Joseph Awetori Yaro

EDUCATION
2004  Ph.D.  (Human Geography), Norway
2000 M-Phil (Development Geography), Norway
1997 BA (Hons) (Geography and Resource Development), University of Ghana.

Areas of Specialisation
• Agrarian Change
• Sustainable rural livelihoods
• Economic Conditions and the environment: Poverty, environment and livelihoods
• Land Tenure Studies &Transnational land deals and rural livelihoods
• Climate change adaptation

Courses Taught
• GEOG 709  Rural Development Theories and Practice
• FSSP701   Philosophy of the Social Sciences
• MIST 605   Research methods
• Geog 603  Techniques of Research
• Geog 451  Regional Development
• Geog 455  Rural Development theories and principles
• Geog 456  Rural Development Experiences
• Geog 326  Research methods

Affiliations
• Scandinavian Association of Development Geographers
• Ghana Geographical Association
• Association of American Geographers (AAG)
• Canadian Association of African Studies

PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
1. Yaro Joseph Awetori, Teye Joseph Kofi & Torvikey Gertrude Dzifa (2017): Agricultural commercialisation models, agrarian dynamics and local development. in Ghana, The Journal of Peasant Studies, DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2016.1259222
2. Fuseini, I., Yaro, J. A., & Yiran, G. A. B. (2017). City profile: Tamale, Ghana. Cities, 60, Part B, 64-74. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2016.07.010
3. Gertrude Dzifa Torvikey & Joseph Awetori Yaro & Joseph Kofi Teye. (2016)."Farm to Factory Gendered Employment: The Case of Blue Skies Outgrower Scheme in Ghana," Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy, Centre for Agrarian Research and Education for South, vol. 5(1), pages 77-97, April.
4. Yaro, J. A., Teye, J. K., & Torvikey, G. D. (2016). Historical Context of Agricultural Commercialisation in Ghana: Changes in Land and Labour Relations. Journal of Asian and African Studies. doi: 10.1177/0021909616657368
5. Awumbila, M., Teye, J. K., & Yaro, J. A. (2016). Social Networks, Migration Trajectories and Livelihood Strategies of Migrant Domestic and Construction Workers in Accra, Ghana. Journal of Asian and African Studies. doi: 10.1177/0021909616634743
6. Awumbila, M., Teye, J. K., & Yaro, J. A. (2016). Of silent maids, skilled gardeners and careful madams: gendered dynamics and strategies of migrant domestic workers in Accra, Ghana. GeoJournal, 1-14. doi: 10.1007/s10708-016-9711-5
7.  Joseph Awetori Yaro, Joseph Teye & Mariama Awumbila (2015): The life struggles and successes of the migrant construction worker in Accra, Ghana. Ghana Journal of Geography Vol. 7(2), Pages 113-131
8. Joseph Awetori Yaro, Joseph Teye & Simon Bawakyillenuo (2014): Local institutions and adaptive capacity to climate change/variability in the northern savannah of Ghana. Climate and Development, DOI:10.1080/17565529.2014.951018
9. Simon Bawakyillenuo, Joseph Awetori Yaro & Joseph Teye (2014): Exploring the autonomous adaptation strategies to climate change and climate variability in selected villages in the rural northern savannah zone of Ghana, Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability, DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2014.965671.
10. Joseph Teye, Joseph Yaro, Simon Bawakyillenuo (2014). Local Farmers’ Experiences and Perceptions of Climate Change in the Northern Savannah Zone of Ghana. International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management. Accepted 01/09/14. In press.
11. Tsikata, Dzodzi and Yaro, Joseph Awetori (2014). When a Good Business Model is Not Enough: Land Transactions and Gendered Livelihood Prospects in Rural Ghana, Feminist Economics, Vol. 20, No. 1, 202–226.
12. Azabre, BA., Teye JK. & Yaro JA. (2013). Malaria control strategies in the Kassena-Nankana East and West Districts of Ghana. Ghana Journal of Geography Vol. 5, 102-120.
13. Yaro. J. A. (2013). The perception of and adaptation to climate variability/change in Ghana by small-scale and commercial farmers. Regional Environmental Change. Volume 13, Issue 6, 1259-1272
14. Yaro. J. A. and Dzodzi T. (2013). Savannah fires and local resistance to Transnational land deals: The case of Dipale in Northern Ghana. African Geographical Review. Vol. 32. No.1. pp. 72-87.
15. Yaro. J. A. (2013). Neoliberal globalization and evolving local traditional institutions: implications for Access to resources in rural northern Ghana. Review of African Political Economy.  Vol. 40, No. 137, 410–427, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03056244.2013.816945
16. Golo Ben-Willie Kwaku and Yaro Awetori Joseph (2013). Reclaiming Stewardship in Ghana: Religion and Climate Change. Nature and Culture, Volume 8, Number 3, 282-300(19).
17. Owusu-Sekyere Ebenezer, Kanton Issaka Osumanu and Yaro Joseph Awetori (2013). Dompoase Landfill in the Kumasi Metropolitan Area of Ghana: A ‘Blessing’ or a ‘Curse’? International Journal of Current Trends in Research (2013) 2 (1): 87-96.
18. Yaro, J. A. (2012): ‘Re-inventing traditional land tenure in the era of land commoditization: some consequences in periurban northern Ghana’, Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography 94 (4): 351–368.
19. Yaro. J. A.  and Hesselberg J. ( 2010). Poverty and land degradation linkages in the Developing World. Ghana Journal of Geography Vol. 2. Pp. 25-46.
20. Yaro. J. A.  and Hesselberg J. (2010). The contours of rural poverty in Northern Ghana: Implications for food and nutritional security. Research Review Vol. 26 No.1. pp. 81-111.
21. Yaro, J. A.  (2010). Customary tenure systems under siege: contemporary access to land in Northern Ghana. Geojournal: Vol. 75. Pp. 199-214. Springer. DOI 10.1007/s10708-009-9301x.
22. Yaro, J. A. (2009). The dilemma of the peasant: Macroeconomic squeeze and internal contradictions in Northern Ghana. Ghana Social Science Journal. Vol. 5&6. No.1&2. pp. 27-61. Legon.
23. Yaro, J. A. and Abraham Z. (2009). Customary land tenure, Investment and livelihoods adaptation in Northern Ghana. Ogua Journal of Social Science (JOSS) Vol. 4. No.3.pp. 59-82. Cape Coast.
24. Yaro. J. A. (2008). An examination of theories on Savannasation and the peasant-environment debate. West African Journal of Applied Ecology. Vol. 13: 1-20. ECOLAB, Legon
25. Yaro. J. A.  (2007).  Peasant livelihoods and land degradation: Evidence from a participatory assessment in the Gia-Kajelo Community in Northern Ghana. West African Journal of Applied Ecology. Vol. 11: 109-128. ECOLAB, Legon
26. Hesselberg J. and Yaro. J. A.  (2006). An assessment of the extent and causes of food insecurity in northern Ghana using a livelihood vulnerability framework. Geojournal. Vol. 67: 41-55. Springer
27. Yaro. J. A. (2006). Is Deagrarianisation Real? A study of livelihood activities in Rural Northern Ghana. Journal of Modern African Studies. Vol. 44, (1) 125-156. Cambridge University Press
28. Yaro. J. A. (2005). Causality in Food Insecurity Research: A Critical Realist Approach. Scandinavian Journal of Geography. Vol. 55, 32-43. UMEA, Denmark
29. Yaro. J. A. (2004). Theorising Food Insecurity: Building a Livelihood Vulnerability Framework for researching food insecurity. Norwegian Journal of Geography. Vol. 58, 23-37. Francis and Taylor, UK
30. Yaro. J. A. (2002). The Poor Peasant: One Label, Different Lives: The Dynamics of rural livelihood Strategies in the Gia-Kajelo community, Ghana. Norwegian Journal of Geography. Vol. 56, 10-20. Francis and Taylor, UK

