Prof. Sampson Kwaku Agodzo

Professor


Research Areas/Interests

Watershed management, Irrigation, soil and water management, agro-hydrology and rural water supply, Climate Change...~more

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Professional/Teaching Experience

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    Date

    Job Title/Description

    Employer/Client

    2019

    Team Leader, Evaluation of the Energy for Development (EnDev) Project, Ghana

    EnDev Ghana, BMZ

    2013/14

    Consultant for Agricultural Water Technologies, Demonstration and Extension Services

    FAO Sub-regional Office for Eastern Africa (FAO SFE)

    2013

    Resource Person, Training for District staff in labour-based land protection and rehabilitation

    Ghana Social Opportunities Project/World Bank/ILO

    2013

    Training Coordinator, Skills training for staff of the Ghana Irrigation Development Authority (GIDA)

    African Development Bank (AfDB)/Northern Rural Growth Project (NRGP)

    2012

    Preparation of country paper on inland wetlands use for agriculture development in Ghana (Consultant)

    FAO  Regional Office for Africa, Accra

    2011/12

    Development of Country Support Tool (CST) for the Ghana Irrigation Development Authority (GIDA); Team member on irrigation and agricultural water management

    GIDA/World Bank,  Accra, Ghana

    2011

    IFAD Ghana Country Programme Evaluation (CPE); Team  member on infrastructure, irrigation and agricultural development

    IFAD, Rome, Italy

    2009

    Articulation of a proposal on “ Institutional strengthening and further capacity development in line with the needs of the labour market” for the Higher Institute of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry  (ISAE), Musanze, Rwanda (Consultant)

    NUFFIC, The Hague, Netherlands

    2007

    Preparation of Technical Paper on the Scaling up Agricultural Water Management  in Africa (Consultant)

    FAO Regional Office for Africa, Accra, Ghana

    2007

    Preparation of Irrigation Profile for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in Africa (Consultant)

    FAO Regional Office for Africa, Accra, Ghana

    2007

    Preparation of Guidelines for Sustainable Development of Inland Valleys (IVs) in Africa (Consultant)

    FAO Regional Office for Africa, Accra, Ghana

    2006

    Liberia Agricultural Sector Review (International Land and Water Management Consultant)

    FAO, Monrovia, Liberia

     

     

    2005

    Supervision Mission for the Land Conservation and Rehabilitation Project (LACOSREP) of the Upper East Region, Ghana (Irrigation and Rural Infrastructure Consultant)

    IFAD/UNOPS Regional Office, Dakar, Senegal

    2004/05

    Trans-border Socioeconomic Study of the Onchocerciasis-Freed Zone between Ghana and Burkina Faso (Rural Infrastructure Consultant for the Ghana Study in 4 Districts of the Upper East Region)

    FAO/ECOWAS/Belgium Government

    2003

    Sierra Leone Agricultural Sector Review (International Water Management and Irrigation Consultant)

    FAO/World Bank/DFID/IFAD, Freetown, Sierra Leone

    2003

    Resource Person: Land and water management training in Ghana.

    DANIDA/LWMP/MoFA, Accra, Ghana

    2002

    Consultant: Feasibility Study and Design of Small Irrigation Schemes in New Kokrompe and Watro in the Atebubu District

    VIP/MoFA/ World Bank

    2002

    Resource Person: Land and water management training in Ghana.

    DANIDA/LWMP/MoFA, Accra, Ghana

    2001/02

    Contract Researcher: Preparation of Ghana Paper on the Potential Use of (Treated)Wastewater for Irrigated Agriculture

    W4F Wastewater Project, Irrigation Engineering Sub-Group, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

    2001/02

    Consultant: Preparation of National Action Plan for Desertification Control, Ghana (Team Member for Water Resources)

    Environmental Protection Agency/World Bank

    2001

    Consultant: Preparation of a case study paper for the irrigated banana estates of the Volta River Estates Limited, Ghana

    FAO/IWMI

    2001

    Consultant: Appraisal of the water component of the Special Food Security Programme (SPFS)

    FAO/Crop Services Department, MoFA, Accra, Ghana

    2001/02

    Contract Researcher: Study on ‘Irrigation technology policy changes in Ghana between 1960 and 2000: an impact assessment’ – on-going

    African Technology Policy Studies (ATPS) Network, Nairobi, Kenya

    2001

    Consultant:  Small scale irrigation project pre-appraisal for World Food Programme (WFP) possible food-for-work support for labour-based scheme construction in the 3 northern regions of Ghana

    World Food Program/Ghana Irrigation Development Authority, Accra, Ghana

    2001

    Consultant: Socio-economic development program for the Onchocerciasis-freed Areas in Northern Ghana (Team Member for Water/Infrastructure Dev.)

