Professional/Teaching Experience
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