Daniel B. Sarpong
Profile
Daniel B. Sarpong (Ph.D) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness and Past Dean, School of Agriculture, University of Ghana. He is a product of the University of Ghana, International University of Japan and Nagoya University, Japan. He is a Fellow of Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation, Germany. He was the Chair/Head, Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Ghana, a position he has held on three occasions between 2006 and 2017. He was from 2012-2014 the Vice Dean, School of Agriculture, under the then College of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences (CACS), University of Ghana. He has also served on and continues to serve on several University of Ghana Boards/Committees and currently is the Chairman, Ethics Committee for Basic and Applied Sciences (ECBAS) and also the immediate past Chairman, Junior and Senior Staff Promotion and Appointments Committee, College of Basic and Applied Science (CBAS). He has been teaching and undertaking research and extension work at the University of Ghana since September 1998, when he was first appointed as a Lecturer. He teaches courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels in Microeconomics and Macroeconomics, Research Methodology and Statistics and Econometrics. He has over 70 published journal articles, technical publications and other reports. Over the last decade and a half, he has supervised several PhD, M.Phil and Bachelor students for their theses and dissertations. He provides scientific analysis of socio-economics of agricultural households and their impacts on the macro-economy. He has led the Department of Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness in providing several consultancy extension works to several governmental, non-governmental and international organizations which has helped to resource staff and students. The consultancies has helped to offer graduate students the critical field practical and generated data for graduate/undergraduate research work. He also led the Department in her review of the current undergraduate courses and led the introduction of two new PhD Programs, PhD Agribusiness and PhD Agricultural Administration, besides the re-branded PhD Agricultural Economics programme now called PhD in Applied Agricultural Economics and Policy. Prof Sarpong has also received several research grant support to train several PhD students, and currently manages an AGRA-funded PhD program (PhD in Applied Agricultural Economics and Policy) which aims at training 16 Francophone West African PhDs and 4 Anglophone West African PhDs. The first batch of 7 Francophone West Africa PhD students successfully defended their theses in December 2016. He is the principal investigator and has also collaborated with others on several baseline and other studies commissioned by CIDA/MoFA; JICA/MoFA; MoFA-RTIMP, ACDI/VOCA ADVANCE; Center for International Health, School of Public Health, Boston University/University of Ghana; FAO; DFID/ISSER/WB; World Bank; CAADP-NEPAD. He recently was with the Futures Agriculture Consortium (FAC) Climate Change that undertook the study on “Study on climate change and agricultural policy processes in Ghana” and the University of Georgia Global Peanut Product Processing and Marketing Team. He is currently part of an international research team on Indicators of Affordability of Nutritious Diets in Africa (IANDA) Project, based at Tufts University, USA.
Publications
Book
1. Sarpong D.B (1997). Growth in Ghana: A macro-econometric model simulation integrating agriculture, Ashgate Publishers, UK, ISBN: 1 85972 673 9. 229 pp.
Chapter in Books
1. Dzanku, F. M. and Sarpong, D. B. (2018) ‘Spatial and gendered linkages between non-farm diversification and farm productivity in Ghana’, in A. A. Djurfeldt, F. M. Dzanku and A.C. Isinika (eds.), Agriculture, Diversification, and Gender in Rural Africa Longitudinal Perspectives from Six Countries. Oxford University Press, Chapter 9, pp. ISBN: 9780198799290. 288 pages
2. Sarpong, D. B. and Al-Hassan, R. M (2014). The Political Economy of Agricultural Policy Making in Ghana. In, Al-Hassan W. Seini, Irene S. Egyir and John K. M. Kuwornu (eds), “Developments in Agricultural Economics and Contemporary Issues in Ghana”, pp. 131 – 149, University of Ghana Readers, University of Ghana, ISBN: 978-9988-1-9900-5.
