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Transformations Of Traditional Landuse Systems And Their Effects On Development Opportunities And Peoples Livelihoods In Northern Ghana
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Author :Gordana Kranjac-Berisavljevic Publisher :kassel university press GmbH ISBN 13 :3737600325 Total Pages :28 pages Book Rating :4.7/5 (376 download)
Book Synopsis Transformations of traditional landuse systems and their effects on development opportunities and people’s livelihoods in Northern Ghana by : Gordana Kranjac-Berisavljevic
Download or read book Transformations of traditional landuse systems and their effects on development opportunities and people’s livelihoods in Northern Ghana written by Gordana Kranjac-Berisavljevic and published by kassel university press GmbH. This book was released on 2015 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agricultural land in Northern Ghana was under the traditional arrangements till recent times. Small-scale farmers and their families could collect water, firewood, fodder and seasonal fruits or carried out hunting on communal lands, owned by local chiefs and fetish priests, under the provisions made by customary laws. Recent developments in this area include up-scaling of the mining industry, large scale commercial agriculture projects and cultivation of biofuel crops. All these development schemes are affecting access to natural resources by the local people as they affect water, land and even vegetation in the project areas. This paper discusses some recent projects in Northern Ghana and their positive and negative effects as well as impacts on the local population and their livelihood. Role of government as well as civil society in these transformations is also considered.
Book Synopsis Cities and rural transformation: A spatial analysis of rural youth livelihoods in Ghana by : Diao, Xinshen
Download or read book Cities and rural transformation: A spatial analysis of rural youth livelihoods in Ghana written by Diao, Xinshen and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urbanization has had a major impact on livelihoods in Ghana and throughout Africa as a whole. However, much research on urbanization has focused on effects occurring within cities, while there is insufficient understanding of its effects on rural areas. This paper examines the impact of urbanization—through a typology of districts—on rural livelihoods in Ghana. The country’s districts are classified into seven spatial groups according to the size of the largest city in each district in southern and northern Ghana. The paper does not address rural–urban migration but instead focuses on the livelihoods of rural households. In contrast to the extensive literature focusing on the effects of urbanization on individuals, we assess its impacts on individual rural households as a whole, with a particular focus on youth-headed households. Many rural households have shifted their primary employment from agriculture to nonagriculture, especially in the more urbanized South. In contrast, change in livelihood diversification within rural households with family members’ primary employment in both agriculture and nonagriculture appears much less rapid. Rural youth-headed households are significantly more associated with the transition away from agriculture than households headed by other adults, and such trends are stronger in locations closer to larger cities, particularly in the South. Although the nonagricultural economy is becoming increasingly important for rural households, contrary to expectations, the probit model analysis in this paper shows that agricultural production does not appear to be more intensified—in terms of modern input use—in the more urbanized South, and youth do not show greater agricultural technology adoption than other adults, indicating that the constraints against modern input adoption may be binding for all farmers, including youth and farmers in more urbanized locations. We also find that rural poverty rates are consistently lower among nonagricultural households, and the share of middle-class population is also disproportionally higher among rural nonagricultural households than agricultural households. While the probit analysis confirms the positive relationship between being a nonagricultural household and being nonpoor or becoming middle class after controlling for all other factors, education seems to play the biggest role. As rural youth become more educated and more households shift from agriculture to the rural nonfarm economy, a different range of technologies for agricultural intensification is necessary for agriculture to be attractive for youth. A territorial approach and related policies that integrate secondary cities and small towns with the rural economy deserve more attention such that the diversification of rural livelihoods can become a viable alternative or complement to rural–urban migration for youth.
Book Synopsis Evolution of Customary Land Tenure Systems and Sustainable Livelihoods in Northern Ghana by : Joseph Awetori Yaro
Download or read book Evolution of Customary Land Tenure Systems and Sustainable Livelihoods in Northern Ghana written by Joseph Awetori Yaro and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Spatial Analysis of Youth Livelihoods and Rural Transformation in Ghana by : Silver, Jed
Download or read book A Spatial Analysis of Youth Livelihoods and Rural Transformation in Ghana written by Silver, Jed and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2017-06-09 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghana’s population is becoming younger and increasingly urbanized – by 2010, over half the population lived in urban settlements of more than 5,000 people – raising concerns among policy makers regarding the location and types of jobs required to employ the youth. The slow creation of for-mal urban jobs has particularly strong implications for young people entering the labor force: they are more educated than the older generation, with greater aspirations for non-farm em-ployment and urban lifestyles (Anyidoho, Leavy, and Asenso-Okyere 2012). Without rapid industrialization to create more formal manufacturing and other non-agricultural jobs, youth in Ghana who leave the agricultural sector are increasingly likely to resort to informal services in both rural and urban areas. While much youth-related research has focused on changes in youth employment and livelihoods through rural-urban migration, a re-cent IFPRI Discussion Paper focuses on youth in the rural non-farm economy (Diao et al. 2017).
Book Synopsis Global Restructuring and Land Rights in Ghana by : Kojo Amanor
Download or read book Global Restructuring and Land Rights in Ghana written by Kojo Amanor and published by Nordic Africa Institute. This book was released on 1999 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report highlights the long history of commodification of land and labour in Ghana, linked to speculative activities and more recently to the activities of international capital, agribusiness, international agricultural centres, and agencies of the state. It makes the case for a new land, agrarian and natural resource regime that prioritises domestic economic needs to provide security of livelihood to the generality of the people.
