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Ghana’s agric sector likely to be worst hit by climate change – Report
Ghana may be worst hit by the impact of Climate Change (CC) if adequate measures are not adopted to contain the brunt, according to a report by the Environmental Protection Agency.
The report cautioned that the current low yields than projected being experienced in the agric sector had been attributed to the effects of climate change.
It warned that yields in the agric sector are expected to further decrease, which may likely affect the vulnerable and the poor.
The report termed the Policy Advice Series 2 highlights the negative effects of climate change on the agricultural sector in Ghana.
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in Article 1, defines climate change as: ‘A change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods’.
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