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| Title: | Land and Food Production in a Ghanaian Forest Community |
| Author: | Dei, George J.S. |
| Year: | 1987 |
| Periodical: | Africa Development: A Quarterly Journal of CODESRIA (ISSN 0850-3907) |
| Volume: | 12 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Period: | January-March |
| Pages: | 101-124 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Ghana |
| Subjects: | subsistence economy subsistence farming Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment Development and Technology Women's Issues Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) agriculture Cultural Roles Sex Roles |
| External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/24486599 |
| Abstract: | This article focuses on the responses of the peasant farmers of Ayirebi, a community of about 4,300 people in the Eastern Region of Ghana, to the national economic crisis of the 1980s. The inhabitants of Ayirebi are predominantly Twi-speaking, belonging to the Akan subgroup known as the Akyem. In examining the mechanisms at work in the contemporary adaptation of the Ayirebi people, special attention is paid to the nature of the subsistence economy and the responses of the community to local seasonal food supply cycles. Various methods of land acquisition and use available to members of the community are examined and a shift in the traditional emphasis on lineage lands to include more and more individually acquired land is revealed. On the whole, this situation has the net advantage of expanding the resource base of the farmer. Consequently, it ensures the variety of household food supply, especially in the event of crop failure on some farmlands. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. in French. |
