Prof. Kwaku Adomako

Associate Professor


Dept: Animal Science
OFFICE #18
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FACULTY OF AGRIC BUILDING
KNUST, KUMASI

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Thermoregulatory genes in poultry Molecular basis of heat stress in poultry Climate change adaptation in poultry Characterization and improvement...~more

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Prof. Kwaku Adomako obtained a BSc. (Hons) in Agriculture and a PhD in Animal Breeding and Genetics from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi. He also holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Poultry Production and Management from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Prof. Adomako has been with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, since 2011. He is currently the Head of the Department of Animal Science, a position he has held since 2024. Previously, he served as Head of the KNUST Dairy/Beef Cattle Research Station from 2017 to 2019 and acted as Head of the Department of Animal Science at different periods. He also served as Head of the Poultry Section in the Department of Animal Science from 2012 to 2017. Prof. Adomako is the President of the World Poultry Science Association (WPSA), Ghana Branch, and the immediate past Vice-President of the Ghana Society of Animal Production. He has approximately 20 years of professional experience as an expert in the Ghanaian poultry value chain.

Prof. Adomako has authored and co-authored more than 100 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. He has supervised PhD, MPhil/MSc, and numerous undergraduate students. He also serves as an external assessor for several graduate schools in Ghana and abroad, including the University of Ghana, the University for Development Studies, the University of Cape Coast, the University of Education, Winneba, the University of Lomé, Togo, and the University of Fort Hare, South Africa. He has presented papers and delivered lectures at several scientific conferences, seminars, and workshops, including Poultry Science conferences, the World Poultry Congress, the Animal Welfare Conference, and the All-African Conference on Animal Agriculture. He has also facilitated workshops for poultry value-chain actors across Africa, as well as for poultry farmers and hatchery operators in Ghana.

In addition to his academic work, Prof. Adomako has served as a consultant within the Ghanaian poultry value chain for various international and local institutions. These include the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Ghana Poultry Project, implemented under the auspices of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Ministry of Food and Agriculture of Ghana. Prof. Adomako is an Editor of the Ghanaian Journal of Animal Science and serves as a reviewer for several international scientific journals, including Poultry Science and PLOS ONE.

His research and publication profiles are available on Google Scholar and ResearchGate.

 


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