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Title Access to Land for Sustainable Agricultural Development: Case Study of the Krachi District of Ghana
Full text http://dspace.knust.edu.gh/dspace/handle/123456789/217
Date 1986
Author(s) Sarkodie, Yaw Asante
Abstract xi, 114p. - This study focuses on access to land for sustainable agricultural development in the Krachi District of Ghana. It looked at the tenurial arrangements; traditional customary landholding and public tenurial systems and their relationship with improvement in agriculture and the living conditions of the people. The various bottlenecks hindering the achievement of sustainable agricultural development were examined. By way of methodology, the study was based on desk work, intetviews through questionnaire to various categories of respondents including farmers, (male, female, indigenes and migrants, subsistence and commercial); opinion leaders, chiefs and landowners and agricultural Extension Front Line staff. Observational method and Participatory Rural Appraisal techniques were also used to obtain supplementary data. The study established that sustainable agriculture is thwarted by economic, institutional and technological and environmental problems. - KNUST Library
Subject(s) Land; Agricultural Development; Sustainable Development; Krachi District; Ghana; Farming
Language en
Type of publication Thesis
Identifier 2106
Repository Kumasi - Kwame Nkrumah University
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