3. Florkowski, W.J; A.M. Klepacka; P.M. Nambia, T.Meng; S. Fu, G. Sheremenko and D.B. Sarpong (2014). Consumer Expenditures on Fresh Fruits and Vegetables. In, Wojciech Florkowski et al. (eds), Postharvest Handling—A Systems Approach, 3rd Edition. Academic Press, Elsevier. April. Pp. 147-166. Chapter 7
4. Dzanku, F.M and Sarpong, D.B (2013). Agricultural Diversification, Food Self Sufficiency and Food security in Ghana: The Role of Infrastructure and Institutions, in, African Smallholders in Food Crops Markets and Policy, eds. Djurfeldt, G; Aryeetey, E and Isinika, A C. CAB International, UK pp 189-213
5. Sarpong Daniel B. (2009). Ghana’s Agricultural Commodity Trade to ECOWAS: Implications and Options for Regional Integration, in, Ninsin, K.A (ed.) Nation-States and the Challenges of Regional Integration in West Africa, The Case of Ghana. Editions Karthala, Paris, France. Pp 57-78.
6. Osei-Amponsah C., K. A. Anaman and D. B. Sarpong (2009). Marital Status and Household Size as Determinants of Poverty among Fishmongers in Tema, Ghana. In, Marriage Roles: Stability and conflict (Ed.), S. P. Kenneth. Nova Scotia Publishers, Inc.
7. Wolf, S. and D.B. Sarpong (2008). Export Performance and Investment Behaviour in Ghana, in, E. Aryeetey and R. Kanbur (eds), The Economy of Ghana-Analytical Perspectives on Stability, Growth and Poverty. James Currey, UK/Woeli Publishing Services, Accra. Pp 132-152.
8. Xinshen Diao and Daniel Sarpong (2008). Cost Implications of Agricultural Land Degradation in Ghana, An Economy-wide, Multimarket Model Assessment in, Columbus, Frank (ed.) Current Politics and Economics of Africa, Volume 1 Issue 3/4, ISSN: 1098-4070, Nova Publishers, pp.243-274.
9. Sarpong D.B and V.O. Asante (2005). An assessment of Ghana’s food trade infrastructure on the food marketing system, in, Kouassi B., G. Sirpé and A. Gogué (eds.), Infrastructure de commerce et échanges des produits alimentaires, disponibilité, utilization et coût en Afrigue de l’Ouest centrale. Editions Karthala, Paris, ISBN 2-84586-696-8. pp 211-236.
10. Nyanteng, V.K and Sarpong D.B (2005). The effects of marketing infrastructure on informal cross-border food trade: a cross sectional case study of Ghana, in, Kouassi B., G. Sirpé and A. Gogué (eds.), Infrastructure de commerce et échanges des produits alimentaires, disponibilité, utilization et coût en Afrigue de l’Ouest centrale. Editions Karthala, Paris, ISBN 2-84586-696-8. pp 237-257.
11. Sarpong, D. (2004). Policy Options for Smallholders and Trade Liberalization in Ghana, in, Dixon, J., K. Taniguchi, H. Wattenbach and A. Tanyeri-Arbur (eds.), Smallholders, globalization and policy analysis, AGSF Occassional Paper 5, FAO, Rome.
12. Sarpong D.B (1995). A model of Ghana (II), in, Uebe, Gotz; World of Economic Models, Avebury, Aldershot, UK. pp. 125-129.
Peer Review Journal Articles
1. Akrofi, N.A, D.B. Sarpong, H.A.S. Somuah, Y. Osei-Owusu (2019). Paying for privately installed irrigation services in Northern Ghana: The case of the smallholder Bhungroo Irrigation Technology. Agricultural Water Management. Vol 216, Issue C. pp 284-293). doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2019.02.010
2. Evans Brako Ntiamoah, Dongmei Li & Daniel Bruce Sarpong (2019). The Effect of Innovation practices on Agribusiness Performance: A Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) Approach. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development. DOI: 10.1080/20421338.2019.1573958
3. Masters, William A., Yan Bai, Anna Herforth, Daniel Sarpong, Fulgence Mishili, Joyce Kinabo, and Jennifer Coates. 2018. "Measuring the Affordability of Nutritious Diets in Africa: Novel Price Indexes for Diet Diversity and Cost of Nutrient Adequacy." American Journal of Agricultural Economics (in press)
4. Shu WANG , Wojciech J. FLORKOWSKI, Manjeet S. CHINNAN, Anna V.A. RESURRECCION, Daniel B. SARPONG (2018). The Alleviation of Vitamin A Deficiency through Staple Food Fortification in Ghana. Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics. ISSN 1336-9261, XXI (Number 2, 2018): 94-102 doi: 10.15414/raae/2018.21.02.94-102
5. Meng, T., W. J. Florkowski, A. M. Klepacka, D. Sarpong, A.V. A. Resurreccion, M. Chinnan, A. Ekielski. 2018. Preferences for Groundnut Products among Urban residents in Ghana. Journal of Science of Food and Agriculture, 98 (2):817-824. Version of Record online: 28 Aug 2017 | DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.8532.
