Dr. Enoch Bessah

Senior Lecturer


Dept: Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Workshop Building
Faculty of Agriculture, Behind Icy Cups
Room 1

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Research Areas/Interests

Climate change impact, vulnerability & adaptation assessment and modelling, Ecosystem Services, Water resources assessment and modelling, Land use...~more

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Professional/Teaching Experience

  • Professional Experiences

    Date

    Job Description

    Funding Institutions

    May 2020 - Present

    National team member for Ghana on “Atlas of Green Hydrogen Generation Potentials in Africa”.

    German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

    Jun. - Dec. 2020

    Researcher on the consultancy team for the “Design of an irrigation infrastructure for vegetable farming at Bui, Bono Region of Ghana”

    Bui Power Authority (BPA), Ghana

    23 – 29 Feb. 2020

    Supervisor for “Lot Quality Assurance Survey and Independent Monitoring of post Injection Polio Vaccination campaign in Amansie South District of Ashanti Region, Ghana”

    World Health Organization  (WHO) and Ghana Health Service (GHS)

    Feb. 2019 – Jan. 2020

    Lead researcher on “Effect of climate and land-use change on hydrological ecosystem services in the Pra River Basin, Ghana”

    International Foundation for Science (IFS), Sweden

    Jun. – Nov. 2016

    Data collection supervisor on project “Developing food value chains for small and medium scale cassava farmers in Nigeria”.

    UCC (Ireland), UPM (Spain) & Agricultural Transformation by Innovation (AGTRAIN)

    Sept. 2015 – Mar. 2016

    Data Analyst on “Identification of Innovative Options and Development of Best Practice Guidelines for Forest and Fuelwood Plantations”

    Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Government of Ghana

    Apr. 2015 – Feb. 2016

    Research Assistant on “Design, construction and evaluation of affordable yam storage structures for improved productivity and food security at Afram South Plains and Salaga Districts”

    DFAT-Australian Government

    (AUSAID)

    Jan. 2015 – Feb. 2016

    Research Assistant on “Construction and evaluation of traditional and improved yam storage structures in four yam growing zones within the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana under the IITA-led Yam for Income and Increased Food Security in West Africa (YIIFSWA) project”

    Natural Resources Institute (NRI), University of Greenwich, UK.

    Nov. 2014 – Feb. 2016

    Research Assistant on “Increased smallholder food production through implementation of water conserving aquaponics-based food systems (AFS)”

    Brazilian Corporation of Agricultural Research, Brazil

    Nov. 2014 – Feb. 2016

    Research Assistant on “Comparative evaluation of different manual cassava harvesting tools”

    Brazilian Corporation of Agricultural Research, Brazil

    Aug. – Sept. 2015

    Trainer on “Training Workshop for Yam Value Chain Actors at Techiman Municipal and Afram South Plains District of Ghana”.

    DFAT-Australian Government

    (AUSAID)

    Jan. – Aug. 2014

    Lead researcher on “Assessment of Soil Organic Carbon Stocks under various LULC types in the Kintampo North Municipal, Ghana”

    West Africa Science Service

    Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land-use (WASCAL)

    Oct.  – Nov. 2011

    Enumerator on “Agro Dealers Survey at Offinso North and Offinso Municipal” under Ghana Agro-Dealers Development project.

    International Centre for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development (IFDC)

    Sept. 2011

    Enumerator on “Farm-level survey on maize production in Brong Ahafo and Ashanti Region, Ghana”

    International Centre for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development (IFDC)

     

     

    Teaching Experience

    Date

    Course(s)

    Institution(s)/Programme

    Position

    06 May 2020

    Data Analysis (Webinar)

    Postgraduate Students

    Pan African University Institute of Life and Earth Sciences, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

    Trainer/Instructor

    Oct. – Nov. 2019

    GIS and Remote Sensing Courses (PEM 712, 804 and PME 732)

    Postgraduate Students

    Pan African University Institute of Life and Earth Sciences, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

    Practical Session Instructor

    26-27 Feb. 2019

    Random Forest Algorithm Classification in QGIS and R

    Postgraduate Students

    Department of Geography, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

    Practical Session Instructor

    27/06/2017

    Climate modelling and downscaling with SDSM 5.2

    Postgraduate Students

    WASCAL, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana

    Trainer/Instructor

    Aug. 2011 – Aug. 2012

    Tutorial sessions (Technical Drawing, Soil and Water Engineering)

    Undergraduate Students

    Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana

    Teaching Assistant/ National Service Scheme Personnel


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