Lariba, a mother of five children, is only one of the speakers at a community meeting on the declining rains that had affected agricultural production in the north part of the West African country.
The declining railfalls led to reduction of yields and, as such, lives of the farming communities in north Ghana have not been improved, rather getting worse.
Experts said that northern Ghana, which covers 40 percent of the landmarks of the country, was hit the hardest by climate change.
With seven out of 10 residents living below the poverty line, north Ghana also have been challenged by tribal violences, land and religious conflicts, high illiteracy rate, uncontrolled migration among the youth, hunger and disease, under deprivation and ignorance.
Food, nutrition and income securities have also been faced by most households, with women, the disabled and children being the most affected by such poverty situations which may affect the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
Indeed the issue of climate change, which is number one casual factor affecting agricultural production, has come to stay and may get worse if nothing concrete is done to arrest the situation. Read the full report here.
Source: by Albert Oppong-Ansah, Tamale, Ghana, English.news.cn.
