Andy Bonaventure Nyamekye
Biographic Data
| ID | 6539416 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andy Bonaventure Nyamekye |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andy Bonaventure |
| FAMILY NAME | Nyamekye |
| SIGNATURE | NYAMEKYE A B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Roma, RM, Italy |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3047-8596 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Mainstreaming Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices in Climate-Sensitive Policies for Resilient Agricultural Systems in Ghana
Policymakers underestimate the extensive role of indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) in national climate adaptation action. Drawing from the mainstreaming theory, this study examined the extent to which ILK systems have been mainstreamed into Ghana’s climate policy framework for realizing adaptation outcomes in agriculture and rural development. The study employed qualitative approaches including content analysis of policy documents and 15 key i…
Planning Corruption or Corrupting Planning
Problem, research strategy, and findings Here we illuminate the often overlooked, yet pernicious impacts of corruption in planning. We used a sequential mixed-methods approach, inclusive of a survey of 82 planning practitioners in Ghana and semistructured interviews with 17 of these survey respondents, to investigate planners’ experiences of corruption. We found that incentives for corrupt behaviors, structured by the particularities of planning …
Caught in the Rigidity Trap? Limits to Farmers’ Adaptation to Water Challenges in Ghana’s Smallholder Irrigation Schemes
This article examines how smallholder farmers adapt their behaviors in response to water challenges. It employs a mixed-methods design, including focus group sessions and a survey of, and interviews with, farmers and key stakeholders concerned with government and farmer-led smallholder irrigation schemes (SIS) in Ashaiman, Ghana. A water-dependent adaptive index (WDAI) is developed from the data to capture the dynamics of farmers’ adaptive behavi…
Mainstreaming Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices in Climate-Sensitive Policies for Resilient Agricultural Systems in Ghana
Policymakers underestimate the extensive role of indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) in national climate adaptation action. Drawing from the mainstreaming theory, this study examined the extent to which ILK systems have been mainstreamed into Ghana’s climate policy framework for realizing adaptation outcomes in agriculture and rural development. The study employed qualitative approaches including content analysis of policy documents and 15 key i…
Caught in the Rigidity Trap? Limits to Farmers’ Adaptation to Water Challenges in Ghana’s Smallholder Irrigation Schemes
This article examines how smallholder farmers adapt their behaviors in response to water challenges. It employs a mixed-methods design, including focus group sessions and a survey of, and interviews with, farmers and key stakeholders concerned with government and farmer-led smallholder irrigation schemes (SIS) in Ashaiman, Ghana. A water-dependent adaptive index (WDAI) is developed from the data to capture the dynamics of farmers’ adaptive behavi…
Planning Corruption or Corrupting Planning
Problem, research strategy, and findings Here we illuminate the often overlooked, yet pernicious impacts of corruption in planning. We used a sequential mixed-methods approach, inclusive of a survey of 82 planning practitioners in Ghana and semistructured interviews with 17 of these survey respondents, to investigate planners’ experiences of corruption. We found that incentives for corrupt behaviors, structured by the particularities of planning …
Mainstreaming Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices in Climate-Sensitive Policies for Resilient Agricultural Systems in Ghana
Policymakers underestimate the extensive role of indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) in national climate adaptation action. Drawing from the mainstreaming theory, this study examined the extent to which ILK systems have been mainstreamed into Ghana’s climate policy framework for realizing adaptation outcomes in agriculture and rural development. The study employed qualitative approaches including content analysis of policy documents and 15 key i…
Economics (3 works) · Agriculture (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Environmental resource management (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Adaptation (eye (1 work) · Agricultural Innovations and Practices (1 work) · Climate change impacts on agriculture (1 work) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (1 work)