Collins Asante-Addo

Profile

Dr. Collins Asante-Addo is an Agricultural Economist with over a decade of experience in conducting agricultural development-related research. He holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural Sciences (Agricultural Economics) from the University of Göttingen, Germany. He has previously worked with international research and national research institutions, including the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Thünen Institute for Market Analysis – a Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries in Germany, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) as a consultant and the CSIR-Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI).

Academic Qualifications

Ph.D. (Agricultural Sciences - Agricultural Economics), Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Germany, 2020

M.Sc. Agricultural Economics, University of Hohenheim, Germany, 2012

B.Sc. (Agriculture), University of Ghana, 2008

Research Interest

His main research interests focus on economic issues with relevant application to food and agricultural policy. He uses rigorous microeconomic theory and modern applied econometric methods to understand a range of economic problems with practical significance employing both quantitative and qualitative datasets. His research interests broadly cover the areas of food environment policy analysis, consumer behavior and demand analysis, agricultural finance, agricultural technologies adoption, and agricultural commercialization. He has interest in contributing to a deeper understanding of individual decision-making from a behavioral economics perspective. Consumer behavior is complex and often characterized by deviations from perfect rationality assumption and influenced by several factors, some of which cannot be directly observed by the researcher. In his research, he employs experiments, develops survey tools, and analyze large data sets to better understand the economic decision-making of consumers to generate insights to inform policy.

Awards

1. Funding for Conference Participation, 31st International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE), (Virtual), 2021

2. German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) PhD Scholarship, 2017-2020

3. Field Research Grant, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), 2012

4. German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Scholarship, University of Hohenheim, 2010-2012

Professional membership(s)

1. Ghana Association of Agricultural Economists (GAAE)

2. International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE)

Publications

A. Journal Articles

1. Mockshell, J., Ogutu, S. O., Álvarez, D., Asante-Addo, C., & Asante, F. A. (2022). How healthy and food secure is the urban food environment in Ghana? World Development Perspectives, 26, 100427.
2. Asante‐Addo, C., & Weible, D. (2020). Is there hope for domestically produced poultry meat? A choice experiment of consumers in Ghana. Agribusiness, 36(2), 281–298.
3. Asante-Addo, C., & Weible, D. (2020). Imported versus domestic chicken consumption in Ghana: Do attitudes and perceptions matter? Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing, 32(5), 503–526.
4. Asante‐Addo, C., & Weible, D. (2020). Profiling consumers based on information use and trust in a developing economy. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 44(3), 285–295.
5. Houssou, N., Asante-Addo, C., Andam, K. S., & Ragasa, C. (2019). How can African governments reach poor farmers with fertilizer subsidies? Exploring a targeting approach in Ghana. Journal of Development Studies, 55(9), 1983–2007.
6. Houssou, N., Johnson, M., Kolavalli, S., & Asante-Addo, C. (2018). Changes in Ghanaian farming systems: stagnation or a quiet transformation? Agriculture and Human Values, 35(1), 41–66.
7. Asante-Addo, C., Mockshell, J., Zeller, M., Siddig, K., & Egyir, I. S. (2017). Agricultural credit provision: what really determines farmers’ participation and credit rationing? Agricultural Finance Review, 77(2), 239–256.
8. Houssou, N., Diao, X., Asante-Addo, C., & Kolavalli, S. (2017). Development of the capital service market in agriculture: the emergence of tractor-hire services in Ghana. Journal of Developing Areas, 51(1), 241–257.

B. Discussion and Working Papers

1. Mockshell, J., Asante-Addo, C., Andam, K. S. & Asante, F. A. (2021). Transitioning to nutrition-sensitive food environments in Ghana: Triple sector strategies to reduce the triple burden of malnutrition. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2038. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI: Washington, DC:
2. Mockshell, J., Nielsen Ritter, T., Asante-Addo, C., Ankamah-Yeboah, I., Wong, K. (2021). CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture - Inspire Challenge Review (2017-2020). CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture, Cali Colombia.
3. Houssou, N., Asante-Addo, C., & Andam, K. S. (2017). Improving the targeting of fertilizer subsidy programs in Africa south of the Sahara: perspectives from the Ghanaian experience. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1622. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI): Washington, D.C.
4. Houssou, N., Andam, K. S., & Asante-Addo, C. (2017). Can better targeting improve the effectiveness of Ghana’s fertilizer subsidy program? Lessons from Ghana and other countries in Africa south of the Sahara. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1605. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI): Washington, D.C.
5. Houssou, N., Johnson, M., Kolavalli, S., & Asante-Addo, C. (2016). Changes in Ghanaian farming systems: stagnation or a quiet transformation? IFPRI Discussion Paper 1504. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI): Washington, D.C.
6. Houssou, N., Chapoto, A., & Asante-Addo, C. (2016). Farm transition and indigenous growth: the rise to medium- and large-scale farming in Ghana. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1499. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI): Washington, D.C.
7. Cossar, F., Houssou, N., & Asante-Addo, C. (2016). Development of agricultural mechanization in Ghana: network, actors, and institutions: a case study of Ejura- Sekyedumase district. GSSP Working Paper 43. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI): Washington, D.C.
8. Houssou, N., Asante-Addo, C., Diao, X., & Kolavalli, S. (2015). Big tractors, but small farms: tractor hiring services as a farmer-owner’s response to an under- developed agricultural machinery market. GSSP Working Paper 39. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI): Washington, D.C.

C. Policy Briefs

1. Asante-Addo, C., Weible, D., & Pelikan, J. (2020). Consumers’ preferences and demand for poultry meat in Ghana. Thünen Institute Project Brief 2020/16a. Thünen Institute of Market Analysis, Braunschweig.

D. Conference Papers and Posters

1. Asante-Addo, C., & Weible, D. (2019, September). “Everybody likes chicken” – A focus group study of consumers in Ghana. Selected paper presented at the 59th Annual Conference of the German Association of Agricultural Economists (GEWISOLA), Braunschweig, Germany.
2. Asante-Addo, C., & Weible, D. (2019, June). Imported vs. domestic chicken: Analysis of factors influencing consumption patterns in Ghana. Paper presented at the 8th PhD Workshop of the European Association of Agricultural Economists, Uppsala, Sweden.
3. Chapoto, A., Houssou, N., Asante-Addo, C., & Mabiso, A. (2018, July/August). Can smallholder farmers grow? Perspectives from the rise of indigenous small- scale farmers in Ghana. Paper presented at the 30th International Conference of Agricultural Economists, Vancouver, Canada.
4. Asante-Addo, C., Mockshell, J., Siddig, K., & Zeller, M. (2016, September). Agricultural credit provision: what really determines farmers’ participation and credit rationing? Paper presented at the 5th International Conference of the African Association of Agricultural Economists, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
5. Chapoto, A., Sabasi, D., & Asante-Addo, C. (2015, July). Fertilizer intensification and soil fertility impact on maize yield response in northern Ghana. Paper presented at the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association’s 2015 AAEA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, CA, US.
6. Houssou, N., Asante-Addo, C., Diao, X., & Kolavalli, S. (2015, March). Economics of tractor ownership with applications in Ghana. Paper presented at CSAE Conference 2015: Economic Development in Africa, St Catherine's College, Oxford, UK.
7. Asante-Addo, C., Mockshell, J., & Zeller, M. (2013, September). Determinants of farmers’ participation and credit constraints in agricultural finance programs: evidence from Nkoranza districts of Ghana. Poster presented at the Tropentag Conference on Agricultural Development within the Rural-Urban Continuum, Stuttgart, Germany.