Prof. Joseph Oppong Akowuah

Associate Professor

Dept: Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, KNUST, PMB UPO, Kumasi, Ghana

Digital Address - AK4491916
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Research Areas/Interests

Post-harvest engineering Stored product protection Grain handling and processing Feed technology ...~more

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Publications

    JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

     

    1. Nyarko, S.K.; Akyereko, Y.G.; Akowuah, J.O.; Wireko-Manu, F.D. Comparative Studies on Grain Quality and Pesticide Residues in Maize Stored in Hermetic and Polypropylene Storage Bags. Agriculture 2021, 11, 772. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11080772
    2. Akowuah J.O., Bart-Plange A., Dzisi K.A. (2021): Thin layer mathematical modelling of white maize in a mobile solar-biomass hybrid dryer. Res. Agr. Eng., 67: 74–83.
    3. Joseph Oppong Akowuah, Ato Bart-Plange, Komla Agbeko Dzisi, Financial and Economic Analysis of a 1-Tonne Capacity Mobile Solar-Biomass Hybrid Dryer for Maize Drying, International Journal of Agricultural Economics. Vol. 6, No. 3, 2021, pp. 98-105. doi: 10.11648/j.ijae.20210603.11
    4. Jonathan Ampah, Joseph Xavier Francisco Ribeiro, Kwabena Asiedu Bugyei, Francis Kumi, Joseph Oppong Akowuah, Hayford Ofori, Catherine Otchere (2021). Status, challenges and prospects of food processing equipment fabricators in Ghana. Scientific African 12 (2021) e00843. ISSN 2468-2276, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2021.e00843.
    5. Eric Amoah Asante, Joseph Oppong Akowuah, Samuel Appah, and George Obeng-Akrofi (2021). Mechanised Threshing of Pod Grains used as food and Strategies to Optimise the Technique: A Review. Journal of Advances in Agriculture, Vol 12 (2021) ISSN: 2349-0837. DOI: https://doi.org/10.24297/jaa.v12i.9045
    6. Obeng-Akrofi, G.; Akowuah, J.O.; Maier, D.E.; Addo, A. Techno-Economic Analysis of a Crossflow Column Dryer for Maize Drying in Ghana. Agriculture 2021, 11,568. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11060568
    7. Nyarko, S.K.; Akyereko, Y.G.; Akowuah, J.O.; Wireko-Manu, F.D. Comparative Studies on Grain Quality and Pesticide Residues in Maize Stored in Hermetic and Polypropylene Storage Bags. Agriculture 2021, 11, 772. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11080772
    8. Owusu-Sekyere, E., Obeng-Akrofi, G., Akowuah, J.O. and Maier, D. (2021) Performance Analysis and Drying Kinetics of Maize in an AflaSTOP Dryer. Open Journal of Applied Sciences, 11, 327-342. doi: 10.4236/ojapps.2021.113024. Available at https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=108100
    9. Armah, K.A., Akowuah, J.O., Obeng-Akrofi, G. and McNeill, S.G. (2021). Application of Analytical Hierarchy Process in Selection of an Appropriate Drying Platform for Maize Drying in a Solar Bubble Dryer. Open Journal of Applied Sciences, 11, 157-175. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojapps.2021.111011
    10. Osei, I., Kemausuor, F., Commeh, M.K., Akowuah, J.O., Owusu-Takyi, L. (2020). Design, Fabrication and Evaluation of Non-Continuous Inverted Downdraft Gasifier Stove Utilizing Rice husk as feedstock. Scientific African. 1;8:e00414.
    11. Bosomtwe, A., Danso, J.K., Osekre, E.A., Opit, G.P., Mbata, G., Armstrong, P., Arthur, F.H., Campbell, J., Manu, N., McNeill, S.G. and Akowuah, J.O. (2019). Effectiveness of the solar biomass hybrid dryer for drying and disinfestation of maize. Journal of Stored Products Research 83:66-72
