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Felix Kwabena Donkor
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA), UNISA Science Campus

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Book chapter
Published: 24 January 2021 in Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Felix Kwabena Donkor; Kevin Mearns. Fuel Poverty: Determining Factors and Addressing Challenges at the Grassroots. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals 2021, 654 -661.

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Felix Kwabena Donkor, Kevin Mearns. Fuel Poverty: Determining Factors and Addressing Challenges at the Grassroots. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. 2021; ():654-661.

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Felix Kwabena Donkor; Kevin Mearns. 2021. "Fuel Poverty: Determining Factors and Addressing Challenges at the Grassroots." Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals , no. : 654-661.

Book chapter
Published: 08 November 2020 in Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Felix Kwabena Donkor. Women and Agriculture: Addressing Hidden Work in Land-Based Livelihoods. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals 2020, 1123 -1130.

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Felix Kwabena Donkor. Women and Agriculture: Addressing Hidden Work in Land-Based Livelihoods. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. 2020; ():1123-1130.

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Felix Kwabena Donkor. 2020. "Women and Agriculture: Addressing Hidden Work in Land-Based Livelihoods." Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals , no. : 1123-1130.

Journal article
Published: 21 October 2020 in IEEE Engineering Management Review
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Unpaid care work, mostly performed by women, is a central but undervalued contributor to economies. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for unpaid care work increased due to restricted movement, social isolation and economic challenges. This pandemic has highlighted the urgency of recognizing and valuing women's work at the household level which has been systematically overlooked. At the same time, it has increased the demand for technology usage, exposing the gender digital divide. This paper aims to shed light on the additional burden women are facing, especially when trying to balance unpaid care work with paid employment from the seclusion of their homes. We do this by reviewing a number of surveys conducted in Indonesia. We combine this with other examples from additional contexts in order to draw attention to a global trend of amplified inequalities and struggles women are experiencing. We advocate for an urgent paradigm shift by providing vital recommendations for policymakers and managers.

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Nediana Sarrasanti; Felix Kwabena Donkor; Claudia Santos; Marula Tsagkari; Chadia Wannous. Its About Time We Care About an Equitable World: Women's Unpaid Care Work and COVID-19. IEEE Engineering Management Review 2020, 48, 37 -45.

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Nediana Sarrasanti, Felix Kwabena Donkor, Claudia Santos, Marula Tsagkari, Chadia Wannous. Its About Time We Care About an Equitable World: Women's Unpaid Care Work and COVID-19. IEEE Engineering Management Review. 2020; 48 (4):37-45.

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Nediana Sarrasanti; Felix Kwabena Donkor; Claudia Santos; Marula Tsagkari; Chadia Wannous. 2020. "Its About Time We Care About an Equitable World: Women's Unpaid Care Work and COVID-19." IEEE Engineering Management Review 48, no. 4: 37-45.

Journal article
Published: 08 September 2020 in Sustainability
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In the wake of a rapidly changing climate, climate services have enabled farmers in developing countries to make informed decisions, necessary for efficient food production. Climate services denote the timely production, translation, delivery and use of climate information to enhance decision-making. However, studies have failed to analyse the extent to which Indigenous farmers residing and producing their food in an environment degraded by multinational corporations (MNCs) utilise climate services. This study addresses this gap by analysing Indigenous farmers’ utilisation of climate services in Igbide, Olomoro and Uzere communities, in the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Focus group discussions and semi-structured interviews were used to obtain primary data. Findings suggest that although the activities of Shell British petroleum, a MNC, have compromised food production, other factors have fuelled farmers’ unwillingness to utilise climate services. These include their inability to access assets that can significantly scale up food production and lack of weather stations close to their communities needed to generate downscaled forecasts, amongst others. This paper argues that failure to address these issues may stifle the chances of actualising the first and second sustainable development goals (no poverty and zero hunger) by 2030 in the aforementioned communities.

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Eromose Ebhuoma; Mulala Simatele; Llewellyn Leonard; Osadolor Ebhuoma; Felix Donkor; Henry Tantoh. Theorising Indigenous Farmers’ Utilisation of Climate Services: Lessons from the Oil-Rich Niger Delta. Sustainability 2020, 12, 7349 .

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Eromose Ebhuoma, Mulala Simatele, Llewellyn Leonard, Osadolor Ebhuoma, Felix Donkor, Henry Tantoh. Theorising Indigenous Farmers’ Utilisation of Climate Services: Lessons from the Oil-Rich Niger Delta. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (18):7349.

