Pandemic-induced shocks and shifts in forest-based livelihood strategies: learning from COVID-19 in the Bia West District of Ghana

A Kuuwill, JN Kimengsi… - Environmental Research …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped societies and will continue to do so. Despite its
salience, micro-scale evidence on how this pandemic reshapes the livelihood strategies of …

Monitoring cocoa-driven deforestation: The contexts of encroachment and land use policy implications for deforestation free cocoa supply chains in Ghana

G Ashiagbor, WA Asante, EK Forkuo, E Acheampong… - Applied …, 2022 - Elsevier
This research analyzed cocoa deforestation within the framework of land-use policies to
support efforts to implement deforestation-free cocoa commitments in Ghana. Land-use …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of machine learning classifiers in mapping the cocoa-forest mosaic landscape of Ghana

G Ashiagbor, AO Asare-Ansah, EB Amoah, WA Asante… - Scientific African, 2023 - Elsevier
The absence of clear-cut directives on the optimal classifier for land-use land-cover (LULC)
classification of Ghana's cocoa landscape presents a practice gap. This has resulted in …

Cocoa eats the food: expansion of cocoa into food croplands in the Juabeso District, Ghana

EO Ajagun, G Ashiagbor, WA Asante, BA Gyampoh… - Food Security, 2021 - Springer
There is evidence that cocoa is expanding into food croplands in cocoa-producing
landscapes in Ghana. This calls for effective monitoring to inform policy and interventions in …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of monocropping on land cover transitions in the wet evergreen agro-ecological zone of Ghana

SK Loh, KO Asubonteng, SK Adanu - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
The wet evergreen forest ecological zone of Ghana is undergoing notable structural
changes, although most maps erroneously depict the area to be an intact forest. Several …

[HTML][HTML] Critical Assessment of Cocoa Classification with Limited Reference Data: A Study in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana Using Sentinel-2 and Random Forest Model

N Moraiti, A Mullissa, E Rahn, M Sassen, J Reiche - Remote Sensing, 2024 - mdpi.com
Cocoa is the economic backbone of Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, making them the leading
cocoa-producing countries in the world. However, cocoa farming has been a major driver of …

[HTML][HTML] Unlocking gender dynamics in food and nutrition security in Ghana: assessing dietary diversity, food security, and crop diversification among cocoa household …

M Batame - BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
Background Malnutrition is a worldwide problem that impacts every country, affecting one in
three individuals, including Ghana. According to estimates from the Food and Agriculture …

[HTML][HTML] Biomass Estimation Models for Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) Plantations in Ghana, West Africa

E Donkor, S Adu-Bredu, EMO Jnr… - Open Journal of Applied …, 2023 - scirp.org
The role of cocoa systems for climate change mitigation and adaptation has increased
substantially because of their capability to trap carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and …

Land cover changes in coffee cultural landscapes of Pereira (Colombia) between 1997 and 2014

BE Murillo-López… - Cuadernos de …, 2022 - publicaciones.unirioja.es
Understanding how and what land cover changes and transitions have occurred in a
territory is crucial to planning and managing high-demand surfaces. At the landscape level …

Odonata as bioindicator for monitoring anthropogenic disturbance of Owabi wetland sanctuary, Ghana

MK Manu, G Ashiagbor, I Seidu, T Groen… - Aquatic …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study proposes a method for assessing anthropogenic disturbance in the Owabi
wetland sanctuary in Ghana using Odonata. Uniqueness of a species to specific land use …