Indigenous knowledge and community-based risk assessment of climate change among the Fulani Herder Community of Kpongu, North-Western Ghana

Given rising concerns about climate change and development in Africa, this paper draws on Community Risk Assessment for mapping the risks of Fulani Herders to climate change in North-Western Ghana. Herder communities are seldom explored in climate change related studies although their livelihoods la...

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Autores principales:	Lambert Abatanie Napogbong, Maximillian Kolbe Domapielle, Emmanuel Kanchebe Derbile
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Publicado:	IWA Publishing 2021
Materias:	cattle herding climate change and variability community risk assessment fulani indigenous knowledge Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TD1-1066 Environmental sciences GE1-350
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:073ccb84e4e54231a79405cf83d0eee12021-11-05T18:31:09ZIndigenous knowledge and community-based risk assessment of climate change among the Fulani Herder Community of Kpongu, North-Western Ghana2040-22442408-935410.2166/wcc.2020.236https://doaj.org/article/073ccb84e4e54231a79405cf83d0eee12021-03-01T00:00:00Zhttp://jwcc.iwaponline.com/content/12/2/484https://doaj.org/toc/2040-2244https://doaj.org/toc/2408-9354Given rising concerns about climate change and development in Africa, this paper draws on Community Risk Assessment for mapping the risks of Fulani Herders to climate change in North-Western Ghana. Herder communities are seldom explored in climate change related studies although their livelihoods largely depend on the natural environment. Thus, a case study of the Fulani Herder Community of Kpongu in the Wa Municipality was conducted. The design employed Participatory Rural Appraisal instruments for data collection and analysis. The results reveal multiple indicators of climate change, including longer dry seasons and dry spells, shrinking sizes of water bodies, formation of iron pans on top soils, stunted growth of grass species, smaller grass stalks and less concentration of grasses. These have culminated into scarcity of fodder and water and increased distances of cattle herding under excruciating sunshine and temperatures in search of feed and water as an adaptive mechanism. The paper underscores that herder knowledge of climate change reveals a drying trend in climate and de-concentration in vegetation, especially grass species. The paper advocates climate change adaptation planning and policy attention to providing supplementary sources of water and feed in support of cattle herding and herder communities for climate change adaptation.Lambert Abatanie NapogbongMaximillian Kolbe DomapielleEmmanuel Kanchebe DerbileIWA Publishingarticlecattle herdingclimate change and variabilitycommunity risk assessmentfulaniindigenous knowledgeEnvironmental technology. Sanitary engineeringTD1-1066Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENJournal of Water and Climate Change, Vol 12, Iss 2, Pp 484-501 (2021)
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topic	cattle herding climate change and variability community risk assessment fulani indigenous knowledge Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TD1-1066 Environmental sciences GE1-350
spellingShingle	cattle herding climate change and variability community risk assessment fulani indigenous knowledge Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TD1-1066 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Lambert Abatanie Napogbong Maximillian Kolbe Domapielle Emmanuel Kanchebe Derbile Indigenous knowledge and community-based risk assessment of climate change among the Fulani Herder Community of Kpongu, North-Western Ghana
description	Given rising concerns about climate change and development in Africa, this paper draws on Community Risk Assessment for mapping the risks of Fulani Herders to climate change in North-Western Ghana. Herder communities are seldom explored in climate change related studies although their livelihoods largely depend on the natural environment. Thus, a case study of the Fulani Herder Community of Kpongu in the Wa Municipality was conducted. The design employed Participatory Rural Appraisal instruments for data collection and analysis. The results reveal multiple indicators of climate change, including longer dry seasons and dry spells, shrinking sizes of water bodies, formation of iron pans on top soils, stunted growth of grass species, smaller grass stalks and less concentration of grasses. These have culminated into scarcity of fodder and water and increased distances of cattle herding under excruciating sunshine and temperatures in search of feed and water as an adaptive mechanism. The paper underscores that herder knowledge of climate change reveals a drying trend in climate and de-concentration in vegetation, especially grass species. The paper advocates climate change adaptation planning and policy attention to providing supplementary sources of water and feed in support of cattle herding and herder communities for climate change adaptation.
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author	Lambert Abatanie Napogbong Maximillian Kolbe Domapielle Emmanuel Kanchebe Derbile
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title	Indigenous knowledge and community-based risk assessment of climate change among the Fulani Herder Community of Kpongu, North-Western Ghana
title_short	Indigenous knowledge and community-based risk assessment of climate change among the Fulani Herder Community of Kpongu, North-Western Ghana
title_full	Indigenous knowledge and community-based risk assessment of climate change among the Fulani Herder Community of Kpongu, North-Western Ghana
title_fullStr	Indigenous knowledge and community-based risk assessment of climate change among the Fulani Herder Community of Kpongu, North-Western Ghana
title_full_unstemmed	Indigenous knowledge and community-based risk assessment of climate change among the Fulani Herder Community of Kpongu, North-Western Ghana
title_sort	indigenous knowledge and community-based risk assessment of climate change among the fulani herder community of kpongu, north-western ghana
publisher	IWA Publishing
publishDate	2021
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Indigenous knowledge and community-based risk assessment of climate change among the Fulani Herder Community of Kpongu, North-Western Ghana

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