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The Effect of Climate Variability on Maize Production in the Ejura-Sekyedumase Municipality, Ghana
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| spelling | oai:ir.knust.edu.gh:123456789/14932 The Effect of Climate Variability on Maize Production in the Ejura-Sekyedumase Municipality, Ghana Antwi- Agyei Philip Cudjoe P Godwin Gyampoh A. Benjamin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8599-474X This article is published by mdpi.com and is also available at https://doi.org/10.3390/cli9100145 Agriculture is one of the sectors most susceptible to changes in climatic conditions. The impact is even stronger in Africa, where rain-fed agriculture is vital for daily subsistence, but where adaptive capacity is low. It is therefore crucial to increase the understanding of the actual climate change dynamics on agricultural productivity. This study examined the effects of changes in climatic variables such as rainfall and temperature on maize production in the Ejura-Sekyedumase Municipality, Ghana. Regression, chi-square and trend analyses were used to establish the relationship between climate variables (rainfall and temperature) and maize yield in the study area. This was supplemented with participatory household interviews with 120 farmers to understand the perception of farmers on rainfall and temperature patterns. The results from the study respondents and trend analysis show that rainfall is shorter in terms of duration and less predictable, whilst temperature has increased. The findings suggest that the general relationship between rainfall, temperature and maize yield is such that maize yield increased with increasing rainfall of the right amount and distribution pattern and decreased with increasing temperature. The study concludes that climate variability and/or change is evident in the study area and its effect on maize yield is severe KNUST 2023-12-18T15:20:36Z 2023-12-18T15:20:36Z 2021 Article https://doi.org/10.3390/cli9100145 https://doi.org/10.3390/cli9100145 https://ir.knust.edu.gh/handle/123456789/14932 en Climate 2021, 9, 145. https://doi.org/10.3390/ cli9100145; Climate 2021, 9, 145. https://doi.org/10.3390/ cli9100145 application/pdf mdpi.com |
| spellingShingle | Antwi- Agyei Philip Cudjoe P Godwin Gyampoh A. Benjamin The Effect of Climate Variability on Maize Production in the Ejura-Sekyedumase Municipality, Ghana |
| title | The Effect of Climate Variability on Maize Production in the Ejura-Sekyedumase Municipality, Ghana |
| title_full | The Effect of Climate Variability on Maize Production in the Ejura-Sekyedumase Municipality, Ghana |
| title_fullStr | The Effect of Climate Variability on Maize Production in the Ejura-Sekyedumase Municipality, Ghana |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Effect of Climate Variability on Maize Production in the Ejura-Sekyedumase Municipality, Ghana |
| title_short | The Effect of Climate Variability on Maize Production in the Ejura-Sekyedumase Municipality, Ghana |
| title_sort | effect of climate variability on maize production in the ejura sekyedumase municipality ghana |
| url | https://doi.org/10.3390/cli9100145 https://doi.org/10.3390/cli9100145 https://ir.knust.edu.gh/handle/123456789/14932 |
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