Journal papers

• Ajagun, E. O., Ashiagbor, G. Asante, W. A., Gyampoh, B. A., Obirikorang, A. and Emmanuel Acheampong, E. (2021) Cocoa eats the food: expansion of cocoa into food croplands in the Juabeso District, Ghana. Food Security. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-021-01227-y

• Ashiagbor, G., Asante, W.A., Quaye-Ballard, J.A., Forkuo, E.K., Acheampong, E. and Foli, E. (2021) Mangrove mapping using Sentinel-1 data for improved decision support on sustainable conservation and restoration interventions in the Keta Lagoon Complex Ramsar Site, Ghana. Marine and Freshwater Research. https://doi.org/10.1071/MF20105

• Ansong, M., Acheampong, E., Echeruo, J.B., Afful, S.N and Ahimah, M. (2021) Direct financial cost of weed control in smallholder rubber plantations. Open Agriculture, 6: 346–355.

• Owusu, V., Akoto-Adjepong, V., Acheampong, E. and Barnes, V.R. (2021) Farmer Perceptions and Economic Performance of Cocoa Agroforestry Shade Levels in Ghana. Journal of Sustainable Forestry, DOI: 10.1080/10549811.2021.1883444. https://doi.org/10.1080/10549811.2021.1883444

• George Ashiagbor, G., Forkuo, E.K., Asante, W.A., Acheampong, E., Quaye-Ballard, J.A., Boamah, P., Yakubu, M. and Foli, E. (2020) Pixel-based and object-oriented approaches in segregating cocoa from forest in the Juabeso-Bia landscape of Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 19 (2020) 100349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2020.100349

• Myers, R., Rutt, R., McDermott, C., Maryudi, A., Acheampong, E., Camargo, M. and C?m, H. (2020) Imposing legality: hegemony and resistance under the EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance, and Trade (FLEGT) initiative. Journal of Political Ecology, 27 (1): 125-146.

• Maryudi, , Acheampong, E., Rutt, R., Myers, R. and McDermott, C. L. (2020) “A Level Playing Field”? – What an Environmental Justice Lens Can Tell us about Who Gets Leveled in the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Action Plan. Society & Natural Resources, 33(7):859-875. DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2020.1725201

• Acheampong, E. and Maryudi, A. (2020) Avoiding legality: Timber producers’ strategies and motivations under FLEGT in Ghana and Indonesia. Forest Policy and Economics, 111 (2020) 102047.

• Agyei, F.K., Hansen, C.P. and Acheampong, E. (2019). “Forestry officials don't have any land or rights here”: Authority of politico-legal institutions along Ghana's charcoal commodity chain. Journal of Rural Studies, 72: 264-272.

• Agyei, F.K., Hansen, C.P. and Acheampong, E. (2019). Access along Ghana’s charcoal commodity chain. Society & Natural Resources, DOI:10.1080/08941920.2019.1623358

• Hansen, C.P., Rutt, R. and Acheampong, E. (2018). ‘Experimental’ or business as usual? Implementing the European Union Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreement in Ghana. Forest Policy and Economics, 96: 75–82.

• Agyei, F.K., Hansen, C.P. and Acheampong, E. (2018). Profit and profit distribution along Ghana's charcoal commodity chain. Energy for Sustainable Development, 47:62–74.

• Djagbletey, G. D., Adu-Bredu, S., Duah-Gyamfi, A., Abeney, E. A., Asante, W. A., Acheampong, E., Addo-Danso, S., Ametsisti, G. K., Manu, E. A., Dabo, J. (2018). Floristic composition and carbon stocks of tree species of different conservation status following selective logging in a moist semi-deciduous forest in Ghana. Ghana Journal of Forestry, 34: 15 – 34.

• Asante, W.A., Dawoe, E., Acheampong, E. and Bosu, P.P. (2017) A new perspective on forest definition and shade regimes for REDD+ interventions in Ghana’s cocoa landscape. Ghana J. Forestry, 33:1 - 15

• Asante, W.A., Acheampong, E., Kyereh, B. and Adda, J. (2017) The implications of land tenure and ownership regimes on sustainable mangrove management and conservation in two Ramsar sites in Ghana. Forest Policy and Economics, 85: 65–75.

• Asante, W. A., Acheampong, E., Kyereh, E. and Kyereh, B. (2017) Farmers’ perspectives on climate change manifestations in smallholder cocoa farms and shifts in cropping systems in the forest-savannah transitional zone of Ghana. Land Use Policy, 66: 374–381.

• Dawoe, E., Asante, W., Acheampong, E. and Bosu, P. (2016) Shade tree diversity and aboveground carbon stocks in Theobroma cacao agroforestry systems: implications for REDD+ implementation in a West African cacao landscape. Carbon Balance and Management, 11(1): 1-13. DOI 10.1186/s13021-016-0061-x    

• Acheampong E, Insaidoo TFG, Ros-Tonen MAF (2016) Management of Ghana’s modified taungya system: challenges and strategies for improvement. Agroforestry Systems, 90(4):659 – 674. DOI 1007/s10457-016-9946-7.

• Timko, J.A., Amsalu, A., Acheampong, E. and Teferi, M. K (2014) Local Perceptions about the Effects of Jatropha (Jatropha curcas) and Castor (Ricinus communis) Plantations on Households in Ghana and Ethiopia, Sustainability, 6(7): 7224-7241; doi:10.3390/su6107224

• Campion, B. B. and Acheampong, E. (2014) The Chieftaincy Institution in Ghana: Causers and Arbitrators of Conflicts in Industrial Jatropha Investments, Sustainability, 6(7): 6332-6350; doi:10.3390/su6096332.

