Adaptive capacities of farmers to climate change adaptation strategies and their effects on rice production in the Northern region of Ghana

Mabe Franklin Nantui, Sarpong Daniel Bruce and Osei-asare Yaw
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Mabe Franklin Nantui: Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Ghana
Sarpong Daniel Bruce: Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Ghana
Osei-asare Yaw: Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Ghana

Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences, 2012, vol. 11, issue 11, 9-17

Abstract: This study estimated the adaptive capacities of farmers to climate change adaptation strategies and their effects on rice production in the Northern Region of Ghana. The adaptive capacities of rice farmers were estimated quantitatively and categorized into high, moderate and low adaptive capacities. Double logarithmic regression model of Cobb-Douglas production function was used to quantity the effects of adaptive capacities of farmers on rice production. On the average, the farmers interviewed are moderately adaptive to climate change. Also, high adaptive farmers obtain nine more bags of 50 kg bag of paddy rice than farmers with low adaptive capacities. Therefore, the more a farmer has the ability to adjust to climate change, the more the number of bags of rice he or she obtains. Rice farmers should be empowered through better extension services in order to attain high adaptive capacity status so as to help them obtain more rice output.

Date: 2012
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