    12. Akowuah, J.O., Maier, D., Opit, G., McNeill, S., Amstrong, P., Campabadal, C., Ambrose, K. and Obeng-Akrofi, G. (2018). Drying Temperature Effect on Kernel Damage and Viability of Maize Dried in a Solar Biomass Hybrid Dryer. Open Journal of Applied Sciences, 8, 506-517. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojapps.2018.811041
    13. Isaac Osei, Joseph O. Akowuah and Francis Kemausuor (2016). Techno-Economic Models for Optimised Utilisation of Jatropha curcas Linnaeus under an Out-Grower Farming Scheme in Ghana. Resources 2016, 5, 38; doi:10.3390/resources5040038
    14. Akowuah J. O., Mensah L. D., Chan C. and Roskilly A. (2015). Effects of practices of maize farmers and traders in Ghana on contamination of maize by aflatoxins: Case study of Ejura-Sekyeredumase Municipality. African Journal of Microbiology Research, 9(25); 1658-1666, DOI: 10.5897/AJMR2014.7293; ISSN 1996-0808
    15. K. Amponsah, J. O. Akowuah, E. Adu-Kwarteng, E. Bessah (2015). Design and Construction of Improved Yam Storage Structure Using Locally-Available Materials. International Journal of Research in Agriculture and Forestry; Volume 2, Issue 10, PP 1-11 ISSN 2394-5907 (Print) & ISSN 2394-5915 (Online)
    16. Mitchual S. J., Frimpong-Mensah K., Darkwa N. A., Akowuah J. O., (2013). Briquettes from maize cobs and Ceiba pentandra at room temperature and low compacting pressure without a binder. International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering. doi: 10.1186/2251-6832-4-38, available at http://www.journal-ijeee.com/content/4/1/38
    17. Kemausuor F., Akowuah J. O., Ofori E., (2013). Assessment of Feedstock Options for Biofuels Production in Ghana. Journal of Sustainable Bioenergy Systems Volume 3,pp 119-128, doi:10.4236/jsbs.2013.32017, available at http://www.scirp.org/journal/jsbs.
    18. Akowuah, J. O., Kemausuor, F.and Addo, A. (2012). Influence of storage duration of Jatropha curcas seed on oil yield and free fatty acid content. Journal of Agricultural and Biological Science, 7(1):42-46, ISSN 1990-6145
    19. Akowuah J. O., Kemausuor F., Mitchual S. J. (2012). Physico-chemical characteristics and market potential of sawdust charcoal briquette. International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering. doi:10.1186/2251-6832-3-20, available at http://www.journal-ijeee.com/content/3/1/20
    20. Bart-Plange, A., Addo, A., Abano E.E., Akowuah, J.O. (2012). Compressive properties of cocoa beans considering the effect of moisture content variations. International Journal of Engineering and Technology Volume 2 No. 5, pp 850-858, ISSN No: 2049-3444
    21. Addo, A. Bart-Plange and J. O. Akowuah (2012). Particle size evaluation of feed ingredient produced in the Kumasi metropolis, Ghana. ARPN Journal of Agricultural and Biological ScienceVol. 7, No. 3pp 177-181, ISSN No: 1990-6145.
    22. A Bart-Plange, A Addo, O. Akowuah and J. Ampah (2012). Some moisture dependent compressive properties of shea kernel (vitellariaparadoxa L). Canadian Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, No. 3, ISSN No: 1920-3853.
    23. Akowuah J. O., Addo A. & Bart-Plange A. (2012). Influence of drying temperature and storage duration on fissuring and milling quality of jasmine 85 rice variety. Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 32 No. (2) pp 11-20, http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/just.v32i2.4, ISSN No: 0855-0395

    CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

    1. Obeng-Akrofi G., Akowuah J. O., Addo A. and Maier D. (2019). Techno-economic analysis of a crossflow column dryer for maize drying in Ghana. Paper presented during the 2nd All Africa Postharvest Congress and Exhibition, African Union Commission HQ, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, September 17-20, 2019.
    2. Akowuah, J. O., Maier, D. E., Opit, G., McNeill, S. G., Amstrong, P., Campabadal, C. A., Ambrose, K. (2018). Performance Assessment off a Commercial Scale Solar Biomass Hybrid Dryer for Quality Seed Maize Production. No 463: Proceedings of the 12th International Working Conference on Stored Product Protection (IWCSPP) in Berlin, Germany, October 7-11, 2018. DOI 10.5073/jka.2018.463.012
    3. Akowuah, J. O., Addo, A, Bart-Plange, A. (2018). Assessment of a mobile solar biomass hybrid dryer for insect disinfestation in dried maize grains. No 463 (2018): Proceedings of the 12th International Working Conference on Stored Product Protection (IWCSPP) in Berlin, Germany, October 7-11, 2018. DOI 10.5073/jka.2018.463.075
    4. Akowuah, J. O., Obeng-Akrofi, G., Minka E. and Barima, A. (2018). Protecting Stored Maize Grain Against the Sitophilus Zeamais with Rice Husk Ash. No 463: Proceedings of the 12th International Working Conference on Stored Product Protection (IWCSPP) in Berlin, Germany, October 7-11, 2018. DOI 10.5073/jka.2018.463.176
    5. Armstrong, P. R., McNeill, S. G., Subramanyam, B, Akowuah, J. O, Danso, J. K., Manu, N., Osekre, E. A., Opit, G., Arthur, F. H., Campbell, J. F. (2018). Low-cost instrument to measure equilibrium moisture content of bagged and bulked grain. No 463: Proceedings of the 12th International Working Conference on Stored Product Protection (IWCSPP) in Berlin, Germany, October 7-11, 2018. DOI 10.5073/jka.2018.463.009
    6. George Obeng-Akrofi, Joseph Oppong Akowuah, Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, Isaac Nkrumah, Michael K. E. Donkor, Reuben Y. Tamakloe, Francis K. Ampong, Maike Waldhoff, Tobias Klaus, Alexander Olenberg, Eugeny Kenig, Stefan Krauter (2017). An automated solar biomass hybrid dryer in rural communities in Ghana. IEA SHC International Conference on Solar Heating and Cooling for Buildings and Industry. doi:10.18086/swc.2017.26.10. Available at http://proceedings.ises.org
    7. Akowuah, J. O., Bart-Plange, A., Addo, A. and Akrobortu, D. E. (2009). Aflatoxin contamination of maize from different storage locations in Ghana. Proceedings of the Fourth National Conference on Agricultural Engineering, Cape-Coast, 18 – 20 September 2008. pp. 174 – 181, ISSN No: 0855-708X
    8. Akowuah, J. O., Bart-Plangeand A., Addo, A. (2009). Milling quality of two local rice varieties as affected by harvesting time. Proceedings of the Fourth National Conference on Agricultural Engineering, Cape-Coast, 18 – 20 September 2008. pp. 207 – 212, ISSN No: 0855-708X
    9. Kemausuor, F., Addo, A. and Akowuah, J. O. (2009). Biofuels production in Ghana: opportunities and challenges.Proceedings of the Fourth National Conference on Agricultural Engineering, Cape-Coast, 18 – 20 September 2008. pp. 285 – 304, ISSN No: 0855-708X
    10. Akowuah J. O.,Dzisi K. A., , Aveyire J. Larbi P. A. (2007).Modification of a large-scale palm fruit cage for local manufacture.Proceedingsof the 3rd Ghana Society of Agricultural Engineering (GSAE) National Conference. Theme: Engineering Ghana’s Agriculture and Health for economic progress, KNUST, Kumasi, August 1-4, 2006, pp: 26-39, ISSN No: 0855-708X.
    11. Larbi P. A., Dzisi K., Oti-Boateng P., Akowuah J. O (2007).Modification of a large-scale palm fruit stripper for local manufacture. Proceedingsof the 3rd Ghana Society of Agricultural Engineering (GSAE) National Conference. Theme: Engineering Ghana’s Agriculture and Health for economic progress, KNUST, Kumasi, August 1-4, 2006, pp: 40-54, ISSN No: 0855-708X.

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