6. Gbetondji Melaine Armel Nonvide, Daniel B. Sarpong, George T-M. Kwadzo, Henry Anim-Somuah & Fulbert Amoussouga Gero (2017): Farmers’ perceptions of irrigation and constraints on rice production in Benin: a stakeholder-consultation approach, International Journal of Water Resources Development, DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2017.1317631. Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group).
7. Akwasi Mensah-Bonsu, Daniel B. Sarpong, Ramatu Al-Hassan, et al (2017). Intensity of and factors affecting Land and Water Management practices among Smallholder Maize farmers in Ghana. African Journal of Agriculture and Resource Economics, Vol 12, No. 2, 142-157.
8. Grant J. Aaron, Nicholas Strutt, Nathaniel Amoh Boateng, Ernest Guevarra, Katja Siling, Alison Norris, Shibani Ghosh, Mercy Nyamikeh, Antoine Attiogbe, Richard Burns, Esi Foriwa, Yasuhiko Toride, Satoshi Kitamura, Kwaku Tano-Debrah, Daniel Sarpong, Mark Myatt (2016) Assessing Program Coverage of Two Approaches to Distributing a Complementary Feeding Supplement to Infants and Young Children in Ghana. PLoS ONE 11(10): e0162462. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0162462
9. Baidoo, I., Sarpong, D.B. and Bolwig, S. (2016), Biochar amended soils and crop productivity: A critical and meta-analysis of literature, International Journal of Development and Sustainability, Vol. 5 No. 9, pp. 414-432
10. Meng, T., Florkowski, W.J, Sarpong, D.B, Chinnan, M.S and Resurrecccion V.A (2014). Consumer’s Food Shopping Choice in Ghana: Supermarket or Traditional markets? International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, Vol. 17, Special Issue A, pp 107-129
11. Manteaw, S.A, Sakyi-Dawson, O; Atengdem, P.B; Sarpong D.B; Aligebam, B.B (2014). Triggers of innovativeness in Publicly and Privately driven Agricultural Value Chains: Case study of Cocoa and pineapple in Ghana. International Journal of Development and Sustainability, Vol.3, No 5. Pp 1026-1042
12. Manteaw, S.A, Sakyi-Dawson, O; Atengdem, P.B; Sarpong D.B (2014). Implications of Policy on Publicly and Privately driven Agricultural Industries: A Case study of Cocoa and Pineapple Value Chains in Ghana. International Journal of Agricultural Extension, Vol. 2, No1, pp 65-79
13. Mabe, F.N; Sarpong, D.B; Osei-Asare, Y. (2014): Empirical Evidence of Climate Change: Effects on Rice Production in the Northern Region of Ghana. British Journal of Economics, Management and Trade Vol. 4, No 4, pp 551-562
14. Dziwornu, R.K. and Sarpong, D.B. (2014). Application of the Stochastic Profit Frontier Model to Estimate Economic Efficiency in Small Scale Broiler Production in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 17 (2), p. 10-16.
15. Djurfeldt, A.A; Djurfeldt, G. and Sarpong, D.B (2014). Community, Cohesion and Context: Agrarian development and religion in Eastern Region, Ghana. Geoforum 52, 78-89, Elsevier
16. Awunyo-Vitor, D; Al-Hassan, R.M, Sarpong D.B and Egyir I. (2014), Agricultural Credit Rationing in Ghana: What do formal lenders look out for? Agricultural Finance Review, Vol. 74, 3, pp 304-378
17. Asante, B.O; Wiredu, A.N, Martey E, Sarpong D.B and Mensah-Bonsu, A. (2014). Nerica Adoption and Impacts on Technical Efficiency of Rice Producing Households in Ghana: Implications for Research and Development, American Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 4(3) pp 244-262
18. Gockwoski, J; Afari-Sefa, B; Sarpong D.B, Osei-Asare, Y.B and Agyeman, N.F (2013) Improving the productivity and income of Ghanaian Cocoa farmers while maintaining environmental services: What role for certification? International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, Vol 11, No.4, pp 331-346.
