Challenges to the adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices among smallholder farmers in semi-arid Ghana

Juliana Toboyee, Mildred Naamwintome Molle, Kenneth Peprah, Raymond Aabeyir, Sulemana Ansumah Saaka and Isaac Luginaah

PLOS ONE, 2026, vol. 21, issue 8, 1-16

Abstract: With the increasing recognition of climate change threats to agricultural productivity and food security, it is crucial to explore farming practices that increase productivity, adapt to the effects of global climate change, while lowering greenhouse gas emissions. This study investigates the factors that influence the adoption of climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices among smallholder farmers in semi-arid Ghana, specifically, the Upper West Region (UWR) of Ghana. The study surveyed 400 smallholder farmers from eleven (11) Communities and employed stratified random sampling, and a logistic regression model for data analysis. The results revealed that knowledge of CSA benefits or motivation factors such as improved crop yields (OR=10.356; p

Date: 2026
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