    FAO/National Oncho Secretariat, Accra, Ghana

    2000/01

    Resource Person: Land and water management training in Ghana.

    DANIDA/LWMP/MoFA, Accra, Ghana

    1999

    Consultant: Irrigation schemes design for 4 watersheds in Ghana under the VIP projects

    TREND/VIP/MoFA/World Bank

    1999

    Resource Person: Land and water management training in Ghana.

    DANIDA/LWMP/MoFA, Accra, Ghana

    1999

    Consultant: Debriefing workshop on the detailed feasibility studies for all stakeholders of the watershed management project

    TREND/VIP/MoFA/World Bank

    1998/99

    Consultant: Pre- and detailed feasibility study for watershed management for 4 watersheds in Ghana

    TREND/VIP/MoFA/World Bank

    1997/98

    Consultant: Water management study for 6 irrigation projects in Ghana [Project TCP/GHA/6613(T)]

    FAO/GhanaIrrigation Development Authority, Accra, Ghana

    1998

    Resource Person: Land and water management training in Ghana.

    DANIDA/LWMP/MoFA, Accra, Ghana

    1997

    Training consultant: Mechanized farming systems in land and water management in Ghana

    DANIDA/LWMP/MoFA, Accra, Ghana

    1996

    Resource Person: Irrigation Water Management in Ghana [Project TCP/GHA/6613(T)]

    FAO/Ghana irrigation Development Authority, Accra, Ghana

    1996/97

    Resource Person: Land and Water management training in Ghana.

    DANIDA/LWMP/MoFA, Accra, Ghana

    1995/96

    Visiting Scientist/Postdoctoral Fellow: Research on the micro-irrigation of okra

    Arid Land Research Centre, Tottori University, Japan

    1994

    Consultant: Expert consultation on irrigation extension in West Africa

    FAO Regional Office for Africa, Accra, Ghana

    1994

    Consultant: Expert consultation on small-scale agricultural machinery, implements and tools

    Agricultural Engineering Services Division, MoFA, Accra, Ghana

    1993

    Consultant: Expert consultation on small-scale irrigation in West Africa

    FAO Regional Office for Africa, Accra, Ghana

    1993

    Consultant: Development of a network newsletter for wetland development and management in Africa

    FAO Regional Office for Africa, Accra, Ghana

    1990

    Consultant: Technical editing of workshop proceedings on the development and management of wetlands in Ghana

    FAO Regional Office for Africa, Accra, Ghana

    1988

    Consultant: Investigation of field performance of TOMOS pumps used for small-scale irrigation in Ghana

    TOMOS Ghana Limited, Kumasi, Ghana

    1988

    Consultant: Feasibility study for a proposed sugar-cane irrigated project

    Defacto Farms, Tsive – Akatsi, Ghana

    1987

    Consultant: Preparation of syllabus and workshop training manual for irrigation training in Africa

    African Institute for Higher Technical Training and Research, Nairobi, Kenya/UNESCO

    1983

    Consultant: Re-design of an irrigation dam

    Metro Farms, Sokode – Ho, Ghana

     

  • Teaching Load in Last Teaching Cycle

     

    Undergraduate Programmes

    AE291 Irrigation Systems Management

    AE 451 Irrigation and Drainage

    AE 352 Soil Mechanics Application to Mechanization

    Postgraduate Programmes

    AE 571 Rural Water Supply and Sanitation

    AE 592 Irrigation Design

    AE 594 Drainage Design

    CCLU 754 Dryland Management

     

  • Courses Taught in the Past

     

    Undergraduate Programmes 

    AE 253 Agricultural Meteorology

    AE 351 Soil and Water Engineering

    AE 371 Elementary Irrigation

    AE 452 Soil and Water Engineering

    AE 478 Soil and Water Conservation

    Postgraduate Programmes

    AE 551 Soil Mechanics and Cultivations

    AE 591 Engineering Hydraulics

    AE 595 Soil Plant Water Relations


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