group (n = 18; 12%) and poor climate change awareness group (n = 21; 14%). Results showed marginal differences in the adoption rate of adaptation practices across the observed subgroups of farmers. We identified that institutional factors including the quality of climate information, quality of extension services, access to credit, education and access to extension services have a stronger effect on climate change awareness and the choice of adaptation practice compared to individual factors such as gender, marital status and farmers' age.
3 Kumasi, T. C.; Nyarko, K. B.; Antwi-Agyei, P.. 2022. Universal water service delivery: insights on what it takes from Ghana. World Water Policy, 8(1):9-30. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/wwp2.12072]
Water supply ; Water resources ; Infrastructure ; Planning ; Costs ; Budgets ; Monitoring ; Boreholes ; Pumps ; Institutions ; Sustainable Development Goals / Ghana / Bongo / East Gonja / Wa East
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051336)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/wwp2.12072
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051336.pdf
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Attainment of the government of Ghana's ambitious target of providing safe and reliable basic water services to all persons in Ghana by 2025 requires urgent need to unravel localized barriers to achieve universal access and sustain it. Using the Life Cycle Cost Approach, this paper provides a framework in policy planning and estimates the quantum of funds that needs to be injected into construction, operation, and maintenance of water facilities in order to achieve full water coverage in a district. Using participatory approaches, data were collected from Bongo, East Gonja, and Wa districts of Ghana. Data collection was facilitated by Community Water and Sanitation Agency employing the Resources, Infrastructure, Demand, and Access Strategic Planning Tool. Results show that the total cost of achieving full coverage is estimated at US$ 10,342,190, US$ 15,828,421, and US$ 10,111,616 for Bongo, East Gonja, and Wa East, respectively, in the implementation of water coverage and sustainability activities spanning 2017–2025. We suggest that sustainable water services for all requires more than capital inflows. Strong leadership commitment, bolstered institutions, improved monitoring, and evaluation as well as adequate human resources are critical to ensuring that capital investments translate into effective service delivery.
4 Awolala, D.; Mutemi, J.; Adefisan, E.; Antwi-Agyei, P.; Taylor, A.; Muita, R.; Bosire, E.; Mutai, B.; Nkiaka, E. 2023. Economic value and latent demand for agricultural drought forecast: emerging market for weather and climate information in Central-Southern Nigeria. Climate Risk Management, 39:100478. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2023.100478]
Economic value ; Drought ; Weather forecasting ; Climate services ; Savannahs ; Households ; Farmers ; Willingness to pay ; Livelihoods ; Resilience ; Socioeconomic aspects ; Decision making ; Risk management ; Agricultural extension ; Policies / Nigeria
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051704)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212096323000049/pdfft?md5=0b33d5ff4429b1fd19bc171a50bf04ba&pid=1-s2.0-S2212096323000049-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051704.pdf
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Provision of weather and climate services are expected to improve the capacity for rural households’ preparedness and response plans to weather shocks. With increase in public investments in developing and communicating weather information on local scale in Nigeria, uncertainty in timescales that meet farmers’ needs and economic value of the information is still poorly understood. It is now a policy concern on whether farmers’ preferences and demands might increase its uptake. This study analyzed the economic value, latent demand, and emerging market of weather and climate information in Central-Southern Nigeria. Farm-level cross-sectional data reveals that 76% of the respondents were willing to pay for improved weather information and early warnings in taking climate smart decisions. Within farmers who showed positive responses, 86% would pay for sub-seasonal to seasonal weather information while 38% would pay for medium and short range weather information respectively. The economic value of sub-seasonal to seasonal weather information was estimated at N1600 ($3.60) per year per capita with total aggregated value of N1.3 billion ($2.9 m) yearly for the derived savannah area. Predictive total market value of N17.43billion ($39 m) would be obtained from improved weather information in Nigeria. Simulated results of 5% increase in the uptake with better dissemination channel through mobile phones in addition to robust farmers’ oriented features will generate additional annual market value at N86m ($193,360) for service providers. Large farm size, good farm-income, mobile phone dissemination channels, and location-specific information were drivers of farmers’ uptake decisions of weather information in the dry savannah area. The huge emerging market for improved weather information should be developed into a public–private market to efficiently facilitate uptake and use in Nigeria.
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