On the Move Livelihood Strategies in Northern Ghana

Francesca Marchetta

Working Papers from HAL

Abstract: The households who live in the rural areas of Northern Ghana base their subsistence on natural resources, which are threatened by the progressive desertification and increased frequency of extreme weather events in the region. We draw on a field work and on extensive secondary data sources to analyze how the rural population successfully adapted its livelihood strategies to cope with the economic, institutional and environmental changes which occurred over the last two decades. The field work evidences significant differences across communities in the adaptation strategies, which depend closely on the available portfolio of assets. The analysis evidences serious concerns about the environmental consequences of some of the observed changes in livelihood strategies, strengthening the case for public policies aimed at promoting a sustainable development in the region.

Keywords: Livelihood Strategies; agriculture; Non Farm Activities; Internal migration; sustainable development; Rural Areas (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-05-06
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-afr and nep-dev
Note: View the original document on HAL open archive server: https://shs.hal.science/halshs-00591137
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (4)

Downloads: (external link)
https://shs.hal.science/halshs-00591137/document (application/pdf)

Related works:
Working Paper: On the Move Livelihood Strategies in Northern Ghana (2011)
Working Paper: On the Move Livelihood Strategies in Northern Ghana (2011)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:wpaper:halshs-00591137

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Working Papers from HAL
Bibliographic data for series maintained by CCSD ().