Population and Agricultural Land Use in The Kanya Krobo District

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dc.contributor.authorBedele, D.K.
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-10T10:30:30Z
dc.date.available2020-02-10T10:30:30Z
dc.date.issued1993-06
dc.descriptionPhD in Geography and Human Resource Developmenten_US
dc.description.abstractThe Manya Krobo District is in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The predominant people of the district are the Krobo who are mostly farmers. Indeed a number of researchers have described the Krobo as industrious farmers. Another characteristic feature of the district is the rapid population growth. The two variables: the rapid population growth of the Krobo and their agricultural activities, make the Manya Krobo District an ideal rural area for the examination of the relationship between population growth and agricultural land use. By 1731, the Krobo had become firmly established on the Krobo Mountain in the north-eastern part of the Accra Plains. As a result of rapid population increase, they acquired agricultural land from their Akan neighbours. By 1950, the Krobo had penetrated Akan lands as far as the southern parts of the Afram Plains, about 300 kilometres north-west of the Krobo Mountain. The land acquisition process was greatly influenced by the changing attitude of the Akan landowners. Thus while the process was peaceful at some stages, at other stages it was characterised by clashes. The rapid population growth of the district has great impact on the land use. Indicators of population stress like land fragmentation, changes in frequency of cropping, environmental degradation, changing landholding patterns, decreasing crop yields, changing crop patterns and disputes over land ownership are now common features of the agricultural landscape. The population, in turn does not remain static: it is responding to the agricultural land use change. There are signs of population mobility, changing perception about fertility levels and the use of the family as a source of labour, rising educatonal levels and occupational change. To address the problem of population pressure in the district, there is the need for carefully planned progammes to tackle both the problems of rapid population growth and inefficient agricultural land use.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) Dakar, Senegal and the University of Science and Technology (UST), Kumasi, Ghana.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/34809
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Ghanaen_US
dc.subjectAgricultural use of landen_US
dc.subjectIndustrious farmers in Manya Krobo District.en_US
dc.subjectThe rapid population growth of Manya Krobo District.en_US
dc.titlePopulation and Agricultural Land Use in The Kanya Krobo Districten_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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