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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Changing land and labour relations on cocoa farms in Sefwi, Ghana: Continuity and change JA Yaro, JK Teye, S Wiggins |
2024 | World Development Perspectives 34, 100584, 2024 | Agriculture | 8 |
| Returns from the South: Effects of return migration of Ghanaian migrants from China on livelihoods and wealth inequalities in Ghana L Kandilige, JA Yaro |
2024 | International Migration 62 (1), 6-22, 2024 | Social Sciences | 8 |
| Shea butter livelihoods and challenges faced by women in the Kassena Nankana districts, Ghana RA Ayelazuno, JA Yaro |
2024 | SN Social Sciences 4 (1), 18, 2024 | Social Sciences | 8 |
| The rise of medium-scale farms in the northern Savannah of Ghana: farmland invasion or an inclusive commercialised agricultural revolution? JA Yaro |
2021 | — | Agriculture | 8 |
| Adapting to climate change amidst innovation diffusion and declining indigenous agricultural knowledge and practices in Ghana P Siakwah, AD Ablo, R Sheburah-Essien, M Zaami, JA Yaro |
2025 | African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development 17 (2 …, 2025 | Natural Sciences | 7 |
| Simmering Tensions and Emerging Conflicts Among Key Group Actors Amid Capitalist Transformation in Northern Ghana I Wahab, JA Yaro, G Afful‐Mensah, MB Awen‐Naam |
2025 | Journal of Agrarian Change 25 (2), e12613, 2025 | Social Sciences | 7 |
| Development as Push and Pull factor in Migration JA Yaro |
2008 | Journal of Migration and Entwicklung 16, 2008 | Social Sciences | 7 |
| Evolution of Customary Land Tenure Systems and Sustainable Livelihoods in Northern Ghana JA Yaro, A ibn Zackaria |
2008 | Institute of Statistical, Social, and Economic Research, University of Ghana, 2008 | Social Sciences | 7 |
| Changing labour relations in commercial agrarian landscapes in Ghana J Kofi Teye, GD Torvikey, J Awetori Yaro |
2021 | Labour Questions in the Global South, 413-438, 2021 | Social Sciences | 6 |
| Neo-traditionalism, chieftaincy and land grabs in Ghana. J Yaro, D Tsikata |
2014 | — | Social Sciences | 6 |
| Commercialization of land tenure systems in Northern Ghana: The dynamics an drivers AI Zackaria, JA Yaro |
2013 | Rural development in northern Ghana, 191-206, 2013 | Social Sciences | 6 |
| Squaring Growth with green transition in Africa’s automobile sector JA Yaro |
2016 | Energy and transport in green transition: Perspectives on ecomodernity, 152-173, 2016 | Social Sciences | 5 |
| Poverty and land degradation linkages in the developing world J Awetori, J Yaro |
2010 | Ghana Journal of Geography 2, 2010 | Social Sciences | 5 |
| Female farmers’ struggles and responses to COVID-19 in Ghana JA Yaro, R Sheburah Essien, AD Ablo, P Siakwah, M Zaami |
2025 | African Geographical Review 44 (2), 235-248, 2025 | Social Sciences | 4 |
| Traditional and Western knowledge systems used by smallholders: Harnessing synergies for improved household food security in rural Ghana M Pervarah, JA Yaro, EK Derbile |
2023 | Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift-Norwegian Journal of Geography 77 (5), 296-309, 2023 | Agriculture | 4 |
| Rural livelihoods at a cross-roads in northern Ghana JA Yaro |
2013 | Rural Development in northern Ghana, 2013 | Social Sciences | 4 |
| Peasant livelihoods and land degradation: evidence from a participatory assessment in the Gia-Kajelo community in Northern Ghana JA Yaro |
2007 | West African Journal of Applied Ecology 11, 109-128, 2007 | Social Sciences | 4 |
| Exploring the lived experiences of Ghanaian migrants along the Ghana-China migration corridor L Kandilige, JA Yaro, J Mensah |
2024 | African Perspectives on South–South Migration, 55-72, 2024 | Social Sciences | 3 |
| Long-Term Change, Commercialisation of Cocoa Farming, and Agroecosystems and Forest Rehabilitation in Ghana K Amanor, J Yaro, J Teye |
2022 | The Institute of Development Studies and Partner Organisations, 2022 | Agriculture | 3 |
| Land and labour relations on cocoa farms in Sefwi, Ghana: Continuity and change J Yaro, JK Teye, S Wiggins |
2021 | The Institute of Development Studies and Partner Organisations, 2021 | Social Sciences | 3 |
| Long-Term Patterns of Change in the Commercialisation of Cocoa in Ghana: Forest Frontiers and Technological Transformation K Amanor, J Yaro, J Teye |
2021 | The Institute of Development Studies and Partner Organisations, 2021 | Social Sciences | 3 |
| Assessing the Effectiveness of Agricultural Households’ Strategies for Sustainable Adaptation to Climate Change in the Sissala East District BY Dimmie, JA Yaro, J Teye |
2016 | — | Natural Sciences | 3 |
| Plantation, outgrower and medium-scale commercial farming in Ghana: Which model provides better prospects for local development? J Teye |
2016 | — | Agriculture | 3 |
| Selected Themes in African Development Studies: Economic Growth, Governance and the Environment L Asuelime, J Yaro, S Francis |
2014 | Springer International Publishing, 2014 | Social Sciences | 3 |
| The dilemma of the peasant: Macroeconomic squeeze and internal contradictions in Northern Ghana JA Yaro |
2009 | Ghana Social Science Journal 5 (1), 27-61, 2009 | Social Sciences | 3 |