Farmers’ perceptions of climate change and variability and existing opportunities for adaptation in Wenchi Area of Ghana

This in-depth article for the Journal of Climate Change features a participatory research study initiated in 2007 in Wenchi, Ghana where farmers consider poor rainfall distribution and frequent droughts as the most commonly observed indicators of climatic variability. The study investigated farmers’ perceptions and current adaptation measures to climate change and variability in the forest-savannah transitional agro-ecological zone of Ghana. Adaptation needs of farmers suggest redesigning support services for crop production systems in the smallholder sector, and in some cases revisiting previously neglected crop types and varieties, such as cassava-based cropping systems