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Traditional agroecological knowledge and practices:The drivers and opportunities for adaptation actions in the northern region of Ghana

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Regional Sustainability 2022年第4期3卷 294-308页

作者： Enoch YELELIERE Thomas YEBOAH Philip ANTWI-AGYEI prince peprah Department of Environmental Science College of ScienceKwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyKumasiGhana The Bureau of Integrated Rural Development(BIRD) Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyKumasiGhana Centre for Primary Health care and Equity/Social Policy Research Centre University of New South WalesNew South Wales 2052SydneyAustralia

Agroecological practices are promoted as a more proactive approach than conventional agriculture to achieving a collective global response to climate change and variability while building robust and resilient agricultural systems to meet food needs and protect the integrity of *** is relatively limited evidence on the key traditional agroecological knowledge and practices adopted by smallholder farmers,the factors that influence smallholder farmers’decision to adopt these practices,and the opportunities it presents for building resilient agricultural *** a multi-scale mixed method approach,we conducted key informant interviews(n=12),focus group discussions(n=5),and questionnaire surveys(N=220)to explore the traditional agroecological knowledge and practices,the influencing factors,and the opportunities smallholder farmers presented for achieving resilient agricultural *** findings suggest that smallholder farmers employ a suite of traditional agroecological knowledge and practices to enhance food security,combat climate change,and build resilient agricultural *** most important traditional agroecological knowledge and practices in the study area comprise cultivating leguminous crops,mixed crop-livestock systems,and crop rotation,with Relative Importance Index(RII)values of 0.710,0.708,and 0.695,*** is reported that the choice of these practices by smallholder farmers is influenced by their own farming experience,access to market,access to local resources,information,and expertise,and the perceived risk of climate ***,the results further show that improving household food security and nutrition,improving soil quality,control of pest and disease infestation,and support from NonGovernmental Organizations(NGOs)and local authorities are opportunities for smallholder farmers in adopting traditional agroecological knowledge and practices for achieving resilient agricultural *** findings call into questi

关键词： Climate change Food security Adaptation actions Traditional agroecological knowledge and practices Resilient agricultural systems

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Removing barriers to healthcare through an intercultural healthcare system:Focus group evidence

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Journal of Integrative Medicine 2021年第1期19卷 29-35页

作者： prince peprah Williams Agyem ang-Duah Abdul Wahid Arimiyaw Anthony Kwame Morgan Stephen Uwum bordo Nachibi Social Policy Research Centre University of New South WalesSydney 2052Australia Department of Planning Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyKumasi 233Ghana Department of Geography and Rural Development Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyKumasi 233Ghana

Objective:Barriers to healthcare in Ghana are *** people,including patients and providers,face them at different *** address these barriers,there is a need to explore the role of an intercultural healthcare *** paper explores and provides the first evidence on ways through which an intercultural healthcare system can reduce the sociocultural and economic barriers to healthcare in ***:Focus group discussions with 35 participants comprising 17 healthcare users,11 formal healthcare providers and 7 alternative healthcare providers were conducted to gather *** analyses were performed on the transcribed data and presented based on a posteriori inductive reduction ***:Findings reveal that an intercultural healthcare system in Ghana can help reduce barriers to healthcare,especially cultural,social and economic barriers,by fostering an enhanced relationship between culture and healthcare,promoting affordable healthcare and promoting effective communication between healthcare providers and *** institutional support,lack of strong political will and commitment,lack of training to meet standards of practice,poor registration and regulatory measures,and lack of universal acceptance inhibit implementation of an intercultural healthcare system in ***:The support for intercultural healthcare system and the agreement on its perceived ability to reduce social,cultural and economic healthcare barriers for service users offer an opportunity for policymakers to demonstrate a stronger political will and improved commitment for effective education and training,enforcement of regulatory measures,inclusion of intercultural healthcare in medical school curricula across the country,and community engagement.

关键词： Intercultural health Health system Healthcare barriers Focus group Ghana

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