19. Florkowski, W.J., Chinnan, M.S., Resurreccion, A.V.A. and Sarpong, D. (2013). Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Frequency by Urban Households in Ghana - Implications for Postharvest Handling. Acta Hortic. 1012, 1387-1391.
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2013.1012.187 http://dx.doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2013.1012.187
20. Dziwornu, R.K; Sarpong D.B, Kwadzo G.T-M and Kuwornu, J.K (2013), Does Scale Matter in Profitability of Small Scale Broiler Agribusiness Production in Ghana? A Translog Profit Production Model. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, Vol. 4, No 20, pp 105-117
21. Drafor, I; Kunze, D. and Sarpong, D.B (2013) Food Security: How Rural Ghanaian Households respond to Food Shortages in Lean Season, Int. Journal of Agricultural Management, Vol. 2, Issue 4, pp199-206
22. Asiedu, B., Nunoo, F.K.E; Ofori-Danson.P.K, Sarpong, D.B and Sumaila, U.R (2013). Poverty Measurements in Small-Scale Fisheries of Ghana: A step towards Poverty Eradication. Current Research Journal of Social Sciences, 5(3): 75-90
23. Asenso-Okyere, R; Sarpong D.B; Okyere, C.Y, Mensah-Bonsu, A. and Asuming-Brempong S. (2013) Modelling the Determinants of Farmers Decisions on Exclusive Schooling and Child Labour in the Cocoa Sector of Ghana. Global Journal of Human Social Science Economics, Vol. 13, Issue 3(1)
24. Tekuni Nakuja; Daniel B. Sarpong; John K. M. Kuwornu and Asante A. Felix (2012) Water storage for dry season vegetable farming as an adaptation to climate change in the upper east region of Ghana, African Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 7(2), pp. 298-306
25. Nimoh, F; Asuming-Brempong, S and Sarpong, D.B (2012). Consumer Preference for Processed Cowpea Products in Selected Communities of the Coastal Regions of Ghana. Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vol 2, No 2, pp. 113-119
26. Mabe, F.; Sarpong D.B; Osei-Asare,Y (2012) Adaptive Capacities of Farmers to Climate Change Adaptation Strategies and their Effects on Rice Production in the Northern Region of Ghana, Russian Journal of Agricultural and Social-Economic Sciences, Vol 11, No11 pp9-17
27. Issahaku, H; Sarpong, D.B, Al-Hassan, R. (2012) Evaluating the Viability of Shea Butter Production: A Comparative Analysis, Research Journal of Finance and Accounting, Vol. 3, No8, pp 44-42
28. Fousseni Barres N., A. Mensah-Bonsu and D.B. Sarpong (2012). Avian influenza shock and performance of the chicken markets in Benin, World's Poultry Science Journal, Volume 68, Issue 03, September 2012, pp 529-542
29. Abrefa Danquah J., D. B. Sarpong, Ari Pappinen (2012) Causal relationships between African mahoganies exports and deforestation in Ghana: policy implications, Environment and Development Sustainability. DOI 10.1007/s/0668-012-9373-5
30. Xinshen Diao and D. B. Sarpong (2011) Poverty Implications of Agricultural Land Degradation in Ghana: An Economy-wide, Multimarket Model Assessment, African Development Review, Vol. 23, No. 3, 2011, 263–275
31. Kuwornu J.K.M.; D. B. Sarpong; Wilberforce K. Osei (2011). Farmers’ Willingness To Adopt Genetically Modified Maize Seeds In Ghana, Insights to a changing World Quarterly Journal No. 3 pp53-65
32. Haruna Issahaku, Al-Hassan Ramatu and D. B. Sarpong (2011). An analysis of allocative efficiency of shea butter processing methods in the northern region of Ghana, Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics Vol. 3(4), pp. 165-173
33. Gockowski James, Victor Afari-Sefa; D. B. Sarpong, Yaw B. Osei-Asare; Ambrose K. Dziwornu (2011). Increasing Income of Ghanaian Cocoa Farmers: Is Introduction of Fine Flavour Cocoa a Viable Alternative. Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture 50 (2011), No. 2: 175-200
34. Bright Owusu Asante, Victor Afari–Sefa and D. B. Sarpong (2011). Determinants of small scale farmers’ decision to join farmer based organizations in Ghana, African Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 6(10), pp. 2273-2279,
35. Larbi-Apau, J.A and D.B. Sarpong (2010). Performance Measurement: Does Education Impact Productivity? Performance Improvement Quarterly, 22 (4), p.81-97. Wiley InterScience, USA.
