Climate-smarter decision-making in Ghana: Paliamentarians and ministries commit to sustainable agriculture - MyGhanaOnline
Members of the Ghanaian Parliament have committed to support the mainstreaming of climate change into agricultural investment initiatives in Ghana, including research on climate-smart agriculture to benefit the most vulnerable populations...
CGIAR Climate's insight:
Technical presentations by Dr Robert Zougmoré , Regional Program Leader for West Africa of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), Dr Abdulai Salifu, Director General of CSIR, Dr Emmanuel Tachie-Obeng from the Ghana Environmental Protection Agency highlighted the challenges climate change poses for Ghana’s agricultural sector. Dr Zougmoré indicated climate models suggest maize yields will decline by up to 20 percent across much of Ghana’s maize-growing area and overall yields will fall by 7.5 percent by 2050. He used examples of plausible future scenarios for agriculture to illustrate the need for actions at the West Africa level, Ghana country level and community level. Dr Salifu focused on the importance of research in addressing the impacts of climate change on agriculture in Ghana.