Given rising concerns about climate change and development in Africa, this paper draws on Community Risk Assessment for mapping the risks of Fulani Herders to climate change in North-Western Ghana. Herder communities are seldom explored in climate change related studies although their livelihoods largely depend on the natural environment. Thus, a case study of the Fulani Herder Community of Kpongu in the Wa Municipality was conducted. The design employed Participatory Rural Appraisal instruments for data collection and analysis. The results reveal multiple indicators of climate change, including longer dry seasons and dry spells, shrinking sizes of water bodies, formation of iron pans on top soils, stunted growth of grass species, smaller grass stalks and less concentration of grasses. These have culminated into scarcity of fodder and water and increased distances of cattle herding under excruciating sunshine and temperatures in search of feed and water as an adaptive mechanism. The paper underscores that herder knowledge of climate change reveals a drying trend in climate and de-concentration in vegetation, especially grass species. The paper advocates climate change adaptation planning and policy attention to providing supplementary sources of water and feed in support of cattle herding and herder communities for climate change adaptation.

鉴于人们日益关注非洲的气候变化与发展，本文利用社区风险评估来绘制加纳西北部富拉尼牧民对气候变化的风险。尽管其生计在很大程度上取决于自然环境，但很少在与气候变化相关的研究中探索牧民社区。因此，对the市克蓬古的富拉尼牧民社区进行了案例研究。该设计采用了参与式农村评估工具进行数据收集和分析。结果揭示了多种气候变化指标，包括更长的干旱季节和干旱季节，水体规模缩小，表层土壤上铁锅的形成，草种生长受阻，草梗较小以及草丛浓度较低。这些最终导致饲料和水的短缺，以及在极端阳光和温度下寻找适应性饲料和水的牲畜放牧距离增加。该论文强调说，对气候变化的深入了解揭示了气候的干燥趋势以及植被（尤其是草种）的浓度降低。本文提倡气候变化适应计划和政策关注，以提供补充的水和饲料来源，以支持牛群和牧民社区适应气候变化。