• Acheampong, E. and Campion, B. B. (2014) The Effects of Biofuel Feedstock Production on Farmers’ Livelihoods in Ghana: The Case of Jatropha curcas, Sustainability, 6(7): 4587-4607; doi:10.3390/su6074587.

• Insaidoo, T. F. G, Derkyi, M. and Acheampong, E. (2014) Farm Level Tree Planting in Ghana: Potential for Reducing Vulnerability and Mitigating Climate Change, Journal of Energy and Natural Resource Management (JENRM), I, No. 1, 19-27, 2014.

• Guuroh   T., Uibrig, H. and Acheampong, E. (2014) How does homegarden size affect input and output per unit area? – a case study of the Bieha District, Southern Burkina Faso,  International Journal of AgriScience, Vol. 4(3):196-208, March 2014.

• Acheampong, E. and Campion, B. B. (2013) Socio-economic impact of biofuel feedstock production on local livelihoods in Ghana, Ghana Journal of Geography, 5(2013):1 – 16.

• Ros-Tonen, M.A.F., Insaidoo, T.F.G. and Acheampong, E. (2013) Promising start, bleak outlook: The role of Ghana's modified taungya system as a social safeguard in timber legality processes, Forest Policy and Economics, 32 (2013): 57 – 67.

• Campion, B. B., Essel, G. and Acheampong, E. (2012) Natural resources conflicts and the biofuel industry: implications and proposals for Ghana, Ghana Journal of Geography, 4(2012):42 – 64.

• Guuroh   T.,  Uibrig, H. and Acheampong, E. (2012) Homegardens as a Source of Income for Rural Households - A Case Study of Bieha District, Southern Burkina Faso, Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology B 2 (7):798-813, 2012.

• Marfo, E., Acheampong, E. and Opuni-Frimpong, E. (2012) Fractured tenure, unaccountable authority and benefit capture: constraints to improving community benefits under climate change mitigation schemes in Ghana, Conservation and Society, 10(2):161 – 172, 2012.

• Insaidoo, T. F.G., Ros-Tonen, M. A. F., Hoogenbosch, L. and Acheampong, E. (2012) Addressing forest degradation and timber deficits in Ghana. European Tropical Forest Research Network (ETFRN) News, Issue No. 53, p. 230 – 239.

• Acheampong and E. Marfo (2011) Chainsaw operators’ perception of the availability of timber resources and their willingness to pay for timber harvesting rights. Ghana Journal of Forestry, 27(2011): 37 – 49.

• Acheampong E. and E. Marfo (2011) The impact of tree tenure and access on chainsaw milling in Ghana. Ghana Journal of Forestry, vol. 27 (2011), p. 68 - 86.

• Marfo E. and Acheampong (2011) Estimating the number of jobs created by chainsaw activities in Ghana. Ghana Journal of Forestry, vol. 27 (2011), p. 1 - 11.

• Marfo E., E. Acheampong, and C. Osae (2006): ‘An assessment of compliance with on-farm logging compensation payment regulations in Ghana: Implications for policy interventions’. Ghana Journal of Forestry, 19& 20: 35 – 44.

• Donkoh, A., C. C. Atuahene and E. Acheampong (2000): ‘Meeting the Protein Requirements of Broiler Chickens Through Plant Sources’, Journal of the University of Science and Technology, Ghana, 20: 14–19.

Policy Briefs

• Hansen, C.P., Rutt, R. and Acheampong, E. (2018) European Union Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreement in Ghana: Introducing needed change or reinforcing business as usual? Policy Brief No. 03, December 2018. Copenhagen Centre for Development Research, University of Copenhagen.

Books

• Asante, W.A. and Acheampong, E. (2016) A Stakeholder Perspective on Corruption Risks in Ghana’s REDD+. Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII)/Transparency International, Accra, Ghana, 88pp. ISBN: 978-9988-2-3537-9.
• Acheampong, E., Marfo, E. and Addo-Danso, S. (2014) Chainsaw operators, alternative livelihood options and climate change mitigation. Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands, 60pp. ISBN: 978-90-5113-120-8

Book Chapters

• McDermott, C.L., Acheampong, E., Arora-Jonsson, S., Asare, R., De Jong, W., Hirons, M., Khatun, K., Menton, M., Nunan, F., Poudyal, M. and Setyowati, A. (2019). SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions – A Political Ecology Perspective. In P. Katila, C. Pierce Colfer, W. De Jong, G. Galloway, P. Pacheco, & G. Winkel (Eds.), Sustainable Development Goals: Their Impacts on Forests and People (pp. 510-540). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108765015.018

• Insaidoo, T.F.G., Ros-Tonen, M.A.F. and Acheampong, E. (2013). On-Farm tree planting in Ghana’s high forest zone: The need to consider carbon payments. Pp. 437-463 in: R. Muradian and L. Rival (eds) Governing the provision of ecosystem services. Studies in Ecological Economics 4. Heidelberg: Springer Publishers.

• Acheampong, E. (2006): ‘Migrations, Frontiers and the Forest Margin in South-western Ghana’. In: De Jong, W., Tuck-Po, L. and Abe, K. (eds.) The Social Ecology of Tropical Forests: Migration, Populations and Frontiers. Kyoto University Press, Kyoto, Japan and Trans Pacific Press, Victoria, Australia.