The Effects of Climate Change on Livelihoods of Smallholder Farmers in the Upper East Region of Ghana
Keywords:
climate change effects, livelihoods, smallholder households, Upper East Region, Ghana.Abstract
Smallholder households obtain livelihoods through the rural labour market, self employment in rural non-farm economy, migration and rain-fed agriculture. Agriculture is the major source of rural livelihoods and employs more than 60% of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
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