Ghana [In West African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis]

D.K. Nutsukpo, Abdulai Jalloh, Zougmoré, Robert B., Gerald Nelson and Timothy Thomas

Chapter 6 in West African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis, 2013, pp 141-172 from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: Including inland water bodies, Ghana covers 238,539 square kilometers and is located on the south central coast of West Africa. The country shares borders in the east with Togo, in the north with Burkina Faso, and in the west with Côte d’Ivoire. The topography of Ghana is mainly undulating, with most slopes less than 5 percent and many not exceeding 1 percent. The topography of the high rainforest is, however, mainly strongly rolling. The uplifted edges of the Voltarian basin give rise to narrow plateaus between 300 and 600 meters in elevation (Boateng 1998). Moving from the rainforest zone in the south to the Sahara Desert in the north, rainfall generally decreases and temperature increases.; West African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis

Keywords: climate; agriculture; population; land use; Ghana; Africa; Western Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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