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An assessment of the extent and causes of food insecurity in northern Ghana using a livelihood vulnerability framework |
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| Authors: | Jan Hesselberg Joseph A Yaro |
| Institution: | (1) Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, P. O. Box 1096, Blindern, Oslo, 0317, Norway;(2) Department of Geography and Resource Development, University of Ghana, LG 59 Legon, Ghana |
| Abstract: | The article describes the food insecurity situation in three villages in northern Ghana. A livelihood approach is used emphasising the vulnerability of the peasants’ adaptation to a marginal and remote area. The peasant households are grouped according to level of food insecurity. It is argued that multiple income sources including non-farm activities are necessary to reduce food insecurity for all but a small part of the peasant households. |
| Keywords: | Food insecurity Ghana Livelihoods framework Vulnerability |
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