Book Synopsis Modeling Land-use Change in the Volta Basin of Ghana by : Ademola K. Braimoh
Download or read book Modeling Land-use Change in the Volta Basin of Ghana written by Ademola K. Braimoh and published by Cuvillier Verlag. This book was released on 2004 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Land change studies in a 5,400km2 area within the Volta Basin of Ghana were carried out using satellite image and socio-economic analyses. The dominant change process was conversion of natural vegetation to cropland at an annual rate of 5%. Reversible land change trajectories involving accumulation of woody biomass indicate a certain level of rainfall-induced ecosystem resilience. Linear and logistic regressions identified agricultural land suitability, distance from main market and localities, child-dependency ratio and population density as the main drivers of change. Policy measures that would relieve human pressure on vegetation resources, guarantee food supply and promote commercialization of agriculture are suggested.
Book Synopsis Land Management in Ghana by : R. Kasim Kasanga
Download or read book Land Management in Ghana written by R. Kasim Kasanga and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Understanding "development" Interventions in Northern Ghana by : Karl Quaye Botchway
Download or read book Understanding "development" Interventions in Northern Ghana written by Karl Quaye Botchway and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dissatisfied with the persistence in understanding development as that which is self-evident and needed by all poor societies no matter their peculiar needs, circumstances, and history, Botchway (African American studies, City U. of New York-College of Technology) examines the latest attempt at engineering development in Ghana's Northern Region Rural Integrated Program. He investigates what such so-called development does in practice, by probing the constitution of its objects and subjects, their relationships, and their intended and unintended effects in explaining social change. The study is revised from his doctoral dissertation in political and social science at the New School for Social Research, New York; some of the chapters have been published as separate articles. The text is doubled spaced. Annotation :2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Book Synopsis Ghana in Search of Development by : Dan-Bright S. Dzorgbo
Download or read book Ghana in Search of Development written by Dan-Bright S. Dzorgbo and published by Ashgate Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did Ghana fail to promote and sustain development in the postcolonial era? This assessment of the postcolonial development experience contends that governance, economic management and institution building are basic challenges without which the search for development may falter.
Book Synopsis Land Tenure, Land Use and Environment in Ghana by :
Download or read book Land Tenure, Land Use and Environment in Ghana written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Possibilities for the Development of Traditional Agriculture in Northern Ghana by : Hermann Priebe
Download or read book Possibilities for the Development of Traditional Agriculture in Northern Ghana written by Hermann Priebe and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Rural Development in Northern Ghana by : Joseph Awetori Yaro
Download or read book Rural Development in Northern Ghana written by Joseph Awetori Yaro and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rural development is still an important policy goal in most developing countries where a high proportion of the population lives and works in rural areas. This book provides in-depth empirical discussions of contemporary development issues of rural development in northern Ghana with wider applicability in terms of the processes, needs, strategies, and recommendations for policy for most of the savannah ecological zone of Africa. Although the rest of Ghana is developing much faster than northern Ghana, its people perceive substantial positive changes in their conditions of life as prosperity trickles, albeit slowly down and out to them. Environmental change and economic globalization is rendering ineffective the adaptive strategies of poor farmers in northern Ghana. This book is an important resource for students, researchers, policy makers and NGOs with interest in rural development, dry land areas, marginalized areas and general development. The descriptions and discussions of contemporary challenges of rural development issues using vivid case studies are of relevance for comparison to different and similar country situations.
Book Synopsis Climate Change, Variability and Sustainable Food Systems by : Victor Owusu
Download or read book Climate Change, Variability and Sustainable Food Systems written by Victor Owusu and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-02-16 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Environment, Biodiversity, and Agricultural Change in West Africa by : Gyasi, Edwin A.
Download or read book Environment, Biodiversity, and Agricultural Change in West Africa written by Gyasi, Edwin A. and published by United Nations Univ. This book was released on 1997 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication discusses how indigenous resource management & land use systems adapt to environmental change, with a view to providing researched options for the better management of land resources including species diversity in tropical climates. It also provides a case study of Ghana.
Book Synopsis Land Tenure and Rural Development by : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Download or read book Land Tenure and Rural Development written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by FAO. This book was released on 2002 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication deals with key issues in land tenure, especially as they relate to food insecurity and rural development situations. Land tenure issues are frequently ignored in rural development interventions, with often long-lasting, negative results. This guide is designed to assist technical officers in governments and civil society in understanding why and how land tenure issues should be considered in rural development projects. It analyses important contexts such as environmental degradation, gender discrimination, and conflicts, where land tenure is currently of critical concern.
Book Synopsis Land Use Change and Forest Transformations in the Ashanti Region, Ghana by : Kwasi Osei Agyeman
Download or read book Land Use Change and Forest Transformations in the Ashanti Region, Ghana written by Kwasi Osei Agyeman and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Urban Land Development Process and Urban Land Policies in Ghana by : Wordsworth Odame Larbi
Download or read book The Urban Land Development Process and Urban Land Policies in Ghana written by Wordsworth Odame Larbi and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under the auspices of the I.M.F and the World Bank, Ghana has undertaken structural adjustment programmes since 1983 to revamp an otherwise collapsing economy. Among the measures taken is the rolling back of the state in many sectors of the economy, in order to allow the private sector to champion the course of development. One sector that seems not to be seriously affected by the adjustments is the urban land sector. State intervention is deeply entrenched in the land development process and strictly regulates the operation of the urban land market. This study provides an analysis of the land development process in Ghana, based on an events-sequence model: Tenure conversion , Land-use conversion , Consumption. It also provides an in-depth analysis of the policy instruments which have been used to intervene in the process since colonial times - twenty-two in all. There is an instrument to intervene in every stage of the process. The study also explores the effects of these instruments on the process and the nature of the urban built up area. Collectively, urban land policies in Ghana have produced mixed outcomes on the development process. State intervention has produced segmented urban land markets which have increased the risks and uncertainties associated with the market. Allied to the segmented markets is the fragmentation of the urban areas. The study recommends that the state should not roll back its intervention until it has resolved the many uncertainties it has helped to create.
