Time matters: Shifting seasonal migration in Northern Ghana in response to rainfall variability and food insecurity

Climate and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 46-52

  Rademacher Schulz, Christina ^a   Schraven, Benjamin ^b   Mahama, Edward Salifu ^c  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c Center of Continuing Education and Inter Disciplinary Research (CCEIR)   (Ghana)

Author keywords

coping; food security; household characteristics; Northern Ghana; perceptions; rainfall variability; seasonal migration; seasonality

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; FOOD MARKET; FOOD SECURITY; FORCED MIGRATION; LIVESTOCK FARMING; RAINFALL; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; RELOCATION; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL POPULATION; SAVANNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBSISTENCE;

GHANA; NADOWLI; UPPER WEST REGION;

EID: 84896135599     PISSN: 17565529     EISSN: 17565537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2013.830955     Document Type: Article

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