Food security and climate change in drought-sensitive savanna zones of Ghana

Frederick Ato Armah1, Justice O. Odoi2, Genesis T. Yengoh3, Samuel Obiri4, David O. Yawson5, Ernest K. A. Afrifa1
1Department of Environmental Science, School of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
2Ghana Nature Today, Osu-Accra, Ghana
3Department of Earth & Ecosystem Sciences, Division of Physical Geography & Ecosystems Analysis, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
4Water Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Accra, Ghana
5Department of Soil Science, School of Agriculture, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

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