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Eromose Ebhuoma; Mulala Simatele; Llewellyn Leonard; Osadolor Ebhuoma; Felix Donkor; Henry Tantoh. 2020. "Theorising Indigenous Farmers’ Utilisation of Climate Services: Lessons from the Oil-Rich Niger Delta." Sustainability 12, no. 18: 7349.

Reference work
Published: 26 July 2020 in Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Energy poverty The term “fuel poverty” refers to the phenomenon where a household’s fuel expenditure on all services is in excess of 10% of their income (Boardman 1991). Some argue that this...

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Felix Kwabena Donkor; Kevin Mearns. Fuel Poverty: Determining Factors and Addressing Challenges at the Grassroots. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals 2020, 1 -8.

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Felix Kwabena Donkor, Kevin Mearns. Fuel Poverty: Determining Factors and Addressing Challenges at the Grassroots. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. 2020; ():1-8.

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Felix Kwabena Donkor; Kevin Mearns. 2020. "Fuel Poverty: Determining Factors and Addressing Challenges at the Grassroots." Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals , no. : 1-8.

Reference work
Published: 09 June 2020 in Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
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A livelihood denotes the range of activities that enables an individual or household to secure the basic necessities on a sustainable basis with dignity (Ellis 2000). Land-based livelihood strategies...

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Felix Kwabena Donkor. Women and Agriculture: Addressing Hidden Work in Land-Based Livelihoods. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals 2020, 1 -8.

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Felix Kwabena Donkor. Women and Agriculture: Addressing Hidden Work in Land-Based Livelihoods. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. 2020; ():1-8.

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Felix Kwabena Donkor. 2020. "Women and Agriculture: Addressing Hidden Work in Land-Based Livelihoods." Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals , no. : 1-8.

Chapter
Published: 13 May 2020 in Food Security and Land Use Change under Conditions of Climatic Variability
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Agriculture is the mainstay of most rural economies in the Global South. In the face of rising youth unemployment and food insecurity, several countries have foregrounded agriculture as a critical lever in safeguarding vulnerable communities and the bricolage of related rural livelihoods. The elderly are reservoirs of the indigenous knowledge unlike the youth who are more knowledgeable about novel approaches. This necessitates an inter-generational cross-pollination of knowledge and experiences to engender communities of practice that will develop the agricultural value chain. However, there are conflicting perspectives on the importance of agriculture between the youth and the older generation which is evidenced by the comparatively fewer youth involved in agriculture and their comments on the significance of human civilisation’s oldest and vintage activities. The study uses qualitative methods involving 183 household-heads and 11 key informants to study the divergent perceptions and changing attitudes towards agriculture in the erstwhile KaNgwana Homeland. Results indicate a stark contrast across generations on the importance of agriculture in the study area. The elderly regard the soil as the basis of all things as everything emanates from it and hence has to be given prime importance. However the youth regard agriculture as old fashioned and a job for the older folks. The youth suggest that in the apartheid time people were restricted as per job opportunities and thus were forced into agriculture. The chapter engages with the individual stories and dominant narratives on the subject. The study contributes to the debate on harnessing the demographic dividend for sustainable agriculture and rural development especially in mountain areas.

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Felix Kwabena Donkor; Mearns Kevin; Enokenwa Ojong Baa; Henry Bikwibili Tantoh; Eromose Ebhuoma; Hadisu Abubakar; Sibusisiwe Mavuso; Philip Mbewe; Christopher Mabeza; Arianne Leclerc. Attitudinal Changes Towards Agriculture Through the Generational Lens and Impact on Engagement in Related Activities: Case Study From a Mountainous Area. Food Security and Land Use Change under Conditions of Climatic Variability 2020, 165 -179.

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Felix Kwabena Donkor, Mearns Kevin, Enokenwa Ojong Baa, Henry Bikwibili Tantoh, Eromose Ebhuoma, Hadisu Abubakar, Sibusisiwe Mavuso, Philip Mbewe, Christopher Mabeza, Arianne Leclerc. Attitudinal Changes Towards Agriculture Through the Generational Lens and Impact on Engagement in Related Activities: Case Study From a Mountainous Area. Food Security and Land Use Change under Conditions of Climatic Variability. 2020; ():165-179.

