Ghana’s agriculture sector has contributed significantly to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) over the past decades even though there has been persistent decline of about 12.8% in the last 7 years. It decreased from 31.8% in 2009 to merely 19% as of September 2015, a period of 7 years. In spite of these trends, sustainable agriculture has been observed to be a game changer in agricultural development and growth globally. Sustainable agriculture is partly dependent on the attitude of the present agriculture students who represent the potential officers to impart sustainable agriculture knowledge to farmers. It is therefore relevant to assess the perception of students toward the concept of sustainable agriculture on climate change to inform policy decisions and interventions. To assess the perception of students’ toward sustainable agriculture, this study sampled 120 final year undergraduate students’ in the School of Agriculture at the College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon. The study used a well-structured questionnaire to solicit students’ perception for sustainable agriculture, its’ adoption barriers and perceived strategies to address the barriers in Ghana. Findings indicated that students’ perception for sustainable agriculture is positive. Majority of the students (78.00%) were of the view that sustainable agricultural practices would help protect the environment and our natural resources, therefore could mitigate adverse effects of climate change on agricultural activities. Students ranked perceived barriers to sustainable agriculture adoption as; economic costs, lack of knowledge and land tenure constraints. Strategic ways to address the barriers were identified as farmer-to-farmer education, provision of financial incentives, developing training and partnership programs, and participatory learning.

中文翻译：

---

加纳将可持续农业作为减缓气候变化战略的认知的结构方程模型

在过去的几十年中，加纳的农业部门为该国的国内生产总值（GDP）做出了重大贡献，尽管在过去7年中持续下降了约12.8％。期限为7年，从2009年的31.8％降至2015年9月的19％。尽管有这些趋势，但可持续农业被认为是全球农业发展和增长的游戏规则改变者。可持续农业部分取决于现任农业专业学生的态度，这些学生代表潜在的官员向农民传授可持续农业知识。因此，有必要评估学生对气候变化方面可持续农业概念的看法，以为政策决策和干预提供依据。为了评估学生对可持续农业的看法，本研究在莱昂加纳大学基础与应用科学学院的农业学院对120名最后一年的本科生进行了抽样调查。该研究使用结构合理的问卷调查表，以唤起学生对可持续农业的认识，农业的采用障碍以及应对加纳障碍的感知策略。调查结果表明，学生对可持续农业的看法是积极的。大多数学生（78.00％）认为，可持续的农业实践将有助于保护环境和我们的自然资源，因此可以减轻气候变化对农业活动的不利影响。学生将可持续农业采用的感知障碍列为：经济成本，缺乏知识和土地使用权约束。解决障碍的战略方法被确定为农民对农民的教育，提供经济奖励，制定培训和伙伴关系计划以及参与式学习。