Lawrence Damnyag
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
2 Papers
Lawrence Damnyag is an academic researcher from Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. The author has contributed to research in topics: Profitability index & Weather insurance. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications.
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Adaptation strategies of Ghanaian cocoa farmers under a changing climate
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present empirical findings on Ghanaian cocoa farmers' experiences of climate change, the coping strategies they have used and the factors that influenced their adaptation decisions, and conclude that there is need for the development of adaptation technologies for current cocoa farmers but also need for more transformational adaptation policies that generate jobs and income generating activities outside cocoa cultivation.
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Index-based weather insurance for perennial crops: A case study on insurance supply and demand for cocoa farmers in Ghana
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the potential for index-based weather insurance for cocoa as an example of a perennial crop and found that more than 90% of the sampled cocoa farmers are interested in index insurance.