ANALYSIS OF SMALLHOLDER FORESTS FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION IN THE NKORANZ

The study used the Kranka, Baafi, and Manso integrated mahogany forests of the Nkoranza South District as a case study to look at the potential of smallholder forests in Ghana for both supplying products for farm households and contributing to climate change mitigation. It used primary data from a questionnaire as well as secondary data from a literature study. The data was analysed using both quantitative (tables and charts) and qualitative methods (SPSS-Statistical Package for Social Scientists and Microsoft Excel computer application software). Smallholder farmers who make less than GH200 per year view climate change as a shift in rainfall patterns and an increase in temperature, according to the study, and are willing to manage and retain their farms for climate change mitigation for longer if carbon credits are available. It was also discovered that access to beginning cash is the most important factor that could affect smallholder forest planting for climate change, and that providing carbon credits to smallholders would influence forest management. According to the report, smallholders should be given financial aid as well as carbon credits to enable them to manage their forests.

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