Kuzey Gana'da Sürdürülebilir Arazi ve Su Yönetimi Teknolojilerinin Kullanımını Etkileyen Faktörler

Climate change continues as a threat to smallholder farmers in Northern Ghana, which is arid in nature and prone
to draught conditions. Sustainable Land and Water Management (SLWM) technologies have been introduced to smallholder
farmers in the area as adaptation strategies to mitigate the negative effects of climate change. Adoption of the SLWM
technologies have the potential of reducing the negative impact of climate change, and also improve crop yield. There is a death in
knowledge in understanding factors that influence the uptake of the SLWM technologies in Northern Ghana. The study therefore,
examined the factors influencing SLWM technology uptake in Northern Ghana. The study was undertaken among 300
smallholder farmers in the three Northern Regions of Ghana through a multi-stage sampling technique. Data were gathered
through a survey and a Poisson model was employed to assess the drivers and intensity of adoption. Results showed that factors
such as support received, labour, water availability, exposure, access to information and farm size influenced the uptake of the
SLWM technologies. The study recommends that policy makers should work towards improving the factors that influence the
uptake of the SLWM technologies. It is also important to adopt private-public partnership model in the implementation of the
SLWM technologies.