Climatic and non-climatic factors driving the livelihood vulnerability of smallholder farmers in Ahafo Ano North District,Ghana

作     者：Frank BAFFOUR-ATA Louisa BOAKYE Moses Tilatob GADO Ellen BOAKYE-YIADOM Sylvia Cecilia MENSAH Senyo Michael KWAKU KUMFO Kofi Prempeh OSEI OWUSU Emmanuel CARR Emmanuel DZIKUNU Patrick DAVIES 

作者机构：Department of Environmental ScienceKwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyKumasiAK-039-5028Ghana Department of Meteorology and Climate ScienceKwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyKumasiAK-039-5028Ghana 

出 版 物：《Regional Sustainability》 (区域可持续发展（英文）)

年 卷 期：2024年第5卷第3期

页      面：24-39页

学科分类：120301[管理学-农业经济管理] 12[管理学] 1203[管理学-农林经济管理] 

主　　题：Smallholder farmers Livelihood vulnerability Climate change Socioeconomic characteristics Food security Ghana 

摘      要：Smallholder farmers in Ahafo Ano North District,Ghana,face multiple climatic and non-climatic *** study assessed the factors contributing to the livelihood vulnerability of smallholder farmers in this district by household surveys with 200 respondents and focus group discussions(FGDs)with 10 *** Mann–Kendall trend test was used to assess mean annual rainfall and temperature trends from 2002 to *** relative importance index(RII)value was used to rank the climatic and non-climatic factors perceived by *** socioeconomic characteristics affecting smallholder farmers’perceptions of climatic and non-climatic factors were evaluated by the binary logistic regression *** showed that mean annual rainfall decreased(P0.05)but mean annual temperature significantly increased(P0.05)from 2002 to 2022 in the *** key climatic factors perceived by smallholder farmers were extreme heat or increasing temperature(RII=0.498),erratic rainfall(RII=0.485),and increased windstorms(RII=0.475).The critical non-climatic factors were high cost of farm inputs(RII=0.485),high cost of healthcare(RII=0.435),and poor condition of roads to farms(RII=0.415).Smallholder farmers’perceptions of climatic and non-climatic factors were significantly affected by their socioeconomic characteristics(P0.05).This study concluded that these factors negatively impact the livelihoods and well-being of smallholder farmers and socioeconomic characteristics influence their perceptions of these ***,to enhance the resilience of smallholder farmers to climate change,it is necessary to adopt a comprehensive and context-specific approach that accounts for climatic and non-climatic factors.