Strategies for Building Resilience against Climate and Ecosystem Changes in Sub-Saharan Africa

Editors: Osamu Saito, Ph.D, Academic Director/ Academic Programme Officer, United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), Tokyo, Japan Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Ph.D., Director and Project Professor, Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science (IR3S), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study (UTIAS), Tokyo, Japan; Chair of the Board of Directors, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Kanagawa, Japan Edwin A. Gyasi, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Geography, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana Gordana Kranjac-Berisavljevic, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Agricultural Mechanisation and Irrigation Technology, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana

Part I Formulation of ‘Ghana Model’.- Toward Enhancing Resilience to Climate and Ecosystem Changes in Semi-Arid Africa: Evidence from Northern Ghana.- The Ghana Model for Resilience Enhancement in Semiarid Ghana: Conceptualization and Social Implementation.- Part II Case Studies on Climate and Ecosystem Change Impacts on Agriculture and Livelihood.- Response of Maize to Different Nitrogen Application Rates and Tillage Practices Under Two Slope Positions in the Face of Current Climate Variability in the Sudan Savanna of West Africa.- Impact of Floods on Farmers’ Livelihoods in the Semiarid Zone of Benin.- Socioeconomic Impacts of Climate Change on the Livelihood and Adaptation Strategies of Smallholder Farmers in the Upper White Volta Basin of Ghana.- Evaluating the Effect of Irrigation on Paddy Rice Yield by Applying the AquaCrop Model in Northern Ghana.- Farmers’ Livelihoods and Welfare in the Wa West District, Upper West Region of Ghana.- Part III Case Studies on Ecosystem, Bio-production and Socioecological Production Landscapes.- Diversity and Dispersion Patterns of Tree Species Within Household Farmlands and Open Parklands in the Talensi Area of Northern Ghana.- Assessing Land and Ecosystem Management at the Local Level in the Savannah Ecological Zone and the Implications for Sustainability.- Non-timber Forest Products, Climate Change Resilience, and Poverty Alleviation in Northern Ghana.- Material Flow Analysis of Shea Butter Production Systems:Implications for Sustainability in Semi-arid Ghana.- Part IV Case Studies on Climate Change Adaptation and Coping Strategies.- Strategies of Farmers in the Bawku West District of Ghana to Mitigate the Impacts of Climate Variability on Farming.- Green Farming Practices for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: A Comparison of Conventional Practices and Vetiver Technology.- Exploring the Role of Trust in Risk Communication Among Climate-Induced Vulnerable Rural Communities in Wa West District, Ghana.- Examining Farm Management Practices and Implications for Food Crop Production in Semiarid Ghana.- Adaptation to Climate Change: Lessons from Farmer Responses to Environmental Changes in Ghana.- The State of Disaster Risk Reduction Mainstreaming in Pre-tertiary Education in Ghana: An Exploratory Study.- Part V Synthesis.- Internationalization and Localization of the Ghana Model:Lessons Learned, Opportunities for Upscaling, and Future Directions.