Seasonal migration and land use-change in Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorBraimoh, A.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialVolta Basinen
dc.coverage.spatialGhanaen
dc.coverage.temporal1984 - 1992en
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:08:30Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:08:30Zen
dc.date.issued2004en
dc.description.abstractWhen farmers migrate yearly to a village to carry out intense farming during the rainy season, and thereafter return to a more permanent place of abode this is referred to as seasonal migration. The impact of such migration on land-use/land-cover change in an area within the Volta Basin of Ghana was examined using satellite image analysis and socioeconomic surveys. The most drastic land-cover change involved the conversion of woodland to agricultural land, while there was also a general transition to less vegetation cover. Socioeconomic surveys revealed that most of the migration occurred during the post-structural adjustment period in Ghana with declining soil fertility accounting for the highest per cent of causes of migration. Multiple regression results highlighted the role of population size and distribution, marketing of agricultural produce and technological evolution of the household in determining agricultural land-use change. Policy initiatives that could lead to environment conservation are suggested.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier446en
dc.identifier.citationLand Degradation & Development 15(1): 37-47en
dc.identifier.issn1085-3278en
dc.identifier.issn1099-145Xen
dc.identifier.other446_Seasonal_migration_and_land_use_change_in.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65509en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherNew York, NY: John Willey & Sons Ltd.en
dc.relation.urihttp://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/107567847/ABSTRACTen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2004 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectEcosystem managementen
dc.subjectHumid zonesen
dc.subjectEcosystemen
dc.subjectSoil degradationen
dc.subjectSoil conservationen
dc.subjectSoil managementen
dc.subjectLivelihoodsen
dc.subjectSoil fertilityen
dc.subjectSoil qualityen
dc.subjectLand use managementen
dc.subjectFood securityen
dc.subjectPasture managementen
dc.subjectSoilen
dc.subjectNutrient managementen
dc.subjectSoil organic matteren
dc.subjectAgricultural ecosystemsen
dc.subjectNatural resource managementen
dc.subjectFarming systemsen
dc.subjectRural-rural migrationen
dc.subjectSeasonal migrationen
dc.subjectLand use changeen
dc.subjectAgricultural intensificationen
dc.subjectMacroeconomic policiesen
dc.subjectEcosystem Governance Watersheden
dc.titleSeasonal migration and land use-change in Ghanaen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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