Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe

TL;DR: In this paper, the implications of recent extreme rainfall and flood events in the Sahel and the wider West African region for climate change adaptation are explored, and a variety of response strategies to flooding exist; yet, knowledge of and access to climate forecasts and other learning tools are essentially absent.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the results of a study that examines perceptions, experiences, and indigenous knowledge relating to climate change and variability in three communities of metropolitan Accra, which is the capital of Ghana.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the effects of climate change coping and adaptation responses in three case study villages across the Central Gonja district of northern Ghana and identified various adaptation measures including extensification and intensification of agriculture, temporary migration, planting of drought resistant varieties, irrigation, and livelihood diversification.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the onset and cessation dates of the rainy season over Ghana using rain gauge data from the Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) over the period of 1970-2012.

TL;DR: In this paper, a survey of food systems and household adaptation strategies in three communities in the Afram Plains, Ghana, reveal how extreme climatic events affect rural food production, transportation, processing and storage.