Prof. Dadson Awunyo-Vitor

Professor


Dept: Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness and Extension
Department of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness and Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Private Mail Bag, KNUST Post Office, Kumasi

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Examination of institutions providing financial services to farmers and SMES and factors influencing credit access, to evaluate impact of credit on th...~more

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Positions Held & Hold

2021 to date:  Member, School of Graduate Studies Board, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi 

2021 to date: Faculty of Agriculture Professorial representative on the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Board 

2nd -8th Jan. 2020: Instructor at a Leadership course organized by ALT Foundation, South Africa in collaboration with the International Programme Office at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi. 

Oct 2019 – Feb 2020: Chairman of the Local Organising committee that planed and organised leadership training at KNUST in collaboration with ALT-Foundation, South Africa and the International Programme Office (IPO) at KNUST, Kumasi.

Oct 2019 -Dec 2019: Member, Strategic planning committee of Tek Credit Union at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi 

15th – 19th July 2019: Facilitator at the Women in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (WiSTEM)/KNUST STEM Camp for Girls

June to July 2018: Member, Strategic planning committee – Department of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness and Extension

2016 to date:  Reviewer- Journal of Science and Technology, published by KNUST

2015- 2017:  Member, Council of Convocation, KNUST

2015- 2017: Executive member, KNUST Branch of University Teachers Association (UTAG) 

2015 –2017: Member, College of Engineering Board representing non-professorial members at the college of Agriculture and Natural Resources

2015- 2017: Council Member, University Hall (Katanga), KNUST

2015-2017: College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Representative on College of Science Board, KNUST, Kumasi.

2014- 2018:  College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Representative on the Student Financial Services Committee of KNUST, Kumasi

2014- 2015: Seminar Coordinator- Department of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness and Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, KNUST, Kumasi 

Feb- May, 2014: Member of a committee set by the Vice Chancellor, KNUST to review BSc Supply Chain Management syllabus to be implemented by the affiliated institution- Christian Services University College in Kumasi.

May- Aug. 2013: Member of a committee set up by the Vice Chancellor, KNUST to review MPhil Sustainable Integrated Development curriculum to be implemented by the Department of agricultural Economics, Agribusiness and Extension, Faculty of agriculture, KNUST.

12th Aug 2010: Co -presenter Benefit of ACCA qualification at KNUST School of Business

Jan- July, 2007: Facilitator for KNUST School of Business Institutional Affiliation with ACCA, UK

10th June 2007: Presenter “Need to change” to Ghana Association of Agriculture Students (GAAS), KNUST, Kumasi 

Jul 2004-Jul 2007: Departmental Representative on Vacation Training Committee of Faculty of Agriculture, KNUST, Kumasi

Oct 2002-Jul 2006: Secretary to the Departmental Board, Department of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness and Extension, KNUST, Kumasi 

Sept. 2002 to date:   Academic tutor - Faculty of Agriculture, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, KNUST, Kumasi

Oct. 2001 to date: Fellow, University Hall, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, KNUST, Kumasi 

Oct 1999 - Sep 2000: Student Representative on Departmental Board, Imperial College, University of London, UK. 

1996-1997: Student Representative on Faculty Board, Faculty of Agriculture University of Science and Technology (UST)

Service to National community 

 14th July 2021: Chairman-, Re-Accreditation Panel for BSc Agribusiness management at Valley View University, Techiman Campus

2021 to date: External moderator – Examination questions and marking scheme. Moderate examination questions and marking scheme of courses in the Department of Banking and Finance, University of Education Winneba 

4th May  2021: Chairman, Re-Accreditation Panel for HND Agro Enterprise Development Ho Technical University

Sept. 2020: Member, Re-Accreditation Panel for HND Agropreneurship - Kumasi Technical University 

2019 to date:  External moderator – Examination questions and marking scheme. Moderate examination questions and marking scheme of Agricultural Economics courses at the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University for Development Studies 

2019- to date: Chairman- Audit Committee of Kumasi South Regional Hospital

2019 –to date:  Member -Audit committee of the Internal Audit Agency (IAA)

2019 to date:  Member – Public Relation Committee of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, Ghana (CIT-G)

2019 to date: External Assessor for promotion- University of Education, Winneba

23- 24 July 2018: Panelist- National Policy Summit held at Golden Tulip Kumasi City Hotel, Kumasi