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Felix Kwabena Donkor; Mearns Kevin; Enokenwa Ojong Baa; Henry Bikwibili Tantoh; Eromose Ebhuoma; Hadisu Abubakar; Sibusisiwe Mavuso; Philip Mbewe; Christopher Mabeza; Arianne Leclerc. 2020. "Attitudinal Changes Towards Agriculture Through the Generational Lens and Impact on Engagement in Related Activities: Case Study From a Mountainous Area." Food Security and Land Use Change under Conditions of Climatic Variability , no. : 165-179.

Book chapter
Published: 13 August 2019 in Handbook of Climate Change Resilience
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As climate projections indicate increased severity on land-based livelihoods, the importance of innovation in building resilience and enhancing productivity cannot be overemphasized. This is even more urgent for the smallholder systems which sustain 90% of Africa’s agriculture and are crucial for enhanced food security as per the Sustainable Development Goals. This study uses the multi-method approach involving 150 farmers to investigate factors affecting uptake of innovation in smallholder systems and the implications on farm output and livestock productivity. Innovation policies will have maximum impact when targeted at the household head instead of a household member. Chi-square results indicate that age, educational levels, household head social capital, and multiple information sources have a significant association with the uptake of innovation. They represent a cocktail of factors that enhance the adoption of innovation in smallholder systems. These factors thus need to be integrated and foregrounded in adoption policies. However, the household head-related social capital is the trump card for innovation uptake as it is the single factor with a significant effect after controlling for other variables in a generalized linear model. Moreover, the lack of financial resources and information are the key challenges to the adoption of innovation among respondents with extensive innovation use. However the innovation use was investigated among crop production systems and may not suggest that in mixed smallholder systems, high innovation in plant cultivation translates into innovation in livestock production. Moreover in the agriculture sector, livestock production is the most vulnerable to climate impacts unlike crop production. There is therefore the need for capacity building in terms of knowledge and managerial and allied skills to help smallholder systems enhance productivity in both crop and animal production.

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Felix Kwabena Donkor; Kevin Mearns. Household Head-Related Social Capital: The Trump Card for Facilitating Actual Uptake of Innovation in Rural Smallholder Systems. Handbook of Climate Change Resilience 2019, 1711 -1726.

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Felix Kwabena Donkor, Kevin Mearns. Household Head-Related Social Capital: The Trump Card for Facilitating Actual Uptake of Innovation in Rural Smallholder Systems. Handbook of Climate Change Resilience. 2019; ():1711-1726.

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Felix Kwabena Donkor; Kevin Mearns. 2019. "Household Head-Related Social Capital: The Trump Card for Facilitating Actual Uptake of Innovation in Rural Smallholder Systems." Handbook of Climate Change Resilience , no. : 1711-1726.

Reference work
Published: 24 July 2018 in Handbook of Climate Change Resilience
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As climate projections indicate increased severity on land-based livelihoods, the importance of innovation in building resilience and enhancing productivity cannot be overemphasized. This is even more urgent for the smallholder systems which sustain 90% of Africa’s agriculture and are crucial for enhanced food security as per the Sustainable Development Goals. This study uses the multi-method approach involving 150 farmers to investigate factors affecting uptake of innovation in smallholder systems and the implications on farm output and livestock productivity. Innovation policies will have maximum impact when targeted at the household head instead of a household member. Chi-square results indicate that age, educational levels, household head social capital, and multiple information sources have a significant association with the uptake of innovation. They represent a cocktail of factors that enhance the adoption of innovation in smallholder systems. These factors thus need to be integrated and foregrounded in adoption policies. However, the household head-related social capital is the trump card for innovation uptake as it is the single factor with a significant effect after controlling for other variables in a generalized linear model. Moreover, the lack of financial resources and information are the key challenges to the adoption of innovation among respondents with extensive innovation use. However the innovation use was investigated among crop production systems and may not suggest that in mixed smallholder systems, high innovation in plant cultivation translates into innovation in livestock production. Moreover in the agriculture sector, livestock production is the most vulnerable to climate impacts unlike crop production. There is therefore the need for capacity building in terms of knowledge and managerial and allied skills to help smallholder systems enhance productivity in both crop and animal production.

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Felix Kwabena Donkor; Kevin Mearns. Household Head-Related Social Capital: The Trump Card for Facilitating Actual Uptake of Innovation in Rural Smallholder Systems. Handbook of Climate Change Resilience 2018, 1 -16.

