Dr. Abena Achiaa Boakye

Senior Lecturer


Dept: Food Science and Technology
Department of Food Science and Technology
Faculty of Biosciences
UPO, PMB
KNUST - Kumasi

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Research Areas/Interests

Food Compositional Analysis Food Product Development (including Food Commodities Processing and Value-addition Interventions of locally-availa...~more


Grants/Funds Awarded

  • Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) Alumni Activity Grant: Sustainable improvement of school sanitation for better health of school children in Ghana. (2019 - 2020; Project Coordinator).

Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) Alumni Activity Grant: Seminar series to encourage more females into Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (March – July, 2019; Project Lead).

Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) Alumni Activity Grant: Seminar series to encourage more females into Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (March – July, 2018; Project Lead).

Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) scholarship for PhD studies at KNUST, Ghana under the KNUST-DANIDA Strengthening Root and Tuber Value Chains Project (2013-2017).

  • Principal Investigator: KNUST Research Fund Award: Multidisciplinary Category. Project on “Developing Value-added Food Products from Tilapia  juveniles and Heterotis niloticus” (GHC 45, 000 from 2021 – 2022)

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  • Awardee: Food Systems Research Network for Africa Fellow (2021 – 2023). Fellowship funded by the Global Challenges Research Fund under UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA). Lead Academic partners –University of Pretoria, University of Leeds, and the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN). Principal Investigator for Seed Grant of £20000 [Project topic: Exploring the food use of cucurbit seeds (egusi) for community nutrition and food security in Northern Ghana].

Travel Award: Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) Food Composition Training Course at the High-Performance Centre (HPC), University of Pretoria, South Africa. Funding by African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA-SFS) (2022).

Co-Awardee [Global South Partner]: YESI International Fellows Scheme. (~ £ 8000 January – October 2024)

Awardee & Principal Investigator: FSNET-AFRICA 1.5 Award for Research Dissemination. £ 6000 (2023 - 2024).

Awardee & Principal Investigator: UNESCO-OWSD 2023 EARLY CAREER FELLOWSHIP. Award (50000 USD 2024 - 2026)

Collaborating Researcher (Food Scientist): Project on “Microbial virulence and nutritional deficiencies on healing of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) wounds in CL-endemic communities in the Oti region” (GHC 55, 000 from 2023 – 2024) KNUST Research Fund Award; Multidisciplinary Category.

Collaborating Researcher (Community Engagement, Product Development and Sensory Expert): Project - Complementary feeding product that is rich in essential fatty acid (EFA) and carotenoids to reduce childhood stunting, enhance cognitive development and improve ocular health in children (50000 USD, 2022- 2025). Funders: UNESCO-OWSD Fellowship Grant


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