Research Projects (Current and Past)
2017-2022: Building Stronger Universities (BSU I) Universities of Denmark and KNUST Collaboration
2014-2017: Building Stronger Universities (BSU I) Universities of Denmark and KNUST Collaboration
Building Stronger Universities (BSU I) Universities of Denmark and KNUST Collaboration
Sustainable sanitation solutions (SUSA)-Ghana 2011
Safe Water for Food 2011
Enhancing the performance and growth potential of street-food vending for accelerated socio-economic development in Ghana (Ghana-Denmark 2011 Pilot Research Cooperation Programme)
Putting nitrogen fixation to work in smallholder African farms (Project implementation in 8 African countries, 2010
AGRA-KNUST Soil Science PhD study programme for West Africa at KNUST, 2010
Programme for Improving Livelihoods in Rural West and Central Africa through Productive and Competitive Yam Systems - Phase II 2010
Enabling environment for accelerated sanitation and hygiene uptake in Ghana: Lessons from DANIDA supported projects, 2010
Strengthening capacity for Yam Research for Development in Central and West Africa, 2010
Unleashing the Power of Cassava in Africa in response to the Food Price Crisis, 2009
Appropriate Postharvest technology Planning Project, Dept of Horticulture, KNUST
Evaluation and scaling up new chemical and biological commercial products for improving and sustaining crop yields in selected agro-ecological zones in sub- Saharan Africa, 2008
MSc Training in Plant Breeding and Seed Science in West Africa, Cohort 1, 2, and 3 (2008-2010)
CORAF/WECARD – SCARDA MSc study programme at KNUST for Gambian and Ghanaian students, 2008
On-farm evaluation of soil fertility imporvement in cereal-legume crop rotations with in-situ produced organic matter submitted to Belgian International Cooperation, 2008
Concept note and the full proposal submitted by the Sudan Savanna Task Force for SSA-Challenge Program, 2008
Proposal on “Using integrated soil fertility management strategies to achieve and sustain tangible crop yield increase, halt land degradation and enhance rural livelihoods in Guinea and Sudan savanna of West Africa” which was prepared for GTZ, 2007
Network for the development of Sustainable approaches for large Scale Implementation of Sanitation in Africa” funded by EU in 2006
KNUST-led project on “Evaluation of non-treatment options for maximizing public health benefits of WHO guidelines governing the use of wastewater in urban vegetable production in Ghana” funded by FAO/WHO/IDRC in 2007
IITA research opportunity grant on new approaches to assess the potential of soil conservation options in the savanna of West Africa, 2006
A proposal for additional funding for the BMZ-Project “Soil conservation options in the savanna of West Africa, 2006
Balancing livestock needs and soil conservation: Assessment of Opportunities in Intensifying Cereal-Legume-Livestock Systems in West Africa 2006
Concept note on “Community-based promotion of integrated Striga management practices in maize to enhance food security in the West African savanna” which was submitted to BMZ, 2005
University of Copenhagen-led project on “The Impact of Waste Water Irrigation on Human Health and Food Safety among Urban Communities in the Volta Basin – Opportunities and Risks” funded by CPWF in 2005
KNUST-led Project “Safeguarding Public Health Concerns, Livelihoods and Productivity in Wastewater Irrigated urban and Peri-urban Vegetable Farming in Ghana and Burkina Faso” funded by Challenge Program for Water and Food (CPWF), International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Sri Lanka in 2004