Impact of climate change on irrigation water resources management in northern Ghana: a case study of the Upper West Region
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| adam_text | IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON IRRIGATION WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN
NORTHERN GHANA-
A CASE STUDY IN THE UPPER WEST REGION - EMMANUEL AMANKWAH
TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION I
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT II
DEDICATION III
ABSTRACT IV
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS V
LIST OF FIGURES VIII
LIST OF TABLES IX
1.0 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 BACKGROUND 1
1.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT 3
1.3 OBJECTIVES AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS OF THE STUDY 4
1.4 JUSTIFICATION AND EXPECTED CONTRIBUTION TO KNOWLEDGE 5
1.5 DISPOSITION OF THE RESEARCH 6
2.0 CLIMATE CHANGE IN PERSPECTIVE 8
2.1 INTRODUCTION 8
2.2 UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE CHANGE - A LAYMAN S POINT OF VIEW 12
2.2.1 THE EARTH S ATMOSPHERE 12
2.2.2 THE CONCEPT OF THE GREEN HOUSE EFFECT 13
2.2.3 CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE 14
2.3 COMPUTER MODELS AND PUBLIC PERCEPTION ABOUT CLIMATE PREDICTION 19
2.3.1 COMPUTER CLIMATE MODELS 19
2.3.2 CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH CLIMATE MODELS 19
2.3.3 THE CURRENT POSITION OF CLIMATE CHANGE PREDICTION 21
2.4 UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF THE FOREST IN CLIMATE CHANGE 23
2.5 THE DANGER OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON HUMAN SOCIETY IN AFRICA 25
2.6 CLIMATE CHANGE AND CLIMATE IMPACT ON GHANA 30
2.6.1 CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO IN GHANA 30
2.6.2 IS THE CLIMATE IN GHANA CHANGING AND WHAT ARE THE INDICATORS? 32
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IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON IRRIGATION WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN
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2.6.3 CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON GHANA 34
2.6.4 CLIMATE CHANGE AND AGRICULTURE IN GHANA 36
2.6.5 FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE IN GHANA 37
2.7 SUMMARY 39
3.0 WATER RESOURCES 43
3.1 INTRODUCTION 43
3.2 IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON WATER RESOURCES 45
3.3 WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN GHANA 51
3.4 RAINWATER HARVESTING - A SECURITY AGAINST DROUGHT AND WATER SCARCITY
53
4.0 IRRIGATION AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT 56
4.1 INTRODUCTION 56
4.2 THE NEXUS OF IRRIGATION AND FOOD SECURITY 57
4.3 IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE 59
4.3.1 C0
2
FERTILIZATION EFFECT AND FOOD PRODUCTION 63
4.4 IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT AND POLICIES IN GHANA 64
4.5 IRRIGATION SCHEMES AND METHODS IN GHANA 67
4.5.1 IRRIGATION SCHEMES IN GHANA 67
4.5.2 BASIC IRRIGATION METHODS/TECHNOLOGIES 71
5.0 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 75
5.1 INTRODUCTION 75
5.2 DESCRIPTION OF THE THREE REGIONS OF THE NORTH 76
5.3 THE UPPER WEST REGION IN PERSPECTIVE 80
5.3.1 ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES 80
5.3.2 LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGE IN THE UWR 81
5.3.3 CLIMATE OF THE UWR 83
5.3.4 GEOLOGY AND MORPHOLOGY OF THE UWR 85
5.3.5 AGRICULTURE IN THE UWR 87
5.3.6 IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT IN THE UWR 87
5.3.7 POVERTY INCIDENCE IN THE REGION 90