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Felix Kwabena Donkor, Kevin Mearns. Household Head-Related Social Capital: The Trump Card for Facilitating Actual Uptake of Innovation in Rural Smallholder Systems. Handbook of Climate Change Resilience. 2018; ():1-16.

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Felix Kwabena Donkor; Kevin Mearns. 2018. "Household Head-Related Social Capital: The Trump Card for Facilitating Actual Uptake of Innovation in Rural Smallholder Systems." Handbook of Climate Change Resilience , no. : 1-16.

Commentary
Published: 06 April 2018 in Environmental Communication
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Climate services entail providing timely and tailored climate information to end-users in order to facilitate and improve decision-making processes. Climate services are instrumental in socio-economic development and benefit substantially from interdisciplinary collaborations, particularly when including Early Career Researchers (ECRs). This commentary critically discusses deliberations from an interdisciplinary workshop involving ECRs from the United Kingdom and South Africa in 2017, to discuss issues in climate adaptation and climate services development in water resources, food security and agriculture. Outcomes from the discussions revolved around key issues somewhat marginalized within the broader climate service discourse. This commentary discusses what constitutes “effective” communication, framings (user framings, mental models, narratives, co-production) and ethical dimensions in developing climate services that can best serve end-users. It also reflects on how ECRs can help tackle these important thematic areas and advance the discourse on climate services.

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Felix Kwabena Donkor; Candice Howarth; Eromose Ebhuoma; Meaghan Daly; Catherine Vaughan; Lulu Pretorius; Julia Mambo; Dave MacLeod; Andrew Kythreotis; Lindsey Jones; Sam Grainger; Nicola Golding; Julio Araujo Anderson. Climate Services and Communication for Development: The Role of Early Career Researchers in Advancing the Debate. Environmental Communication 2018, 13, 561 -566.

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Felix Kwabena Donkor, Candice Howarth, Eromose Ebhuoma, Meaghan Daly, Catherine Vaughan, Lulu Pretorius, Julia Mambo, Dave MacLeod, Andrew Kythreotis, Lindsey Jones, Sam Grainger, Nicola Golding, Julio Araujo Anderson. Climate Services and Communication for Development: The Role of Early Career Researchers in Advancing the Debate. Environmental Communication. 2018; 13 (5):561-566.

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Felix Kwabena Donkor; Candice Howarth; Eromose Ebhuoma; Meaghan Daly; Catherine Vaughan; Lulu Pretorius; Julia Mambo; Dave MacLeod; Andrew Kythreotis; Lindsey Jones; Sam Grainger; Nicola Golding; Julio Araujo Anderson. 2018. "Climate Services and Communication for Development: The Role of Early Career Researchers in Advancing the Debate." Environmental Communication 13, no. 5: 561-566.

Journal article
Published: 01 June 2017 in Journal of Asian Research
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Cooking is a daily activity often based on energy to satisfy individuals' nutritional requirements. Wood fuels are the main source of fuel in rural areas of Africa with detrimental health, environmental and livelihood effects. The study investigates how heavy dependence on wood fuels and the resultant degradation of scarce forest resources can be addressed employing social learning coupled complementary strategies. The qualitative method was used carry out the research in the West Gonja District of Ghana. The case study approach was complemented with Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA) techniques to gather data from key informants, households and focus group discussions. The use of wood fuels is having a negative impact on critical rural resources such as forest ecosystem services which underpin land-based livelihoods of the study area. The continuous knowledge co-production and utilization within the context of social learning is vital for enhancing adaptive capacity of vulnerable livelihoods especially those reliant on forest resources. Moreover it is crucial to integrate complementary knowledge systems as per social learning and harness appropriate technology when introducing interventions that enable communities to shift to alternative fuel sources. This helps to reduce pressure on communal forest resources and enhance forest conservation with spin-offs for sustainable development.

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Felix Kwabena Donkor. Social Learning as a Vehicle for Complementary Strategies in Forest Resource Management. Journal of Asian Research 2017, 1, 71 .

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Felix Kwabena Donkor. Social Learning as a Vehicle for Complementary Strategies in Forest Resource Management. Journal of Asian Research. 2017; 1 (1):71.

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Felix Kwabena Donkor. 2017. "Social Learning as a Vehicle for Complementary Strategies in Forest Resource Management." Journal of Asian Research 1, no. 1: 71.