Dzigbodi Doke

• PhD
• Head of Department at University for Development Studies

Purpose - The aim of this paper is to determine whether the dominant integrated water resources management (IWRM) paradigm within which the Pra River Basin is managed holds the key to address the current water security and sustainability issues in Southwestern Ghana. Design/methodology/approach - This study employed a literature review developed...

Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) programs have been implemented extensively to eradicate open defecation and enhance sanitation practices. However, concerns about the sustainability of CLTS outcomes persist, necessitating a nuanced examination of the phenomenon. This study assessed the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of people in the...

Background: Antibiotic residue in food products and the resulting antibiotic-resistant bacteria represent a significant global public health threat. The misuse of antibiotics is a primary contributor to this issue. This study investigated the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) regarding antibiotic use among cage fish farmers on Ghana’s Volta...

Globally, land use and land cover change (LULCC) is recognized as posing a substantial environmental challenge with lasting and severe consequences. This study quantified LULCC within the Vea catchment area spanning 24 years, from 1998 to 2022. Landsat TM imagery from 1998, ETM + imagery from 2006, and Landsat 8 OLI imagery from 2014 to 2022 were u...

This paper examines conflicts between farmers and herders through the lens of conflict escalation theory. The paper focuses on the case of the Asante Akim North Municipality of Ghana. The paper builds on forty-eight semi-structured interviews, two focus group discussions, and archival materials that were analyzed qualitatively through descriptive,...

Access to clean and safe drinking water is key to the improvement of social lives in most developing countries. Due to its hazardous nature and detrimental effects on human health, increased quantities of arsenic in water bodies have been a growing global health concern in recent years. In Ghana, elevated arsenic concentration is reported in some w...

Climate and LULC changes have a great influence on the hydrological processes which include evapotranspiration, infiltration, surface runoff, groundwater flow, and stream discharge regime. This study aims to review the existing literature on the impacts of climate, and LULC changes on the sustainability of irrigation water in West Africa. The futur...

The aim of this study was to assess the historical and projected climate trend analysis in the Upper East Region, Ghana, using time series and modelled climate data under shared socio-economic pathways scenarios. Due to the climate data scarcity challenge in Ghana, there is a need to rely on high-resolution satellite-based climate products for clim...

The study was carried out to ascertain the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourist accommodation businesses in the Tamale Metropolis. Simple random sampling techniques were employed to select 30 tourist accommodation facilities for inclusion in the study. Qualitative data were sourced using semi-structured interview guides and thus analyzed thro...

LULC and climate change are the two most common manifestations of global environmental change. The objective of this study was to quantify past and future LULC and climate change impacts on environmental sustainability in the Vea catchment of Ghana. The past LULC change (1998–2022) was analyzed using ERDAS Imagine 15 upon the application of the Sup...

The increase in illegal gold mining (galamsey) activities that harm the environment by polluting water sources necessitates the need to take meaningful steps towards protecting the environment. The Jacobu water system in the Amansie Central district was selected as a case study. The purpose of the work is to assess the environmental sustainability...

Financial sustainability is achieved through enhanced creditworthiness and snowball effect of borrowing. This chapter presents sample cases of applications of innovative water financing mechanisms in Kenya based on scale formation and adoption practices. These include the cases of Murang’a-, Nyeri- and Embu Water and Sanitation Companies for enhanc...

Assessment and prediction of land use/land cover change using spatiotemporal data are of great importance for better environmental monitoring, land use planning, and management. Therefore, the objective of this study is to predict LULC change, its driving factors and impact on water availability for irrigation in the Vea catchment, Ghana. CA-Markov...

The study examined the critical factors influencing the sustainability of the Pra river basin in Ghana, with a focus on water pollution incidents caused by illegal mining (galamsey) activities. The study followed a quantitative research approach using data collected from 156 respondents in the Amansie Central district of Ghana. Generally, Strengths...

Packaged water is touted as hygienic and safe for human consumption. However, several studies have reported a change in water quality due to some environmental factors. In the case of plastic-packaged drinking water, the water quality may be affected by sunlight due to the possibility of leaching petroleum hydrocarbons from the plastics into the wa...

Climate variability has been a major threat to achieving sustainable food production in many countries, including Ghana. This is attributable to insufficient and erratic rainfall coupled with increasing temperature. This study examined the perceived effects of rainfall and temperature variability on yields of cereal crops in the Mion District of th...

Two composite samples were collected from a high traffic transport station and a low traffic transport station. The study analysed concentration of heavy metals such as (Nickel) Ni, (Lead) Pb, (Cadmium) Cd, (Copper) Cu, (Zinc) Zn, (Manganese) Mn and (Iron) Fe, their pollution levels and the associated human health risks as prescribed by the United...

The frequent incidents of oil spills and other forms of pollution arising from crude oil exploration and exploitation (OEE) in the Niger Delta have caused several investigations on Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) pollution. This study aimed at developing a comprehensive report on PAH pollution and its human health risks recorded in the Nige...

The frequent incidents of oil spills and other forms of pollution arising from crude oil exploration and exploitation (OEE) in the Niger Delta have caused several investigations on Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) pollution. This study aimed at developing a comprehensive report on PAH pollution and its human health risks recorded in the Nige...

In the original publication of this article (Nasare et al. 2019), the ‘₵’ in Ghanaian currency symbol (GH₵) was omitted in below content in the pdf version of the article. It should be ‘GH₵’.

In the African continent, several studies have been conducted to determine PAH pollution levels with their associated health risks in the environment. However, these studies are very much disconnected. The objective of this study is to conduct a systematic review that serves as a comprehensive report on the PAH-related studies conducted in the Afri...

Pollution of freshwater resources is gaining global attention due to increasing freshwater stress and scarcity. This study assessed land use and land cover changes (LULCC) in the Nawuni Catchment of the White Volta Basin and how the change affects water quality in the area. Satellite images from Landsat Thematic Mapper and Landsat 8 Operational lan...

Shea (Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn.) is a multipurpose tree species indigenous to the Sudano Sahelian zone of Africa and occurs as the most abundant economic tree species in northern Ghana. The edible oil (shea butter) extracted from shea kernel is ranked as the most economic product of the species. Although fruit set and yield of shea are known...

Despite the key roles of women in agroforestry systems, their contributions usually go unnoticed in male – dominated societies. This study was conducted in the Jaman South Municipality of Ghana to examine the forms and levels of women’s participation in agroforestry systems. The study used a concurrent mixed method design to collect data from 204 w...

Pollinator decline, driven primarily by habitat degradation, has the potential to reduce the quantity and quality of pollinator-dependent crops produced across the world. Vitellaria paradoxa, a socioeconomically important tree which grows across the sub-Saharan drylands of Africa, produces seeds from which shea butter is extracted. However, the hab...

Mining has played an important role in the development of Ghana. Like all industries, mining has both benefits and risks for the people living in communities where minerals are found. How these environmental and health impacts are managed by the government, nearby communities and mining companies can either worsen or improve the lives of community...

Iron (Fe) deficiency increases risk for adverse health outcomes in humans; however little is known about the potential interaction with methylmercury (MeHg) exposure. Studies testing multiple stressor hypotheses are expensive and time consuming in mammalian model systems; therefore, determining relevance of alternative models is important. Daphnia...

In the early 1970s, fish advisories and closures were established in the United States to protect the public from potentially harmful health effects linked to eating contaminated fish. Finfish and shellfish may be contaminated by methylmercury and other persistent organic pollutants, oil spills, bacterial agents, and algal blooms. These advisories...