Level Of Vulnerability Of Women Farmers To Climate Change Impacts In The Agona West Municipality

ABSTRACT Women farmers are said to be most vulnerable to climate change due to their multifaceted roles in society and limited access to land and credit for commercial production. The Agona West Municipal Assembly in the Central Region of Ghana is selected as a case for study. The following issues were investigated: The degree of vulnerability to climate change by women farmers, the contribution of land size and land acquisition processes to high levels of exposure and sensitivity and the extent to which access to resources such as irrigation facilities, credit facilities and agricultural ext…