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The results highlight the importance of timely and reliable access to climate information services in enhancing farmers’ decision-making capacities and the need for training and recruitment of more extension agents to work with farmers on linking climate information services to targeted actions on crop and land management.Ĭlimate change is having significant adverse effects including flooding, erratic rainfall patterns, seal level rise, droughts, soil erosion, and lower crop productivity on the African continent ( Dube et al. A majority of the farmers reported lack of communication devices, mistrust in weather and climate forecasts, and lack of visual representations in the forecasts as major barriers to access and use of climate information services. Radio, television, and advice from extension agents were reported as the major dissemination channels by study respondents. The most prevalent meteorological variables accessible to them were rainfall, temperature, and windstorms in the form of daily and weekly weather forecasts, with only very limited availability and use of seasonal climate forecasts. Results show that 70% of the surveyed farmers had access to varied forms of climate information services. Multinomial logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the determinants of farmers’ access to climate information services.

The study also identified the dissemination channels and the barriers faced by farmers in their access and use of climate information services for building climate resilience in Ghanaian farming systems. This study used household surveys with 200 farmers and focus group discussions to identify the types of climate information services available to farming households in two selected districts (Tolon and Nanton) in the Northern Region of Ghana.

Climate information services can build the resilience of African farmers to address the increasing threats associated with climate change.

Atmosphere weather and climate barry pdf files