ABSTRACT The study assessed the outgrower model as a tool for agricultural modernization in Ghana. It further attempts to examine the effects of agricultural modernization on output, and identify the livelihood outcomes of the model on the farmers involved in the scheme as well as their communities. Over the years, the impacts of the outgrower schemes on integrating smallholder farmers into the agro processing continuum has been a subject of argument between two main schools of thought. One s...
ABSTRACT Ghana, like most developing countries is undergoing rapid urbanization. This rapid increase in the urban population has exerted severe pressure on most cities‟ limited infrastructure, the consequence of which includes the mushrooming of informal and slum communities. In the main, most dwellers in these settlements have become vulnerable to a wide range of disaster risks particularly fire hazards largely because of the poorly constructed makeshift dwellings. The study was concerned ...
ABSTRACT The development of unauthorized structures has become one of the threatening problems associated with urbanization in developing countries. Multiple factors including institutional, socio-economic, political, physical and cultural contribute to this situation. The most dominant factor to deal with is institutional challenges which included the undue delays in the issuing of building permits, inability of the mandated institutions to effectively monitor and control on-going projects...
ABSTRACT It is known that forest degradation affects NTFPs thus dependants on such forest resources. To ascertain this claim, the study was designed to examine the effect of land cover change on selected non-timber forest products from different land use types in the moist semi-deciduous forest and their likely effects on livelihoods in the northern part of the Birim Central Municipality. Employing the cross-sectional approach, remote sensing/GIS, questionnaires and semi-structured inter...
ABSTRACT Fresh water especially from domestic consumption is a crucial resource for life sustenance on earth.
ABSTRACT E-waste management, a subcomponent of e-scrap management, has become a major global environmental issue. Studies conducted in Ghana have shown that e-waste management is a major livelihood for mostly underprivileged migrant male urban dwellers. However, none of these studies have examined the gender dynamics of ewaste management. This study therefore employs gender and development (GAD) analytical framework, through a mixed research approach to investigate the gender dynamics of e-...
ABSTRACT Flooding is by far the most destructive type of weather conditions that strikes humans and their livelihoods around the world. Smallholder farmers in rural communities are predominantly dependent on rain-fed agriculture which exposes them to the vagaries of floods. Flood extremes have become more unpredictable and smallholder farmers are more vulnerable to them as a result of their limited adaptive capacity. Local level assessment of flood vulnerability is thus necessary in order to ...
ABSTRACT Motorcyclists’ injuries and fatalities are a major recent public health concern in many developing countries, including Ghana. In Ghana, motorcycle for commercial purposes (known as Okada) is a recent development but one of the fastest transportation mode especially in the urban areas. This study focused on the perception of risk and its implications on the operations of motor taxi (Okada) in the Greater Accra region. Specifically, the study was designed to evaluate the risk pe...
ABSTRACT Road traffic congestion is a global phenomenon that bedevils the cities of the world.
ABSTRACT This thesis has evaluated the complimentary role water transport could play in the transport system of Lagos Metropolis.
ABSTRACT The primary objective of this study was to examine the spatial distribution of malaria incidence in the Brong Ahafo Region by using a GIS as an analytical tool. The research employed the cluster based sampling method to solicit the views of 245 households using a questionnaire. Malaria incidence indicated a variation from one household to another and from one administration district to another. Malaria clusters were determined using Getis and Ord statistic. This cluster analysis ind...
ABSTRACT Mining companies have created the wrong impression that soils in the Tarkwa-Aboso area are infertile and not suitable for crop production. The government of Ghana therefore continues to lease concessions in the Tarkwa- Aboso area to mining companies, who not only scrape off the rich topsoils and vegetation to expose the gold ore for extraction, but also food crops are destroyed, and farming communities are displaced. Dr. Henry Obeng conducted a soil survey in Tarkwa-Iduapriem in 1992...
ABSTRACT Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) has been a long-standing health concern especially in tropical West Africa. CSM has been studied extensively especially in its immunological and clinical aspects in the study area in particular and the northern part of Ghana in general. However, begging questions and gaps remain in its comprehensive assessment in local-specific contexts. Consequently, the objective of the study was to gain better insight into its patterns, perceptions and management in...
ABSTRACT Housing has increasingly become a threatened product in many urban areas in highly populated regions. As a result, several urban dwellers live under housing conditions that affect an individual’s pride and experiences, causing distressing social, economic, spatial and, health implications. Particularly, the deficit in housing supply and the high prices of the available housing stock poses challenges to the residents of urban centers. This research therefore, sought to discover the ...
ABSTRACT Globally, there have been increasing demands for water by increasing populations. Demands however outstrip supply in most regions creating water shortage situation. Water shortage is noted to have effects on the socio-economic livelihood development of households. This study assessed the effects of water shortage and coping strategies of households as well as the role of stakeholders in addressing the situation in Kumawu. Using the mixed method, 200 household questionnaires were admi...