Impact of the rural enterprise programme interventions on smallholder farmers’ climate adaptation strategies: Qualitative evidence from Ghana’s transitional agro-ecological zone

Bismark Osei-Acheampong and Seth Opoku Mensah

Community Development, 2025, vol. 56, issue 1, 125-150

Abstract: This paper combines theoretical insights from vulnerability literature and interpretive paradigm using a qualitative approach involving semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions to examine smallholder farmers’ climate perception, adaptation strategies, and challenges under the rural enterprise programme interventions in the Kintampo South district of Ghana. The farmers reported rainfall variability and rising temperatures as their key observed changes. The study revealed that climate impacts on farmers and their agricultural systems are multidimensional, which affect their productive capacity and livelihoods. These impacts have pushed them to adopt adaptation strategies with the support of the programme interventions. The farmers benefitted from material and non-material resources, minimizing climate impacts and reducing vulnerabilities. The paper provides critical insights into how future agricultural development interventions could develop effective interventions to build sustainable agricultural systems and livelihoods that are inclusive, sustainable, and responsive to the needs of the most vulnerable communities and obviate smallholder farmers’ vulnerability.

Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1080/15575330.2024.2403009

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