Climate variability and extractivism exposures: Understanding household perspectives on livelihood resilience in rural Ghana

Tannor, Salamatu J.; Kelboro, Girma; Greve, Klaus; Borgemeister, Christian; Tischbein, Bernhard

doi:10.1016/j.exis.2022.101164

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“…The adaptive tactics used by people or households in stressful or shocking situations provide the basis for livelihood resilience (Shi et al, 2022;Chen et al, 2023). Building livelihood resilience suggests that a person's livelihood tactics make it far simpler for them to deal with the effects of pressures and shocks, overcome ambiguity, and accommodate changing circumstances (Tannor et al, 2022;Fahad et al, 2023).…”

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Livelihood Vulnerability Resilience Capacity of the Rural Economy in Nigeria’s Bauchi State

sadiq,

Singh,

Ahmad

et al. 2024

Alexandria Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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For poor households, a pattern of susceptibility is often revealed by the interaction of internal livelihood elements and external forces. Over the past ten years, there has been a lot of discussion around the idea of vulnerability in rural Africa. The literature on livelihoods has paid far less attention to the resilience idea, which was adopted from the ecological literature. It is against this background that this research, themed "Livelihood vulnerability resilience capacity of the rural economy of Nigeria's Bauchi state", was conceptualized for the purpose of charting a realistic sustainable livelihood policy course in the study area. Using a well-structured questionnaire coupled with an interview schedule to elicit information from a total of 322 households selected through a multi-stage random sampling technique, the specified objectives of the research were achieved using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Empirically, good possession of livelihoods assets viz. natural, human and financial capitals makes majority of households adopt adaptive strategies viz. diversification and intensification, so as to spread their consumption failure risks. Besides, the effect of adaptive capacity lessens the proportion of households with vulnerable livelihoods. However, the masking effect of food insecurity on adaptive capacity worsens the resilience capacity of households to livelihood vulnerability, consequently, the resultant heightened poor livelihood sustainability security that marred the rural economy. Therefore, the study advises policymakers to enhance the pillars that buffer livelihood vulnerability resilience capacity, given the empirical justification that resilience capacity has a significant direct influence on short-term, mid-term, long-term food securities and sustainable livelihoods in the study area.

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Livelihood Vulnerability Resilience Capacity of the Rural Economy in Nigeria’s Bauchi State

sadiq,

Singh,

Ahmad

et al. 2024

Alexandria Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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“…In addition, communities fringing mining concessions are not spared by the impact of changing local climatic conditions as observed as among Australian mining Communities (Loechel et al, 2013) and the Latin American communities (Bebbington et al, 2015). Mining-fringe communities actually risk simultaneous impacts from mining activities and changing local climates (Tannor et al, 2022) which can be detrimental among rural dwellers within the West African region.…”

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Trend in extreme climates across southwestern Ghana and the implications for natural resources development

Tannor,

Tischbein,

Greve

et al. 2023

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The use of reanalysis data as pseudo observational data to analyze extreme climate events is cautioned for inconsistencies for which complimenting climate hazard analysis using observed data is imperative especially in rural West Africa where the impact is severe. Beside the effects of changing climate, is the impacts of resource extractivism that dominate rural landscapes of countries within the Mossi-Baule domain. Using available observational hydroclimatic data, the study examines the spatio-temporal trend in climate extremes and the implications for natural resources managers within southwestern Ghana. The results confirm decreasing trend in number of near normal wet years compared to extreme wet and dry years as well as significant changes in extreme rainfall and temperature across the forest zones of Ghana. Stations located in miningscapes such as Sefwi (Moist semideciduous forest) and Axim (Evergreen forest) had the highest number of dry rainfall years, and the lowest number of wet rainfall years. Similarly, extreme events such as percentage warm nights and days are significantly increasing whereas cool days and cool nights are significantly decreasing across the entire southwestern Ghana. The implications for sustainable mining can be severe including operational aspects such as infrastructural and production systems, sustainability best practices coupled with regulatory consequences. Rural livelihood resources and biodiversity are double burden by the effects of changing climate and extractive activities just as the hydrologic regime of transboundary river basins within southwestern Ghana. Emphasis for watershed approach to climate change adaptation within miningscapes is vital as illustrated in the study.

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Climate variability and mining sustainability: exploring operations’ perspectives on local effects and the willingness to adapt in Ghana

Tannor,

Borgemeister,

Addo–Danso

et al. 2023

SN Bus Econ

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The mining industry is susceptible to the effects of local climatic changes just as the surrounding socioecological systems are exposed to both mining and changing climate impacts. Adaptation deficit in mining is a worldwide problem but given the double exposure of surrounding systems, which has emergent outcomes on the industry, operations must adapt to coexist with surrounding rural communities. To understand this susceptibility, the study employed mixed methods to assess the implications of local climatic changes on mining sustainability as perceived among Ghanaian operations through the lens of the corporate adaptation process framework. The results indicate that operational workers are aware of increasing variability in the climatic patterns across southwestern Ghana, citing changes in the start/end of the rain season, torrential rain, prolonged dry season, and a general increase in temperature. The effects of these changing patterns, which affect mining activities, are diverse, including mine water management, safety, and occupational health issues as well as production planning opportunities. Workers ranked high the need to involve stakeholders such as the state-appointed regulators and Ghana Chamber of Mines as key strategies to enjoin adaptation to changing climate at operational sites. In addition, workers perceived the impact on regulatory and economic sustainability performances as major factors determining the industry’s perception and willingness to adapt. The study highlights pertinent issues useful for informed policy decision-making in the strive towards attaining sustainable development goals, especially Goal 13, which calls for active collaboration between business and society.

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Climate variability and extractivism exposures: Understanding household perspectives on livelihood resilience in rural Ghana

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References 216 publications

Livelihood Vulnerability Resilience Capacity of the Rural Economy in Nigeria’s Bauchi State

Livelihood Vulnerability Resilience Capacity of the Rural Economy in Nigeria’s Bauchi State

Trend in extreme climates across southwestern Ghana and the implications for natural resources development

Climate variability and mining sustainability: exploring operations’ perspectives on local effects and the willingness to adapt in Ghana

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