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Joseph TeyeAssociate ProfessorVerified email at ug.edu.gh
Dzodzi TsikataProfessor, SOAS, University of LondonVerified email at soas.ac.uk
Gertrude Dzifa TorvikeyInstitute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, University of GhanaVerified email at ug.edu.gh
Steve WigginsResearch Fellow, ODIVerified email at odi.org.uk
Michael Chasukwa, PhDProfessor, University of MalawiVerified email at unima.ac.mw
Nana Akua AnyidohoUniversity of Ghana (Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research)Verified email at ug.edu.gh
Stephen WhitfieldSustainability Research Institute, University of LeedsVerified email at leeds.ac.uk
Jennifer LeavyUniversity of East AngliaVerified email at uea.ac.uk
Issahaka FuseiniSenior Lecturer, University of GhanaVerified email at ug.edu.gh
Gerald A.B. Yiran, Ph.DAssociate Professor, Geography, University of GhanaVerified email at ug.edu.gh
James SumbergEmeritus Fellow, Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton UKVerified email at ids.ac.uk
Rachel Sabates-WheelerProfessor at the Institute of Development Studies, SussexVerified email at ids.ac.uk
Leander KandiligeAssociate Professor of Migration, University of GhanaVerified email at ug.edu.gh
Samuel Agyei-MensahProfessor of Population and Health Geography, University of GhanaVerified email at ug.edu.gh
EBENEZER OWUSU-SEKYEREDepartment of Environment and Sustainability Science, University for Development StudiesVerified email at uds.edu.gh
Issaka Kanton OsumanuSimon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development StudiesVerified email at ubids.edu.gh
Ton DietzProfessor Leiden University & Former Director African Studies Centre Leiden; guest professor/seniorVerified email at ascleiden.nl
Kees van der Geest, UNU-EHSHead of the Environment & Migration Division, United Nations UniversityVerified email at ehs.unu.edu
Ibrahim WahabPostdoc, Human Geography, Lunds UniversityVerified email at keg.lu.se
Legend L.E. AsuelimeUniversity of JohannesburgVerified email at uj.ac.za

JOSEPH AWETORI YARO

Professor, Geography, University of Ghana

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Agrarian Change Rural development Climate change Environment Food security and Livelihoods


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Is deagrarianisation real? A study of livelihood activities in rural northern Ghana JA Yaro The Journal of Modern African Studies 44 (1), 125-156, 2006	254	2006
The perception of and adaptation to climate variability/change in Ghana by small-scale and commercial farmers JA Yaro Regional Environmental Change 13, 1259-1272, 2013	239	2013
When a good business model is not enough: Land transactions and gendered livelihood prospects in rural Ghana D Tsikata, JA Yaro Feminist economics 20 (1), 202-226, 2014	217	2014
An assessment of the extent and causes of food insecurity in northern Ghana using a livelihood vulnerability framework J Hesselberg, JA Yaro GeoJournal 67, 41-55, 2006	204	2006
Customary tenure systems under siege: contemporary access to land in Northern Ghana JA Yaro GeoJournal 75 (2), 199-214, 2010	197	2010
Theorizing food insecurity: building a livelihood vulnerability framework for researching food insecurity JA Yaro Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift-Norwegian Journal of Geography 58 (1), 23-37, 2004	147	2004
Local institutions and adaptive capacity to climate change/variability in the northern savannah of Ghana JA Yaro, J Teye, S Bawakyillenuo Climate and Development 7 (3), 235-245, 2015	136	2015
Exploring the autonomous adaptation strategies to climate change and climate variability in selected villages in the rural northern savannah zone of Ghana S Bawakyillenuo, JA Yaro, J Teye Local Environment 21 (3), 361-382, 2016	132	2016
Agricultural commercialisation models, agrarian dynamics and local development in Ghana JA Yaro, JK Teye, GD Torvikey The Journal of Peasant Studies 44 (3), 538-554, 2017	122	2017
Re‐inventing traditional land tenure in the era of land commoditization: Some consequences in periurban northern ghana JA Yaro Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography 94 (4), 351-368, 2012	94	2012
Social networks, migration trajectories and livelihood strategies of migrant domestic and construction workers in Accra, Ghana M Awumbila, JK Teye, JA Yaro Journal of Asian and African Studies 52 (7), 982-996, 2017	93	2017
Land market liberalization and trans-national commercial land deals in Ghana since the 1990s D Tsikata, J Yaro International Conference on Global Land Grabbing 6 (8), 2011	90	2011
City profile: Tamale, Ghana I Fuseini, JA Yaro, GAB Yiran Cities 60, 64-74, 2017	87	2017
The social dimensions of adaptation to climate change in Ghana JA Yaro, TD Dogbe, L Bizikova, P Bailey, G Ahiable, T Yahaya, KA Salam World Bank Discussion Paper 15, 88, 2010	86	2010
Young people, agriculture, and employment in rural Africa J Sumberg, NA Anyidoho, M Chasukwa, B Chinsinga, J Leavy, G Tadele, ... African youth and the persistence of marginalization, 111-132, 2015	82	2015
Migration in West Africa: Patterns, issues and challenges JA Yaro Centre for Migration Studies. Legon: University of Ghana, 2008	82	2008
Adaptation to climate change and variability in rural West Africa JA Yaro, J Hesselberg Springer International Publishing, 2016	63	2016
Building resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate change: Implications for food security in Ghana JA Yaro Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Ghana Office, 2013	60	2013
The poor peasant: One label, different lives. The dynamics of rural livelihood strategies in the Gia-Kajelo community, Northern Ghana JA Yaro Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift 56 (1), 10-20, 2002	54	2002
Reclaiming stewardship in Ghana: religion and climate change BWK Golo, JA Yaro Nature and Culture 8 (3), 282-300, 2013	53	2013

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