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DOI	10.1007/s13280-019-01275-x
	Climate change extremes and barriers to successful adaptation outcomes: Disentangling a paradox in the semi-arid savanna zone of northern Ghana
	Dapilah, Frederick 1,2; Nielsen, Jonas Ostergaard 1,2
通讯作者	Dapilah, Frederick
来源期刊	AMBIO
ISSN	0044-7447
EISSN	1654-7209
出版年	2020
卷号	49 期号:8 页码:1437-1449
英文摘要	The literature on barriers to climate change adaptation has largely focused on non-climatic barriers and has provided less insight into climate-induced barriers. Responding to this lacuna, this paper examines the connections between climate change and agricultural adaptation strategies of smallholder farmers in northern Ghana. Results from the qualitative fieldwork show that climatic changes have been accompanied by increases in climate change extremes (CCEs) over the last three decades. In order to adapt, smallholder farmers use improved crop varieties and other support strategies. Paradoxically, however, CCEs have undermined these strategies in several instances, causing crop yields to fall short of their actual potential and leading to financial indebtedness. Therefore, the results showcase that overcoming non-climatic barriers to the uptake of agricultural adaptation strategies is a necessary but insufficient condition for achieving successful adaptation outcomes. This is the case since new barriers to the adaptation process are constantly emerging, and CCEs are an example of this.
英文关键词	Barriers to adaptation Climate change extremes Drought Floods Northern Ghana Successful adaptation
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	Germany
开放获取类型	Green Published
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000494632900002
WOS关键词	SUSTAINABLE ADAPTATION ; OVERCOMING BARRIERS ; WEST-AFRICA ; AGRICULTURE ; CONSTRAINTS ; VARIABILITY ; RESILIENCE ; STRATEGIES ; IMPACT
WOS类目	Engineering, Environmental ; Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Engineering ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
EI主题词	2019-11-05
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/310752
作者单位	1.Humboldt Univ, IRI THESys, Unter Linden 6, D-10099 Berlin, Germany; 2.Humboldt Univ, Geog Dept, Unter Linden 6, D-10099 Berlin, Germany
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Dapilah, Frederick,Nielsen, Jonas Ostergaard. Climate change extremes and barriers to successful adaptation outcomes: Disentangling a paradox in the semi-arid savanna zone of northern Ghana[J],2020,49(8):1437-1449.
APA	Dapilah, Frederick,&Nielsen, Jonas Ostergaard.(2020).Climate change extremes and barriers to successful adaptation outcomes: Disentangling a paradox in the semi-arid savanna zone of northern Ghana.AMBIO,49(8),1437-1449.
MLA	Dapilah, Frederick,et al."Climate change extremes and barriers to successful adaptation outcomes: Disentangling a paradox in the semi-arid savanna zone of northern Ghana".AMBIO 49.8(2020):1437-1449.