Books
31. Yaro. J. A. & Hesselberg J. (Eds) (2017): Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability in Rural West Africa. Springer.
32. Asuelime, Lucky., Yaro, Joseph., Francis, Suzanne (Eds.) (2014). Selected Themes in African Development Studies: Economic Growth, Governance and the Environment. Springer International Publishing. ISBN: 978-3-319-06021-7 (Print) 978-3-319-06022-4 (Online)
33. Yaro. J. A. (ed) (2013). Rural Development in northern Ghana. Nova Science publishers, New York.
Book Chapters
34. Joseph Awetori Yaro, Joseph Teye & Simon Bawakyillenuo 2017: An assessment of determinants of adaptive capacity to climate change/variability in the rural savannah of Ghana. In Yaro. J. A. & Hesselberg J. Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability in Rural West Africa. Springer.
35. Yaro, Joseph Awetori and Tsikata, Dzodzi 2015. Recent Transnational Land Deals and the Local Agrarian Economy in Ghana. In Hall, R., Scoones, I., Tsikata, D., 2015. Africa’s land rush: rural livelihoods and agrarian change. James Currey, Martlesham, UK. Chapter 3: 46-64.
36. Yaro, J. A. (2016). Squaring Growth with Green Transition in Africa’s Automobile Sector. Energy and Transport in Green Transition: Perspectives on Ecomodernity. A. Midttun and N. Witoszek. New York, Routledge: 152-173.
37. Agyei-Mensah, Samuel., Yaro Joseph A., Mensah, Joseph 2014. Change and Continuity in the Practice and Development of Geography in Ghana. In Samuel Agyei-Mensah, Joseph Atsu Ayee, Abena D. Oduro, (eds) Changing Perspectives on the Social Sciences in Ghana. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht. Pp. 51-74.
38. Gyasi, Edwin A., Yaro, Joseph Awetori., and Owusu, Alex B. 2013. 'Central Themes, Concepts, and Methodologies of Geography', in George Owusu, et al. (eds.), Selected Readings in Geography. Woeli Publishing Services, Accra. Pp. 1-16.
39. Yaro, Joseph Awetori, 2013. 'Transnational Agricultural Investments/Land Grabbing: A Contemporary Solution or Challenge for Rural Development in Ghana?', in George Owusu, et al. (eds.), Selected Readings in Geography. Woeli Publishing Services, Accra. Pp. 63-178.
40. Yaro. J. A.  2013. The story of northern Ghana. In J. A Yaro (ed.) Rural Development in northern Ghana. Nova Science publishers, New York. 1-16
41. Yaro. J. A.  2013. Rural livelihoods at a cross-roads in northern Ghana. In J. A Yaro (ed.) Rural Development in northern Ghana. Nova Science publishers, New York. 83-100
42. Abraham Z. and Yaro. J. A. 2013. Commercialization of Land Tenure Systems in Northern Ghana: The Dynamics and Drivers. In J. A Yaro (ed.) Rural Development in northern Ghana. Nova Science publishers, New York. 191-206
43. Yaro J. A. 2000: Population growth, environmental problems and development in the South. In Hovedfagarsbok, Samfunnsgeografi. Tore J. et al. (Eds) Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo. Pp 85-104.

Book Reviews
55. Yaro. J A. 2002.  Lourenco-Lindell I: Walking the tight rope: informal livelihoods and social networks in a West African City. Department of Human Geography, University of Stockholm. Pages 275. In Environment and Planning A 34 (12), 2255-2256. Pion Ltd, London.