Assessing adaptive capacity to climate change and variability in the savannah and forest agro-ecological zones of Ghana

Francis Jarawura; Joseph Teye; Lily Salloum Lindegaard; Nauja Kleist

Assessing adaptive capacity to climate change and variability in the savannah and forest agro-ecological zones of Ghana

Francis Jarawura
, Joseph Teye
, Lily Salloum Lindegaard
, Nauja Kleist

SD Dombo University of Integrated Business and Development Studies
Centre for Migration Studies, University of Ghana

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Abstract

This chapter explores the differentiated adaptive capacities of farming households in the Savannah and forest agro-ecological zones of Ghana. While adaptive capacity is sometimes highly focused on a specific unit of analysis – for instance, the individual, household or community – the chapter takes a broader, cross-scalar approach, including adaption and adaptation strategies, the role of institutional and governance factors in shaping adaptive capacity, and climate-related mobilities. Bringing these different bodies of literature into productive engagement with one another and applying them on empirical findings, the chapter concludes that capacity for adaptation to climate change is determined by household characteristics and location in the agro-ecological zonedetermine. Additional factors include age, sex, education, household size, farm size, and size and perception of climatic changes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Governing climate mobility in Africa : Explorations of adaptation in Ethiopia and Ghana
Editors	Ninna Nyberg Sørensen, Lily Salloum Lindegaard, Neil Anthony Webster
Place of Publication	Bristol
Publisher	Bristol University Press
Publication date	28 Jul 2025
Pages	89-113
Chapter	4
ISBN (Print)	9781529245394
ISBN (Electronic)	9781529245400, 9781529245417
Publication status	Published - 28 Jul 2025

Keywords

Adaptive capacity
Climate mobility
Climate change adaptation
Environmental governance
Rural development

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Governing climate mobility in Africa: Explorations of adaptation in Ethiopia and Ghana
Sørensen, N. N. (Editor), Lindegaard, L. S. (Editor) & Webster, N. A. (Editor), 28 Jul 2025, Bristol: Bristol University Press. 287 p.
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Jarawura, F., Teye, J., Lindegaard, L. S., & Kleist, N. (2025). Assessing adaptive capacity to climate change and variability in the savannah and forest agro-ecological zones of Ghana. In N. N. Sørensen, L. S. Lindegaard, & N. A. Webster (Eds.), Governing climate mobility in Africa: Explorations of adaptation in Ethiopia and Ghana (pp. 89-113). Bristol University Press. https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/edcollchap-oa/book/9781529245417/ch004.xml

Jarawura, Francis ; Teye, Joseph ; Lindegaard, Lily Salloum et al. / Assessing adaptive capacity to climate change and variability in the savannah and forest agro-ecological zones of Ghana. Governing climate mobility in Africa: Explorations of adaptation in Ethiopia and Ghana. editor / Ninna Nyberg Sørensen ; Lily Salloum Lindegaard ; Neil Anthony Webster. Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2025. pp. 89-113

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Assessing adaptive capacity to climate change and variability in the savannah and forest agro-ecological zones of Ghana. / Jarawura, Francis; Teye, Joseph; Lindegaard, Lily Salloum et al.
Governing climate mobility in Africa: Explorations of adaptation in Ethiopia and Ghana. ed. / Ninna Nyberg Sørensen; Lily Salloum Lindegaard; Neil Anthony Webster. Bristol: Bristol University Press, 2025. p. 89-113.

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