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DOI	10.1016/j.crm.2019.100206
	Climate change adaptation in Semi-Arid Ecosystems: A case study from Ghana
	Yomo M.; Villamor G.B.; Aziadekey M.; Olorunfemi F.; Mourad K.A.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	2212-0963
起始页码	2071
结束页码	2092
卷号	27
英文摘要	This paper investigated the role of local institutions in facilitating farm households’ response and adaptation to climate change impacts on their livelihood. A case study of adapting to drought events associated with crop failure in a Semi-Arid Ecosystems of northern Ghana was taken. A total of 49 semi-structured interviews with key representatives of various local institutions from different sectors were conducted and 120 farm households were randomly interviewed to assess their perceptions about their livelihood outcomes and local institutions accessibility. social network analysis (SNA) has been used to bring into light the institutional framework in the context of adaptation in Bongo district. From our research we noted five salient findings and their implications in effective local level adaptation. First, the public and civic institutions in the study area play a key role in facilitating adaptation. Essentially, institutional performance is inherently local and may vary depending on their mandate as well as availability of resources. Secondly, it has been realised that most of the institutions leading adaptation among the farming community are not directly adaptation related but are those intervening in various domains of households’ rural life. Thirdly, it appears that institutional role is not limited to the leading aspect but also the ability of some institutions to channel or extend the available resources to the beneficiaries in the network (known as resources controllers or communicators), and others in controlling the flow of resources in the network (known as bridges or brokers). Fourthly, the results revealed that institutional support is more evident in term of knowledge management, on farm management than farm financial management (insurance, credit, market), livelihood diversification and the investment in infrastructures (dams). Fifthly, it appears that institutional support has at some extend facilitated adaptation within the farming communities by increasing the annual income, farm productivity and well-being while reducing households’ adaptation. This paper contributes to the growing knowledge of the role of institutional framework in the facilitation of local adaptation. © 2019 The Authors
英文关键词	Adaptation; Diversification; Infrastructure; Local institutions; Vulnerability
来源期刊	Climate Risk Management
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/183197
作者单位	West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), The Université de Lomé, Togo; Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, University of Idaho, United States; Centre for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany; Ecole Supérieure d'Agronomie, Université de Lomé, Togo; Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research, Nigeria; Lund University and the Centre for Sustainable visions, Lund, 22100, Sweden
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yomo M.,Villamor G.B.,Aziadekey M.,et al. Climate change adaptation in Semi-Arid Ecosystems: A case study from Ghana[J],2020,27.
APA	Yomo M.,Villamor G.B.,Aziadekey M.,Olorunfemi F.,&Mourad K.A..(2020).Climate change adaptation in Semi-Arid Ecosystems: A case study from Ghana.Climate Risk Management,27.
MLA	Yomo M.,et al."Climate change adaptation in Semi-Arid Ecosystems: A case study from Ghana".Climate Risk Management 27(2020).