Research

In a rapidly urbanizing, climate-changing world, inter-basin water supply megaprojects are rising, with huge energy, greenhouse gas, and water injustice implications. In perverse positive feedback, they increase climate change, thus increasing the water scarcity used to justify them in the first place - all the while forestalling and obscuring more sustainable alternatives. This project uses a planned 3-fold expansion water supply program for Mexico City as the urgent impetus to co-create a new frontier in climate impact science, policy analysis and education.

Smallholder farmers in dryland agricultural systems are particularly vulnerable to climate variability due to socio-economic constraints such as high poverty and low literacy rates. Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) offers promising strategies for improving resilience, yet complex social dynamics within gender groups influence its adoption. This research examined how intra-gender social structures shape perceptions of climate variability, climatic and non-climatic risks, and adaptation responses among smallholder farmers in the Bolgatanga East District of Ghana. 

Related publications:

Antwi, K. (2024). Merging adoption of natural climate solutions in agriculture with climatic and non-climatic risks within an (intra) gendered framework. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 11672. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-60469-w

Antwi, K., & Antwi-Agyei, P. (2023) Intra-gendered perceptions and adoption of climate-smart agriculture: Evidence from smallholder farmers in the Upper East Region of Ghana. Environmental Challenges, 100736 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2023.100736

Land degradation caused by small-scale gold mining continues to threaten food security and ecological sustainability across many parts of Africa. In the Ashanti Region of Ghana, this study investigated the potential of compost to restore soil quality in degraded post-mining environments. A controlled pot experiment was conducted to understand how varying compost-to-mined-soil ratios influence soil nutrient enhancement and the reduction of heavy metal concentrations.