11- 14 April 2018: Delegate- Ashanti Chapter Credit Union at the Biennial Conference of Credit Union 

4– 24 March 2018: Member, Ashanti Chapter Credit Union Resolution Committee 

2017- 2018: Member of Local Government Services Council

2018  to date: External Assessor for promotion– Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA)

2018 to date: External Assessor for promotion– University of Cape Coast

July 2018: Member, Accreditation Panel for BSc Agribusiness - University for Development Studies

August 2017: Member, Accreditation Panel for MBA/MPhil Agribusiness- University of Energy and Natural Resources 

2017 to date: External Assessor for promotion– Atomic Energy commission

2017 to date: External Assessor for promotion- University for Development Studies

2017- to date: External Examiner, MPhil and PhD Thesis, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University for Development Studies 

March 2017: Chairman, Accreditation Panel for B.Tech. Agribusiness with Entrepreneurship - Kumasi Technical University  

2017- 2018:  Member, Entity Tender Committee of Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development

19th Dec. 2017: Member of a panel that interviewed Dr. Nana Ato Arthur for the position of Head of Service, Local Government service

12th -14th Oct. 2017: Member, Bid Proposal Evaluation Panel set up by the Executive Secretary of Inter-ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation (IMCC) at the office of the President of the Republic of Ghana. 

July 2016: Member, Accreditation Panel for HND Agropreneurship - Kumasi Technical University

2016-to date: External Examiner, M.Com Theses, Department of Finance, and MPhil NGO Management thesis, Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension University of Cape Coast 

2016 to date:  External Assessor for promotion– Ho Technical University

2015-to date: External Examiner, BSc dissertation MPhil Finance thesis, University of Professional Studies, Accra

Aug 2015: Member Re-Accreditation panel for BSc Agribusiness at E.P University College, Ho

July 2015: Member, Accreditation Panel for BSc Agribusiness Sunbean University College, Accra

2014 to date: Associate Editor -APT Journal of Multidisciplinary Research published by Accra Technical University

2010- Present: External Examiner, MBA and MSc Thesis, Ghana Technology University College, Ghana / Coventry University, Uk 

April-May, 2009: Financial Management course reviewer for MSc Local Government Financial Management Programme at the Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS), Accra. 

2008-2017: External moderator – Examination questions and marking scheme. Moderate Farm Accounting examination questions and review the marking scheme at Tamale Technical University/Tamale Polytechnic

2007-2012: External moderator – Examination questions and marking scheme. Moderate Farm Accounting examination questions and review the marking scheme at Ho Technical University/Ho Polytechnic, Ghana

2006-2010: External moderator – Examination questions and marking scheme. Moderate examination questions and marking scheme of the following courses: Management Accounting, Auditing, Taxation, Computerized Accounting and Government and Not for Profit Accounting. I also vet marked scripts and long essays/ thesis to ensure objectivity and conformity to degree standards. Regent University College, Ghana

June-July, 2003: Team leader, for marking of West African Examination Council SSCE examinations in Agriculture. 

Services to international community

2020 to date Editorial Board member - Journal of Agricultural Science published by Canadian Centre of Science and Education (CCSE), Canada

2019 to date:  Board member ALT-Foundation in south Africa 

2019 to date: Reviewer, Journal of Development Effectiveness published by Taylor and Francis

2018 to date: Reviewer, Journal of financial regulation and compliance published by Emerald Publishing 

2018 to date: Reviewer, Ecological Economics published by Elsevier 

2018 to date:  PhD and MBA thesis Examiner for North West University, South Africa 

2018 to date:  Reviewer, Sustainable Development Journal published by Taylor and Francis

2018 to date: Reviewer, Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology published by Elsevier

2018 to date: Reviewer, Natural Resources Forum,-a United Nations published by Wiley

2017 to date: Reviewer, Journal of Disaster Research published by Fuji Technology Press, Japan

2017 to date:  PhD thesis Assessor for University of South Africa 

2016 to date: Reviewer, African Journal of Economics and Management published by Emerald Publishing

2015 to date: Reviewer, Cogent Economics and Finance published by Taylor and Francis

2015 to date:  Editorial Board member - Journal of Agricultural Science (AS) published by Science and Education Centre of North America (SECNA)

2012 to date:  Reviewer, Local Development and Society published by Taylor and Francis


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