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5.4 METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION 92
5.4.1 PRIMARY DATA 92
5.4.2 SECONDARY DATA 97
5.5 SAMPLING PROCEDURE /TECHNIQUES 98
5.5.1 CLUSTER SAMPLING 98
5.5.2 SIMPLE RANDOM SAMPLING 98
5.5.3 PURPOSIVE SAMPLING 98
5.6 DATA VALIDATION 99
5.7 METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS 99
5.7.1 INTRODUCTION 99
5.7.2 LINEAR REGRESSION EQUATIONS 100
5.7.3 TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL ANOMALIES 100
5.7.4 THE MANN-KENDALL S TEST 101
6.0 RESULTS AND ANALYSIS 103
6.1 ANALYSIS OF PRIMARY DATA 103
6.1.1 ANALYSIS OF FARMERS DEMOGRAPHY 103
6.1.2 ANALYSIS OF IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA 105
6.1.3 ANALYSIS OF CLIMATE CHANGE 110
6.2 ANALYSIS OF SECONDARY DATA 114
6.2.1 ANALYSIS OF TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL VARIATIONS IN THE UPPER WEST
REGION 114
6.2.2 ANALYSIS OF TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL VARIATIONS IN THE UPPER EAST
REGION 116
6.2.3 ANALYSIS OF TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL VARIATIONS IN THE NORTHERN
REGION 117
6.2.4 COMPARISON OF ANNUAL RAINFALL AND TEMPERATURE PATTERNS FOR THE
3-REGIONS ... 120
6.2.5 ANALYSIS OF MANN KENDALL S TEST OF THE THREE REGIONS OF THE NORTH
122
7.0 DISCUSSION OF RESULTS 126
7.1 INTRODUCTION 126
7.2 FIELD OBSERVATION, INTERVIEWS WITH FARMERS AND EXTENSION OFFICERS
127
7.2.1 FIELD OBSERVATION 127
7.2.2 INTERVIEWS WITH FANNERS 128
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7.2.3 INTERVIEWS WITH EXTENSION OFFICERS 129
7.3 DISCUSSION OF THE QUESTIONNAIRES 131
7.3.1 DEMOGRAPHY OF THE RESPONDENTS 131
7.3.2 IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT AND PRACTICE 132
7.3.3 FARMERS PERCEPTION OF TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL VARIATIONS 134
7.3.4 IMPACT OF RAINFALL AND TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS ON IRRIGATION DAMS
AND FOOD
SECURITY 135
7.3.5 ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES THAT INFLUENCE CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE
REGION 137
7.4 DISCUSSION OF RAINFALL AND TEMPERATURE DATA FOR THE THREE REGIONS OF
THE NORTH.. 141
7.4.1 TEMPERATURE VARIATION 141
7.4.2 RAINFALL VARIATION 143
7.5 THE PERCEIVED POSITIVE SIDE OF CLIMATE CHANGE 144
8.0 RESEARCH FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 146
8.1 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS 146
8.1.1 INTRODUCTION 146
8.1.2 CLIMATE CHANGE IN GHANA 148
8.1.3 IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE IN GHANA 149
8.1.4 FIELD OBSERVATION OF IRRIGATION FACILITIES 149
8.1.5 INTERVIEWS OF FARMERS AND EXTENSION OFFICERS 150
8.1.6 ADMINISTRATION OF QUESTIONNAIRES 150
8.1.7 ANALYSIS OF THE SECONDARY DATA 151
8.2 CONCLUSION 152
8.3 RECOMMENDATIONS 155
8.3.1 INTRODUCTION 155
8.3.2 THE USE OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE TO PROMOTE ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE
CHANGE . 155
8.3.3 PROPER WATER HARVESTING AND STORAGE 156
8.3.4 INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION 157
8.3.5 IMPROVED IRRIGATION FACILITIES 158
8.3.6 IMPROVED AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY AND PRACTICES 159
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8.3.7 REGULAR TRAINING AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS 160
8.3.8 DELIBERATE RE-AFFORESTATION TO REVERSE DEFORESTATION 161
8.3.9 SOCIAL INTERVENTION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE 162
FURTHER RESEARCH OUTLOOK 163
ANNEXES 164
ANNEX 1: LETTER FOR CLIMATE DATA AND QUESTIONNAIRES FOR FIELD SURVEY 164
REFERENCES 169
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