Documenting Indigenous Knowledge in Climate Change Adaptation: Evidence from Northern Ghana
Communities have varied indigenous weather systems that help them in their
daily and seasonal activities. The study conducted in the 18 communities shows that
both living and non living things were used as indicators in weather prediction.
Indicators used in predicting climatic parameters at the communities surveyed in all
the 18 communities.
The data collection which started in 6th January, 2021 to 17th February, 2021
employed various Rural Appraisal Strategies. Eighteen (18) community meetings and
18 Focus Group Discussions (FGD) was held with the aid of guided questionnaires
for data collection. Each community meeting had an average population of 47
(18m/29f) composed of the youth, aged, traditional leaders such as chiefs, clan heads,
children and women groups. After each community meeting, a FGD with an average
of 9 (5m/4f) persons composed of the old, youth, chief and traditional elders was held.
This was necessary to triangulate the data collected from the larger community. In
addition, personal observations, photos and videos documentations were deployed.
Table 1 is a list of the study communities.
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