{"id":447186,"date":"2017-12-14T20:00:44","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T20:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/14\/climate-change-likely-to-cause-drought-in-ghana-in-the-near-future-iea-research-fellow\/"},"modified":"2017-12-14T20:00:44","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T20:00:44","slug":"climate-change-likely-to-cause-drought-in-ghana-in-the-near-future-iea-research-fellow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/14\/climate-change-likely-to-cause-drought-in-ghana-in-the-near-future-iea-research-fellow\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate change likely to cause drought in Ghana in the near future \u2013 IEA Research Fellow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Thursday, 14 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-14<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/74939386.295.jpg\" alt=\"Profadjahe\" title=\"Profadjahe\" width=\"295\" height=\"152\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Prof. John Asafu-Adjaye, Senior Research Fellow at IEA<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513281644_440_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Senior Research Fellow at IEA, Professor John Asafu-Adjaye has predicted Ghana is likely to experience drought in the near future if much is not done to ameliorate the impact of climate change.<\/p>\n<p>According to him the Northern part of Ghana will be the hardest hit region should there be drought because of the nature of the climate in the three regions of the North.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Asafu-Adjaye disclosed that Ghana is at risk of having a repetition of the 1983 and 2007 droughts experienced by the country in the next few years as climate change becomes more evident.<\/p>\n<p>He remarked, \u201cThis particular reason focused on the Northern Regions, the three Northern Regions because that\u2019s where the climate change is going to impact more negatively. In fact, it\u2019s going to impact in the whole of the country but the northern part will feel the brunt of the climate change because already it is one of the hottest areas and it is going to get hotter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s been several events in the last 20 or 30 years and some of you may remember the early 1980s where we had droughts as well as floods and the worse point of this period was in 1983 and the droughts also affected the whole country and if you remember that was also the year, the migrants from Nigeria was sent back to Ghana and there was a lot of starvation in Ghana. There was also another episode in 2007, maybe not as serious as the 1983 one but this sought of cycle can be expected to happen more frequently in the future as a result of climate change,\u201d he disclosed.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dcPQufDzg3E\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Senior Research Fellow at IEA observed that the research also concluded that by 2050 the temperature across Ghana is expected to increase by between 2.1-2.4 degrees centigrade. <\/p>\n<p>He noted that this development may result in harsher weather conditions in the Northern part of the country and increase the poverty level there since majority relies on agriculture for survival<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNorthern Region we all know is among the poorest regions in the country and due to the location as well as other challenges. It is going to get drier, it is going to increase poverty and already the poverty levels are high but this could worsen with the effect of climate change\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FsIGiYf4X4I\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Prof. Asafu-Adjaye proposed the creation of irrigation dams and lauded the government for the plans to construct a dam in all districts of the regions of North to provide all year round water.<\/p>\n<p>The research findings were presented during a roundtable discussion held at the Ambassador Birgit Storgaard Dialogue Center, IEA, on the theme \u201cTechnological and Market Options for Managing Climate Change-Induced Risks for Smallholder Farmers in Ghana: Evidence from Northern Ghana\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>The research was sponsored by DANIDA but lead by a team of Ghanaians researchers with assistance from Danish counterparts.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VXP60mrynVE\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 39 updated by: 39 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business News of Thursday, 14 December 2017 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2017-12-14 play videoProf. John Asafu-Adjaye, Senior Research Fellow at IEA Senior Research Fellow at IEA, Professor John Asafu-Adjaye has predicted Ghana is likely to experience drought in the near future if much is not done to ameliorate the impact of climate change. 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