Climate change, migration and farmer–herder conflict in Ghana
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21741678 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Abdul Karim Issifu (0000-0002-2259-6947, University of Eastern Finland, corresponding author), Francis Diawuo Darko (0000-0002-5725-6299, Flinders University), Sebastian Angzoorokuu Paalo (0000-0003-4757-6149, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 421-439 |
| Publication date | 2022-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Conflict Resolution Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1536-5581 • E-ISSN: 1541-1508 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/crq.21346 |
| OpenAlex | W4225166169 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 27 |
Climate change, migration, and conflict have been featured prominently in academic and policy literature. While Africa remains the major reference point, studies on key conflict hotspots fail to adequately examine empirical demonstrations of how climate change forces migration, and consequently major conflicts. Drawing on semi‐structured interviews, focus group discussions, and employing the scarcity theory in a study of Agogo (Ghana), we illustrate how regional and local climate/environmental variability and scarcity trigger and sustain migration and farmer–herder conflicts. The findings offer insights into how other non‐climatic and ecological conditions reinforce the so‐called climate‐induced conflicts, exposing the limitations of the scarcity‐theory. Importantly, this study has provided an illustrative argument centered around the contextual dynamics of the nexus between climate change and farmer–herder conflict in Agogo to contribute to national, regional, and continental discussion on this critical topic
Agriculture · Climate change · Conflict resolution · Conflict theories · Development economics · Economic geography · Economics · Environmental resource management · Geography · Political science · Scarcity · Social science · Sociology · Water scarcity · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Disaster Management and Resilience · Transboundary Water Resource Management · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 5,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |