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JOSEPH AWETORI YARO

PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Professor, Geography, University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Agrarian ChangeRural developmentClimate changeMigrationFood security and Livelihoods
Publications

127

Citations

3,840

H-index

31

i10-index

49

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
30.2
Most cited paper
278
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2025
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 08:32
Publications

127 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Small fish and food security: towards innovative integration of fish in African food systems to improve nutrition
R Overa, J Kolding, M Kjellevold, M Bavinck, A Atter, JA Yaro, J Njiru, ...
2017 Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, 2017 Agriculture 0
Conclusions: Emerging Issues and Recommendations
J Hesselberg, JA Yaro
2016 Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability in Rural West Africa, 239-244, 2016 Social Sciences 0
Plantation, outgrower and medium-scale commercial farming in Ghana: which model provides better prospects for local development?
G Dzifa Torvikey, J Awetori Yaro, J Kofi Teye
2016 Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western …, 2016 Agriculture 0
Outgrower schemes and value chains: Gendered employment in the blue skies agriculture model
JA Yaro, J Teye, GD Torvikey
2015 Agriculture 0
Change and Continuity in the Practice and Development of Geography in Ghana
S Agyei-Mensah, JA Yaro, J Mensah
2014 Changing Perspectives on the Social Sciences in Ghana, 51-74, 2014 Social Sciences 0
Expanding the frontiers of African development studies
S Francis, L Asuelime, J Yaro
2014 Springer, 2014 Social Sciences 0
GHANA, LEGON IN PARTIAL FUFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF ARTS IN MIGRATION STUDIES
F AGILINKO
2014 Social Sciences 0
Rural Tourism as a Means of Enhancing Rural Livelihoods at Paga, Upper East Region, Ghana
RA Agubeere, AB Asiedu, JA Yaro
2014 Social Sciences 0
Young People, Agriculture, and Employment in Rural Africa: A Transformative Framework
J Sumberg, NA Anyidoho, M Chasukwa, B Chinsinga, J Leavy, G Tadele, ...
2014 < bound method Organization. get_name_with_acronym of< Organization: United …, 2014 Agriculture 0
Building resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate change
JA Yaro
2013 Natural Sciences 0
Central Themes, Concepts, and Methodologies of Geography
EA Gyasi, JA Yaro, AB Owusu
2013 Social Sciences 0
Transnational Agricultural Investments/Land Grabbing: A Contemporary Solution or Challenge for Rural Development in Ghana?
JA Yaro
2013 Agriculture 0
15. 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 (1), 150-166, 2007 Social Sciences 0
Theorising Food Insecurity: Building a Livelihood Vulnerability Framework for researching food insecurity. Norwegian Journal of Geography. 2004. Vol. 58, 23-37. Francis and …
JA Yaro
2004 Joseph Awetori Yaro, 2004 Social Sciences 0
Reviews: Unravelling the Rag Trade: Immigrant Entrepreneurship in Seven World Cities, Can the Celtic Tiger Cross the Irish border?, Walking the Tight Rope: Informal Livelihoods …
D Hiebert, M Boyle, JA Yaro, AR Davies, W Gibbons, V Smil
2002 Environment and Planning A 34 (12), 2253-2261, 2002 Social Sciences 0
APRA Policy Brief
K Amanor, J Yaro, J Teye, S Wiggins
1900 Social Sciences 0
A QUARTERLY SURVEY OF POLITICS, ECONOMICS & RELATED TOPICS IN CONTEMPORARY AFRICA EDITED BY EBENEZER OBADARE
AD ABLO, PS ZAAMI, RS ESSIEN, JA YARO, J LASKY, JK STEARNS, ...
1900 Social Sciences 0
Commercialization of Land Tenure Systems in Northern Ghana: The Dynamics and Drivers
A Z, Y J. A
1900 Rural Development in northern Ghana, 0 Social Sciences 0
Contract Farming in Sub-Saharan Africa
JA Yaro, M Pervarah
1900 Routledge Handbook of Contract Farming and Development, 385-396, 0 Agriculture 0
Development as Push and Pull factor in Migration Print Print
JA Yaro
1900 Social Sciences 0
Golo Ben-Willie Kwaku and Yaro Awetori Joseph 2013. Reclaiming Stewardship in Ghana: Religion and Climate Change. Nature and Culture, Volume 8, Number 3, 282-300 (19). Berghahn …
JA Yaro
1900 Natural Sciences 0
International Initiatives in Migration
JA Yaro
1900 Social Sciences 0
Perceptions and Experiences of Climate Variability by Farmers in Nkwanta North District
AK Yeboah, JA Yaro, MK Ali, S Oppong-Mensah
1900 Social Sciences 0
Received: 23 March 2023| Revised: 3 August 2023| Accepted: 9 August 2023
L Kandilige, JA Yaro
1900 Social Sciences 0
Reclaiming Stewardship in Ghana
BWK Golo, JA Yaro
1900 Social Sciences 0