Multiple shocks, agroecology and resilience of smallholder food security in Northern Ghana

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity for Development Studies, Ghana
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GH
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.howPublishedGrey Literature
cg.placeTamale, Ghana
cg.subject.iitaFOOD SECURITY
cg.subject.iitaFOOD SYSTEMS
cg.subject.iitaSMALLHOLDER FARMERS
dc.contributor.authorDagunga, G.
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-30T12:01:27Z
dc.date.available2025-06-30T12:01:27Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/175386
dc.titleMultiple shocks, agroecology and resilience of smallholder food security in Northern Ghanaen
dcterms.abstractAgroecology offers a sustainable food system approach for the resilience of smallholder food security. Global coinciding shocks such as the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russian-Ukraine conflict coupled with economic downturns in developing countries affected agricultural inputs and food prices. Also, climate shocks continue to affect the resilience of smallholder food security. Against this backdrop, the study sought to examine how adoption of agroecological practices moderate the impact of price and climate shocks on the resilience of smallholder food security. To achieve this broad objective, different analytical approaches were adopted. First, a systematic literature review was employed to assess the reported impact of agroecology in fostering the resilience of smallholder food security. Second, econometric approaches were employed to assess smallholder agroecological practices adoption behaviour to shocks as well as the moderation role of agroecology on the shock-resilience nexus in northern Ghana. Finally, the study simulated how projected changes in rainfall and temperature could affect the resilience of smallholder food security and the potential of agroecology to moderate the resulting impacts. The results showed that flood, food and input price shocks significantly affect both initial and consistent adoption of agroecological practices. Meanwhile, agroecology was found to moderate the impact of flood, food and input price shocks. The simulation results also showed that a policy aimed at promoting agroecology could help moderate extreme drought and heat stress. The study concluded that agroecology should be promoted and upscaled in northern Ghana as a mechanism for enhancing the resilience of smallholder food security to shocks. Meanwhile the second phase of the Planting for Food and Jobs policy should include a component of agroecology to help maximize its resilience and ecological synergistic benefits.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.audienceScientists
dcterms.bibliographicCitationDagunga, G. (2024). Multiple shocks, agroecology and resilience of smallholder food security in Northern Ghana. Tamale, Ghana: University for Development Studies, (243 p.).
dcterms.descriptionIITA supervisor: Dr. B. Kotu
dcterms.extent243 p.
dcterms.issued2024
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherUniversity for Development Studies, Ghana
dcterms.publisherInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
dcterms.subjectagroecology
dcterms.subjectfood security
dcterms.subjectfood systems
dcterms.subjectsmallholder farmers
dcterms.typeThesis

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