Factors Leading To Livestock Losses And Its Influence On The Psychosocial Wellbeing Of Livestock Farmers In Two Districts In Ghana

ABSTRACT Introduction Against the backdrop of the Sustainable Development Goals 1, 2 and 3, which aim to improve global health, food security, and reduce poverty, agriculture for most is crucial to achieving self-sustainability in Africa. However, the increased occurrence of adverse events including droughts and conflicts, with losses to farmers, threatens efforts to achieve the set goals. These losses can affect livestock farmers’ psychosocial wellbeing and productivity. Identifying, therefore, the drivers of livestock farmers’ wellbeing is essential to meeting the set goals, in areas most …