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Barriers to Climate Change Communications 气候变化宣传的障碍

Ghana Journal of Geography Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.4314/gjg.v15i3.1

Godfred Osei Boakye, Joseph Oppong Wiafe, Foster Frimpong

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Spatiotemporal Variability of Rainfall as an Evidence of Changing Climate over the Nigerian Niger Delta 尼日利亚-尼日尔三角洲降水时空变率作为气候变化的证据

Ghana Journal of Geography Pub Date : 2023-09-13 DOI: 10.4314/gjg.v15i2.9

Ademola Akinbobola, Kehinde Abayomi Lawal, Temi Emmanuel Ologunorisa

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Cushioning the Impact of COVID-19 on Livelihoods: Africa's Socio-Economic Policies so far 缓解COVID-19对生计的影响:非洲迄今为止的社会经济政策

Ghana Journal of Geography Pub Date : 2023-04-11 DOI: 10.4314/gjg.v15i1.4

Bismark Mensah, Felix Kofi Damte, Emmanuel Yeboah Okyere, Isaac Andoh, Adjoa Afriyie Poku, Kojo Oppong Yeboah Gyabaah

{"title":"Cushioning the Impact of COVID-19 on Livelihoods: Africa's Socio-Economic Policies so far","authors":"Bismark Mensah, Felix Kofi Damte, Emmanuel Yeboah Okyere, Isaac Andoh, Adjoa Afriyie Poku, Kojo Oppong Yeboah Gyabaah","doi":"10.4314/gjg.v15i1.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/gjg.v15i1.4","url":null,"abstract":"The devastating impacts resulting from the coronavirus pandemic cannot be underestimated. The economies of most countries on almost all continents have been adversely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). With Africa's existing socio-economic challenges, the emergence of the pandemic has further weakened and worsened economies and livelihoods within the sub-region. Dwelling on secondary data sources, including journal articles, online news items, and reports, this paper examines socio-economic support programmes implemented by African governments to cushion the pandemic's impact on the already-vulnerable livelihoods in Africa. The study establishes that several successful and some ineffective socio-economic interventions have been implemented so far by countries, including but not limited to Ghana, Botswana, Kenya, and Morocco. These interventions include suspending public gatherings, lockdown regimes, strengthening healthcare systems through increased investment, cash transfers to the most vulnerable groups, free food distribution, reduction of different tax forms and distribution of Personal Protective Equipment (P.P.E.) to households. However, implementing these measures has put high economic burdens on governments due to their associated cost. It is therefore projected that, beyond the COVID-19 regime, most African governments will pursue internal economic policies to chart the course towards economic recovery. The paper recommends that case-by-case empirical studies be conducted to gauge the level of impact the identified COVID-19-driven socio-economic policies had on livelihoods within the African context.","PeriodicalId":479481,"journal":{"name":"Ghana Journal of Geography","volume":"62 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135478118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Impacts of Illegal Fishing and Ocean Dependence on the Livelihoods of Coastal Fisherfolk in Ghana 非法捕鱼和海洋依赖对加纳沿海渔民生计的影响

Ghana Journal of Geography Pub Date : 2023-03-31 DOI: 10.4314/gjg.v15i1.9

Samuel Abakah, Victor Owusu

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Out-Migration of Married Women and Experiences of Left-Behind Husbands in the Nandom Municipality 南随市已婚妇女外迁与留守丈夫经历

Ghana Journal of Geography Pub Date : 2023-03-30 DOI: 10.4314/gjg.v15i1.3

Augustine Tanle

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Assessing the Determinants of Choice of Airline among Domestic Air Travelers in Lagos, Nigeria 评估尼日利亚拉各斯国内航空旅客选择航空公司的决定因素

Ghana Journal of Geography Pub Date : 2023-03-30 DOI: 10.4314/gjg.v15i1.8

Femi Ola Aiyegbajeje

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Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene in Parts of Lagos Metropolis 拉各斯大都市部分地区的水、环境卫生和个人卫生

Ghana Journal of Geography Pub Date : 2023-03-30 DOI: 10.4314/gjg.v15i1.6

Isaiah Sewanu Akoteyon, Olayinka Otusanya

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The Contribution of the Udzungwa Mountain National Park to the Livelihoods of Communities in the Morogoro Region of Tanzania 乌祖格瓦山国家公园对坦桑尼亚莫罗戈罗地区社区生计的贡献

Ghana Journal of Geography Pub Date : 2023-03-30 DOI: 10.4314/gjg.v15i1.5

Emmanuel Patroba Mhache

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Forest Security Appraisal of Community Management Interventions Against Threats of Forest Commons at Offinso North District in Ghana 加纳奥芬索北区社区管理干预措施应对森林公地威胁的森林安全评价

Ghana Journal of Geography Pub Date : 2023-03-30 DOI: 10.4314/gjg.v15i1.2

Prince Osei-Wusu Adjei, George Balbagoro Dakurah, David Forkuor, Joyce Osei Adjei

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Assessment of Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Recommendations for Perl Millet (Pennisetum Glaucum) Production in Kano, Nigeria 尼日利亚卡诺生产谷子(Pennisetum Glaucum)的土壤肥力评价和肥料建议

Ghana Journal of Geography Pub Date : 2023-03-30 DOI: 10.4314/gjg.v15i1.7

Mansur Abdul Mohammed, Fatima Jamila Usman, Maryam Ibrahim Bello, Sule Haruna Bibot

{"title":"Assessment of Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Recommendations for Perl Millet (Pennisetum Glaucum) Production in Kano, Nigeria","authors":"Mansur Abdul Mohammed, Fatima Jamila Usman, Maryam Ibrahim Bello, Sule Haruna Bibot","doi":"10.4314/gjg.v15i1.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/gjg.v15i1.7","url":null,"abstract":"The deteriorating soil fertility and land deprivation have particularly affected the farms that peasant farmers dependon and therefore, threaten their food security. The research aimed at assessing the fertility status; evaluate thenutrient supply and fertilizer recommendation for millet production. Millet farm was purposively selected withinwhich 1 square kilometre was delineated and 100 grids were formed, therefore 10 grids were systematicallyselected for soil sampling. The soil samples were collected in each grid using composite sampling techniquesand then taken to laboratory for the analyses of some soil fertility parameters. The results were analysed usingdescriptive statistic and, Quantitative Evaluation of Fertility of Tropical Soils (QUEFTS Models) was used todetermine the supply of N, P and K. The results shows that the mean values of pH (6.01 ±0.55), EC (0.02 ±0.01),N (0.15 ±0.03), P (13.63 ±0.62) and K (0.19 ±0.09) in the area and they were all ranked as moderate level. Theamount of N, P and K supply to the crop by soil are 7.6%, 42.25 ppm and 6.8 cmol/kg for N, P and K respectively.Based on the nutrient status, Urea (65kg) or 20:10:10, SSP (167kg) or TSP (67kg) and Mop (50kg) wererecommended for pearl millet production; therefore, the cost of the input (fertiliser application) will reduce andincrease in productivity.","PeriodicalId":479481,"journal":{"name":"Ghana Journal of Geography","volume":"111 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135464648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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