"We're managing!": climate change and livelihood vulnerability in Northwest Ghana
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Research Report
74 /2004
We re managing!
Climate change and livelihood vulnerability
in Northwest Ghana
Kees van der Geest
Contents
List of tables Lx
List of maps x
List of figures xi
List of graphs xi
List of boxes xii
List of photographs xu
Introduction and acknowledgements xiii
1 THEORY: CLIMATE, VULNERABILITY AND LIVELIHOOD STRATEGIES /
Climate 2
Vulnerability 8
Livelihood strategies 23
Conceptual framework 27
2 RESEARCH METHODS 30
Research questions 32
Secondary data 33
Units of analysis and questionnaire 34
The reconstruction of livelihood histories 42
Participation and engagement: The hoe and the pen 45
3 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 47
The origins of Dagara people 47
The slave trade 49
Colonial economic policy in the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast 52
The Catholic mission 62
4 CLIMATE CHANGE AND CROP CULTIVATION 66
Classifying the climate of the research area 67
Rainfall characteristics 67
Climatic trends 68
Drought risk and crop production 71
5 THE ENVIRONMENT: THE SPACE OF VULNERABILITY 76
Population density 78
The natural environment 80
The economic environment 88
The socio-cultural environment 100
6 LIVELIHOOD ANALYSIS: AGRICULTURE W6
Introduction to the livelihood analysis survey 106
Land tenure 109
Crop cultivation // /
Animal husbandry 125
Other agricultural activities 134
7 LIVELIHOOD ANALYSIS: DIVERSIFICATION 137
Introduction and link with theory 137
Female non-farm income 141
Male non-farm income 144
Seasonal labour migration 148
Family networks and inter-household transfers 152
Food aid 156
Income portfolios and degree of de-agrarianisation 156
Conclusions and livelihood vulnerability profiles 160
8 LIVELIHOOD HISTORIES AND IN-DEPTH ANALYSES 166
Introduction 166
Francisca Mweyang 168
Egidius Dugyi 197
Osman AH 222
9 CONCLUSION: (HOW) ARE WE MANAGING? 264
REFERENCES 281
APPENDIX 287
GLOSSARY 289
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African Studies Centre
Research Report
74 /2004
We're managing!
Climate change and livelihood vulnerability
in Northwest Ghana
Kees van der Geest
Contents
List of tables Lx
List of maps x
List of figures xi
List of graphs xi
List of boxes xii
List of photographs xu
Introduction and acknowledgements xiii
1 THEORY: CLIMATE, VULNERABILITY AND LIVELIHOOD STRATEGIES /
Climate 2
Vulnerability 8
Livelihood strategies 23
Conceptual framework 27
2 RESEARCH METHODS 30
Research questions 32
Secondary data 33
Units of analysis and questionnaire 34
The reconstruction of 'livelihood histories' 42
Participation and engagement: The hoe and the pen 45
3 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 47
The origins of Dagara people 47
The slave trade 49
Colonial economic policy in the 'Northern Territories of the Gold Coast 52
The Catholic mission 62
4 CLIMATE CHANGE AND CROP CULTIVATION 66
Classifying the climate of the research area 67
Rainfall characteristics 67
Climatic trends 68
Drought risk and crop production 71
5 THE ENVIRONMENT: THE SPACE OF VULNERABILITY 76
Population density 78
The natural environment 80
The economic environment 88
The socio-cultural environment 100
6 LIVELIHOOD ANALYSIS: AGRICULTURE W6
Introduction to the livelihood analysis survey 106
Land tenure 109
Crop cultivation // /
Animal husbandry 125
Other agricultural activities 134
7 LIVELIHOOD ANALYSIS: DIVERSIFICATION 137
Introduction and link with theory 137
Female non-farm income 141
Male non-farm income 144
Seasonal labour migration 148
Family networks and inter-household transfers 152
Food aid 156
Income portfolios and degree of de-agrarianisation 156
Conclusions and livelihood vulnerability profiles 160
8 LIVELIHOOD HISTORIES AND IN-DEPTH ANALYSES 166
Introduction 166
Francisca Mweyang 168
Egidius Dugyi 197
Osman AH 222
9 CONCLUSION: (HOW) ARE WE MANAGING? 264
REFERENCES 281
APPENDIX 287
GLOSSARY 289 |
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