Drought can make farmers feel worried and hopeless: Ghana study finds social networks help

By Seth Asare Okyere, Teaching Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburg and Adjunct Associate Professor, Osaka University, University of Pittsburgh
Matthew Abunyewah, Research Fellow, The Australasian Centre for Resilience Implementation for Sustainable Communities, Charles Darwin University
Michael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie, Senior Lecturer in Sustainability| Business and Accounting Discipline, Charles Darwin University
Mitchell Keith Byrne, Professor of Psychology, Charles Darwin University
Seth Opoku Mensah, PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney
Stephen Leonard Mensah, Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Memphis

Droughts are a familiar hardship in Ghana’s semi-arid north, where rainfall is erratic and agriculture is the mainstay of rural economies. The economic and environmental effects of drought have been well documented. But less attention is paid to its psychological toll on farmers and their families.

We conducted a study…

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