Bedele, D.K.2020-02-102020-02-101993-06http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/34809PhD in Geography and Human Resource DevelopmentThe 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.enAgricultural use of landIndustrious farmers in Manya Krobo District.The rapid population growth of Manya Krobo District.Thesis