Research Projects (Current and Past)
2009 to Date: Supervised seventy-one (71) Food Science and Technology students project work/theses/research comprising eight PhD (2 completed), twenty-seven MPhil/MSc (23 completed) and thirty-six undergraduate (30 completed).
2019-2021 Okuafo Pa Project on market-focused training in agricultural value chains for youth empowerment and job creation in Ghana.
2016—Date Purdue Improved Crops Storage (PICS) 3 Project in collaboration with Purdue University-Sub contract project sponsored by Bill and Melinda Gate. Lead to recruit, supervise and train two MSc students in Ghana as part of the project’s capacity building objective.
2013—2017: Strengthening Root and Tuber Value Chains in Ghana, a DANIDA sponsored project. Work package leader, responsible for new product development and testing. Close to a million-dollar sponsorship from DANIDA.
2014—2016 Collaborative Scientist: Improving quality, nutrition and health: impacts of inclusion of HQCF in bread formulations in West African (Ghana and Nigeria). IITA-McGill-KNUST collaborative Project sponsored by IFAD
2013—2015 Improved Yam Storage for Income and Food Security in Ghana. AUSAID sponsorship of three hundred and seventy-five thousand U.S dollars ($375,000). Leader of food value addition work package in the project
2013-2014 Micronutrient Composition of Ghanaian Green Leafy Vegetables and Impact of Cooking Methods. A competitive research attachment at the Institút National de la Recherche Agronomiqu? (INRA), Avignon in France with sponsorship from AWARD and Agropolis Fondation.
2004-2007 Sustainable production and utilization of yam project with sponsorship from the Netherland Government. Associate Professional Officer responsible for food quality assessment of yam.