JOSEPH AWETORI YARO
PROFESSOR
CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Agrarian ChangeRural developmentClimate changeMigrationFood security and Livelihoods
Publication activity
Publication statistics
Publications
127 matching publications
| Publication | Year | Journal | Thematic area | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The perception of and adaptation to climate variability/change in Ghana by small-scale and commercial farmers JA Yaro |
2013 | Regional Environmental Change 13 (6), 1259-1272, 2013 | Social Sciences | 278 |
| Is deagrarianisation real? A study of livelihood activities in rural northern Ghana JA Yaro |
2006 | The Journal of Modern African Studies 44 (1), 125-156, 2006 | Social Sciences | 272 |
| When a good business model is not enough: Land transactions and gendered livelihood prospects in rural Ghana D Tsikata, JA Yaro |
2014 | Feminist economics 20 (1), 202-226, 2014 | Social Sciences | 255 |
| Customary tenure systems under siege: contemporary access to land in Northern Ghana JA Yaro |
2010 | GeoJournal 75 (2), 199-214, 2010 | Social Sciences | 231 |
| An assessment of the extent and causes of food insecurity in northern Ghana using a livelihood vulnerability framework J Hesselberg, JA Yaro |
2006 | GeoJournal 67 (1), 41-55, 2006 | Social Sciences | 212 |
| Theorizing food insecurity: building a livelihood vulnerability framework for researching food insecurity JA Yaro |
2004 | Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift-Norwegian Journal of Geography 58 (1), 23-37, 2004 | Social Sciences | 173 |
| Local institutions and adaptive capacity to climate change/variability in the northern savannah of Ghana JA Yaro, J Teye, S Bawakyillenuo |
2015 | Climate and Development 7 (3), 235-245, 2015 | Natural Sciences | 166 |
| Exploring the autonomous adaptation strategies to climate change and climate variability in selected villages in the rural northern savannah zone of Ghana S Bawakyillenuo, JA Yaro, J Teye |
2016 | Local Environment 21 (3), 361-382, 2016 | Natural Sciences | 155 |
| Agricultural commercialisation models, agrarian dynamics and local development in Ghana JA Yaro, JK Teye, GD Torvikey |
2017 | The Journal of Peasant Studies 44 (3), 538-554, 2017 | Agriculture | 148 |
| Social networks, migration trajectories and livelihood strategies of migrant domestic and construction workers in Accra, Ghana M Awumbila, JK Teye, JA Yaro |
2017 | Journal of Asian and African Studies 52 (7), 982-996, 2017 | Social Sciences | 123 |
| Re‐inventing traditional land tenure in the era of land commoditization: Some consequences in periurban northern ghana JA Yaro |
2012 | Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography 94 (4), 351-368, 2012 | Social Sciences | 111 |
| City profile: tamale, Ghana I Fuseini, JA Yaro, GAB Yiran |
2017 | Cities 60, 64-74, 2017 | Social Sciences | 109 |
| Young people, agriculture, and employment in rural Africa J Sumberg, NA Anyidoho, M Chasukwa, B Chinsinga, J Leavy, G Tadele, ... |
2015 | African youth and the persistence of marginalization: Employment, politics …, 2015 | Social Sciences | 103 |
| The social dimensions of adaptation to climate change in Ghana JA Yaro, TD Dogbe, L Bizikova, P Bailey, G Ahiable, T Yahaya, KA Salam |
2010 | World Bank Discussion Paper 15, 88, 2010 | Social Sciences | 99 |
| Land market liberalization and trans-national commercial land deals in Ghana since the 1990s D Tsikata, J Yaro |
2011 | International Conference on Global Land Grabbing 6 (8), 2011 | Social Sciences | 98 |
| Migration in West Africa: Patterns, issues and challenges JA Yaro |
2008 | Centre for Migration Studies. Legon: University of Ghana, 2008 | Social Sciences | 97 |
| Adaptation to climate change and variability in rural West Africa JA Yaro, J Hesselberg |
2016 | Springer International Publishing, 2016 | Natural Sciences | 84 |
| Reclaiming stewardship in Ghana: religion and climate change BWK Golo, JA Yaro |
2013 | Nature and Culture 8 (3), 282-300, 2013 | Natural Sciences | 76 |
| Historical context of agricultural commercialisation in Ghana: changes in land and labour relations JA Yaro, JK Teye, GD Torvikey |
2018 | Journal of Asian and African Studies 53 (1), 49-63, 2018 | Humanities | 70 |
| Building resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate change: Implications for food security in Ghana J Yaro |
2013 | Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Ghana Office, 2013 | Agriculture | 69 |
| Local farmers’ experiences and perceptions of climate change in the Northern Savannah zone of Ghana JK Teye, JA Yaro, S Bawakyillenuo |
2015 | International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management 7 (3), 327-347, 2015 | Natural Sciences | 63 |
| The poor peasant: One label, different lives. The dynamics of rural livelihood strategies in the Gia-Kajelo community, Northern Ghana JA Yaro |
2002 | Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift 56 (1), 10-20, 2002 | Social Sciences | 57 |
| Savannah fires and local resistance to transnational land deals: the case of organic mango farming in Dipale, northern Ghana JA Yaro, D Tsikata |
2013 | African Geographical Review 32 (1), 72-87, 2013 | Agriculture | 53 |
| Neoliberal globalisation and evolving local traditional institutions: implications for access to resources in rural northern Ghana JA Yaro |
2013 | Review of African Political Economy 40 (137), 410-427, 2013 | Social Sciences | 46 |
| Local perceptions of development and change in Northern Ghana T Dietz, K Van der Geest, F Obeng |
2013 | Rural development in northern Ghana, 17-36, 2013 | Social Sciences | 40 |