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DROUGHT CONDITIONS AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES IN GHANA Capacity Development to Support National Drought Policies 4 7 May 2015 M PLAZA, ACCRA Carl Kojo Fiati Environmental Protection Agency Starlet 91 Street, Ministries Post Office Box M326,

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DROUGHT CONDITIONS AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES IN GHANA

Capacity Development to Support National Drought Policies 4 ‐7 May 2015 M PLAZA, ACCRA Carl Kojo Fiati Environmental Protection Agency Starlet 91 Street, Ministries Post Office Box M326, Accra ‐Ghana

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Sudan Savannah Deciduous Forest Transitional Zone Coastal Savannah Guinea Savannah Rain Forest

Agro‐Ecological Zones

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Hydrological inter connectivity

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Drought occrrence

600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 North(Mean)

1983,1992, 2001 El Nino years

Rainfall variability here can be as high as 400mm between seasons

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Frequency of annual rainfall being 80% or less of normal

High Incidences of drought around Kete‐Krachi (1961‐2007) High Incidences of drought around southern Central, Western and Volta Regions, like , Ada,Kpetoe, Tsito, Cape Coast etc High Incidences of drought to the Western parts

f northern

Ghana High Incidences of drought around Nkwanta area.

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Here high Incidences of drought covering most of the Western part of Ghana. (1961‐2007) Areas around Kete‐Krachi, Southern Volta, Central and Western Regions as well as Eastern Coasts are much affected (1961‐2007)

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Monthly Maximum Value of Daily Max Temp for Wa

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Monthly Minimum value of Daily Min Temp for Wa

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Annual Count when Daily Minimum Temperature >20 degrees for Wa

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Monitoring and Early Warning

MONITORING INSTITUTIONS

Ghana Meteorological Authority
Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Hydrological Services Department
Water Resources Commission
Environmental Protection Agency
Research Institutions (Water Research Institute,

Soil research Institute, and Universities)

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Distribution of Synoptic Stations

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Monitoring Institutions

Ghana Meteorological Authority
Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Hydrological Services Department
Water Resources Commission
Environmental Protection Agency
Research Institutions and Universities

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Vulnerability Assessment

Vulnerable sectors in order of severity

Energy
Agriculture and food production
Industry
Water supply
Fisheries

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Most Vulnerable Groups

Women and Children
Small scale farmers without irrigation

infrastructure

Unskilled industrial workers

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Emergency relief and drought response

Key institution – National Disaster

Management Organization (collaborating with

ther sectors through the Hydro‐

meteorological disaster committee)

Other groups –(CSOs, WFP)
Measures are mainly in the form of food relief

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Mitigation Measures

Building resilience in food production systems

– Involving soil fertility improvement and soil water conservation measures focused on the Guinea and Sudan Savanna zones in the north – Formulation of a riparian buffer zone policy for protection of river and micro water sheds (2013) – Capacity development for development of community micro watershed plans in vulnerable communities

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Training in Soil conservation methods

Courtesy: EPA, Wa‐Ghana

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Improving Soil Carbon through training in production and application of compost

Sample of prepared compost

Courtesy : EPA, Wa‐Ghana

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Need for Knowledge Skills on Drought Management

National Committee for Drought and

Desertification inaugurated to facilitate actions to combat drought

Absence of an integrated national geospatial

information infrastructure

Low level of skills for soil fertility and soil

water conservation

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