期刊
AMBIO
卷 49, 期 8, 页码 1437-1449出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-019-01275-x
关键词
Barriers to adaptation; Climate change extremes; Drought; Floods; Northern Ghana; Successful adaptation
资金
- Government of Ghana
- German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Doctoral Scholarship Programme [91616271]
The literature on barriers to climate change adaptation has largely focused on non-climatic barriers and has provided less insight into climate-induced barriers. Responding to this lacuna, this paper examines the connections between climate change and agricultural adaptation strategies of smallholder farmers in northern Ghana. Results from the qualitative fieldwork show that climatic changes have been accompanied by increases in climate change extremes (CCEs) over the last three decades. In order to adapt, smallholder farmers use improved crop varieties and other support strategies. Paradoxically, however, CCEs have undermined these strategies in several instances, causing crop yields to fall short of their actual potential and leading to financial indebtedness. Therefore, the results showcase that overcoming non-climatic barriers to the uptake of agricultural adaptation strategies is a necessary but insufficient condition for achieving successful adaptation outcomes. This is the case since new barriers to the adaptation process are constantly emerging, and CCEs are an example of this.
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