Using a mixed-method approach to explore the spatiality of adaptation practices of tomato farmers to climate variability in the Offinso North District, Ghana

References

• Awotoye, O. O., & Matthew, O. J. (2010). Effects of temporal changes in climate variables on crop production in tropical sub-humid South-western Nigeria. African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 4, 500–505.
   Google Scholar
• Ayanlade, A., Odekunle, T. O., & Orimoogunje, O. O. I. (2010). Impacts of climate variability on tuber crops in Guinea Savanna part of Nigeria: A GIS approach. Journal of Geography and Geology, 2, 27–35.
   Google Scholar
• Bagamba, F., Bashaasha, B., Claessens, L., & Antle, J. (2012). Assessing climate change impacts and adaptation strategies for smallholder agricultural systems in Uganda. African Crop Science Journal, 20, 303–316.
   Google Scholar
• Codjoe, S. N. A., & Owusu, G. (2011). Climate change/variability and food systems: Evidence from the Afram Plains, Ghana. Regional Environmental Change, 11(4), 1–13.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Creswell, J. W. (2010). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approach (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
   Google Scholar
• Creswell, J. W. (2012). Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among five traditions (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
   Google Scholar
• Creswell, J. W., & Clark, V. L. P. (2010). Designing and conducting mixed methods research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
   Google Scholar
• Dey, I. (1993). Qualitative data analysis: A user friendly guide for social scientists. London: Routledge.10.4324/9780203412497
   Google Scholar
• Horna, D., Smale, M., & Falck-Zepeda, J. (2006). Assessing the potential economic impact of genetically modified crops in Ghana: Tomato, garden egg, cabbage and cassava. IFPRI, PBS Report, 3–20.
   Google Scholar
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. (2012). Managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation (A Special Report of Working Groups I and II) (pp. 1–19). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. (2014). Summary for policymakers. In T. F. Stocker, D. Qin, G. K. Plattner, M. Tignor, S. K. Allen, J. Boschung, A. Nauels, Y. Xia, V. Bex, & P. M. Midgley (Eds.), Climate change 2013: The physical science basis (Contribution of Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report) (pp. 1–150). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Kotake-Nara, E., Kushiro, M., Zhang, H., Sugawara, T., Miyashita, K., & Nagao, A. (2001). Carotenoids affect proliferation of human prostate cancer cells. Journal of Nutrition, 131, 3303–3306.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kotir, J. H. (2011). Climate change and variability in Sub-Saharan Africa: A review of current and future trends and impacts on agriculture and food security. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 13, 587–605. doi:10.1007/s10668-010-9278-010.1007/s10668-010-9278-0
   Google Scholar
• Lee, J., Nadolnyak, D., & Hartarska, V. (2012). Impact of climate change on agricultural production in Asian countries: Evidence from panel study. Auburn: Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, University of Auburn.
   Google Scholar
• Lobell, D. (2010). Crop responses to climate: Time-series models, in climate change and food security (pp. 85–98). Dordrecht: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-90-481-2953-910.1007/978-90-481-2953-9
   Google Scholar
• Malla, G. (2008). Climate change and its impact on Nepalese agriculture. The Journal of Agriculture and Environment, 9, 62–71.
   Google Scholar
• Masahumi, J., Masayuki, O., Toru, M., & Yutaka, S. (2011). Crop production and global warming, global warming impacts - case studies on the economy, human health, and on urban and natural environments (pp. 139–152). S. Casalegno (Ed.). InTech. Retrieved April 21, 2014, from http://www.intechopen.com/books/global-warming-impacts-case-studies-on-the-economy-human-health-andon-urban-and-natural-environments/crop-production-and-global-warming
   Google Scholar
• McLeman, R. A., & Smit, B. (2006). Migration as an adaptation to climate change. Climate Change, 76, 5–31.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mertz, O., Mbow, C., & Reenberg, A. (2009). Farmers’ perceptions of climate change and agricultural adaptation strategies in rural sahel. Environmental Management, 43, 804–816.10.1007/s00267-008-9197-0
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Oxfam. (2011). Briefing on the horn of Africa drought: Climate change and future impacts on food security (pp. 1–5). New Zealand: Author.
   Google Scholar
• Pinto, D. A., Demirag, U., Haruna, A., Koo, J., & Asamoah, M. (2012). Climate change, agriculture, and food crop production in Ghana. Accra: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
   Google Scholar
• Robinson, J. Z. E., & Kolavalli, L. S. (2010, 23 April). The case of tomato in Ghana: Productivity (Ghana Strategy Support Program (GSSP), Working Paper No. 19, pp. 1–19). Development and Strategy Governance Division, IFPRI.
   Google Scholar
• Rodriguez-Solorzano, C. (2014). Unintended outcomes of farmers’ adaptation to climate variability: Deforestation and conservation in Calakmul and Maya biosphere reserves. Ecology and Society, 19, 2–53. doi: 10.5751/ES-06509-190253
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tiwari, K. R., Rayamaijhi, S., Pokharel, R. K., & Balla, M. K. (2014). Determinants of the climate change adaptation in rural farming in Nepal Himalaya. International Journal of Multidisciplinary and Current Research, 2, 234–240.
   Google Scholar
• Tshiala, M. F., & Olwoch, J. M. (2010). Impact of climate variability on tomato production in Limpopo Province, South Africa. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 5, 2945–2951.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tubiello, F. (2012). Climate change adaptation and mitigation: Challenges and opportunities in the food sector. Rome: Natural Resources Management and Environment Department, FAO.
   Google Scholar
• Uddin, M. N., Bokelmann, W., & Entsminger, J. S. (2014). Factors affecting farmers’ adaptation strategies to environmental degradation and climate change effects: A farm level study in Bangladesh. Climate, 2, 223–241. doi:10.3390/cli204022310.3390/cli2040223
   Google Scholar
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. (2007). Climate change: Impacts, vulnerabilities and adaptation in developing countries (Ghana Strategy Support Program (GSSP) 19, pp. 1–9). Accra: Climate Change Secretariat, Development and Strategy Governance Division, IFPRI.
   Google Scholar
• Waithaka, M., Nelson, G. C., Thomas, T. S., & Kyotalimye, M. (2013). Eastern African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research institute.
   Google Scholar
• Walthall, C. L., Hatfield, P., Backlund, L., Lengnick, E., Marshall, M., Walsh, M., ... Ziska, L.H. (2012). Climate change and agriculture in the United States: Effects and adaptation. Washington, DC: USDA Technical Bulletin.
   Google Scholar
• Yamane, T. (1967). Statistics: An Introductory Analysis (2nd ed., p. 886). New York, NY: Harper and Row.
   Google Scholar