Fig 1.
Map of Ghana with all the regions including the Eastern and Northern.
(Source: Ghana Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources [45]).
Table 1.
Description of variables used in the analysis of farmers’ perception on soil erosion.
Table 2.
Qualitative results of respondents’ socioeconomic, farm and institutional attributes tested using chi-square test in the Brepaw Kpeti village, Eastern Region of Ghana (n = 70).
Table 3.
Qualitative results of respondents’ socioeconomic, farm and institutional attributes tested using chi-square test in the Nyankpala village, Northern Region of Ghana (n = 60).
Table 4.
Quantitative results of respondents’ socioeconomic, farm and institutional attributes of the study village from the Eastern Region of Ghana (n = 70).
Table 5.
Quantitative results of respondents’ socioeconomic, farm and institutional attributes of the study village from the Northern Region of Ghana (n = 60).
Fig 2.
Homestead land with severe erosion indicators in the Eastern Region of Ghana: A) Root exposure, and B) Loose soil due to overstocking of livestock throughout the year.
Table 6.
Farmers’ perception on erosion and sedimentation problems and erosion causes in the selected villages from the Eastern and Northern Regions of Ghana.
Fig 3.
Farmers’ perception on the trend of erosion severity rate (increasing, same, and decreasing) since the past 10 years in the study villages: (A) In the Eastern Region, and (B) In the Northern Region of Ghana.
Table 7.
Farmers’ perception on indicators or consequences of soil erosion in the study villages from the Eastern and Northern Regions of Ghana.
Fig 4.
Indicators of erosion severity: (A) Pedastals (exposure of tree roots due to erosion in the Eastern Region), and (B) rill and gully erosion from the Northern Region as. (Source: Gebreyesus Brhane Tesfahunegn, May 2017).
Fig 5.
Arable land in the study villages: A) Bush fire with no SWC practice in the Eastern Region, and B) Land without SWC practice in the Northern Region of Ghana. (Source: Gebreyesus Brhane Tesfahunegn, May 2017).
Table 8.
Binary logistic analysis of determinant variables for farmers’ perception on soil erosion as dependent variable in the study villages from the Eastern and Northern Regions of Ghana.