Is deagrarianisation real ? A study of livelihood activities in rural

By J. Yaro. 2006

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Are Alternative Livelihood Projects Alleviating Poverty in Mining Communities? Experiences from Ghana (2009, background): “There are reports of such ‘de-agrarianization’ in Ghana itself (McCusker and Carr, 2006 ; Yaro, 2006 ), including in many of the rural regions where ASM takes place.”
Livelihood adaptations to climate variability: insights from farming households in Ghana (2014, background): “Despite their important role in ensuring household food security, many married women in the study communities often lack the political capital needed in making decisions regarding potential investments in nonfarm livelihood activities without the consent of their husband (Yaro 2006).”
Climate change, food security, and livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa (2016, background): “…the effects of policies on the lives of the poor (Rakodi 1999; Barrett et al. 2001), • issues of food security (Sutherland et al. 1999; Gladwin et al. 2001; Hesselberg and Yaro 2006; Codjoe and Owusu 2011), and • the effects of global environmental change on the poor (Hahn et al. 2009).”
Barriers to climate change adaptation: evidence from northeast Ghana in the context of a systematic literature review (2015, background): “Households are defined ‘as constituting of a group of people who own the same productive resources, live together and feed from the same pot’ (Yaro, 2006, p. 129).”