Determinants of choice of climate change adaptation practices by smallholder pineapple farmers in the semi-deciduous forest zone of Ghana

P. Antwi-Agyei et al.

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Document Outline

• Determinants of choice of climate change adaptation practices by smallholder pineapple farmers in the semi-deciduous forest ...
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Research methodology
    • 2.1 Description of the study area
    • 2.2 Sampling process and sample size
    • 2.3 Data collection
    • 2.4 Data analysis
      • 2.4.1 Latent class model
      • 2.4.2 Weighted average climate change awareness index
      • 2.4.3 Multinomial logistic regression
      • 2.4.4 Empirical strategy
  • 3 Results and discussion
    • 3.1 Latent class model to classify farmers based on awareness of climate change
    • 3.2 Factors influencing farmers awareness of climate change
    • 3.3 Effect of climate change awareness on the choice of adaptation strategy
      • 3.3.1 Irrigation
      • 3.3.2 Land fragmentation
      • 3.3.3 Adjusting planting time
      • 3.3.4 Planting of improved crop varieties
      • 3.3.5 Soil conservation practices
      • 3.3.6 Crop diversification
      • 3.3.7 Off-farm non-agricultural income
      • 3.3.8 Seasonal migration
      • 3.3.9 Family and friends support
      • 3.3.10 Agro-ecological knowledge
      • 3.3.11 Government and NGO support
  • 4 Conclusions and the way forward
  • Funding
  • Declaration of competing interest
  • Acknowledgements
  • References