36. Al-Hassan, R.M; H. G. Agbekpornu and D. B. Sarpong (2008). Consumer Preferences for Rice Quality Characteristics in Accra and the Effects of these Preferences on Price. Agricultural and Food Science Journal of Ghana, Vol. 7, December. Pp 575-591.
37. Dziwornu, R.K., D.B. Sarpong and G.T-M Kwadzo (2007). Effects of Trade Liberalization Policy on the Performance of Small and Medium-Sized Food Processing Industries in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Journal of Business Research. Vol. 1 Nos. 1 &2. Pp. 49-59.
38. Ayamga M., D.B. Sarpong and S. Asuming-Brempong (2006). Factors Influencing the Decision to Participate in Micro-Credit Programmes: an Illustration for Northern Ghana. Ghana Journal of Development Studies. Vol. 3 No.2. December. Pp. 57-65.
39. Al-Hassan Seidu, D.B. Sarpong and S. Asuming-Brempong (2006). Smallholder Rice Farms in Ghana: An Analysis of Technical Efficiency based on Different Farming Systems and Gender. The ICFAI Journal of Agricultural Economics. Vol. III No.3. July. India. Pp. 21-33.
40. Sarpong, D.B. and S. Asuming-Brempong (2004). Responding to Economic Shocks in Ghana: The Agricultural Sector as a Social Safety Net. eJournal of Agricultural and Development Economics, Vol. 1, No. 1. Pp. 117-137. FAO, Rome.
41. Al-Hassan Seidu, D.B. Sarpong and Ramatu Al-Hassan (2004). Allocative Efficiency, Employment and Rice Production Risk: an analysis of smallholder paddy farms in the Upper East Region of Ghana. Ghana Journal of Development Studies. Vol. 1 No.2. December. Pp. 142-163.
42. Achel, D.S, Sarpong D.B and V.O Asante (2001). Small Scale Farmer Attributes and Formal Agricultural Credit Lending Decisions: Implications for Rural Development in Ghana, Afro-Asian Journal of Rural Development, 34 (1), India. Pp. 7-17.
43. Sarpong D.B (1994). International Cocoa Market and Ghanaian Economy: A Simulation Study, The Economic Science, Vol. 42 No. 1, 1994, Nagoya University-Japan, pp. 35-67.
44. Sarpong D.B (1993). A macro econometric model of Ghana, an analysis of government economic activities, 1970-1984, The Economic Science Vol.40, No.4, 1993, Nagoya University, Japan, pp. 151-185
Technical/Research Reports
1. Sarpong, D.B. (2008). Ghana’s Post-1983 Agricultural Policy—Development Partners and Local Policy Ownership, Policy Research Series No 2. Institute for Democratic Governance, Accra. 21 pp.
2. Barrientos, S.W., K. Asenso-Okyere, S. Asuming-Brempong, D. Sarpong, N. A. Anyidoho, Kaplinski, R. and J. Leavy (2008). Mapping Sustainable Production in Ghanaian Cocoa. Report to Cadbury. Institute of Development Studies and the University of Ghana. 96 pp.
3. Akwasi Mensah-Bonsu and Sarpong, D.B. (2008). Land Tenure System and Land for Farming in Ghana: An Empirical Analysis of Factors Affecting Access and Security Technical Publication No. 81. Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana. ISSER Technical Publication Series. ISBN: 9964-75-065-8
4. Sarpong, D.B., G. Botchie, T. Akabzaa and E. Gyasi (2007). Land Tenure, Land Use and Environment in Ghana. Technical Publication No. 72. Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana. ISSER Technical Publication Series. ISBN: 9964-75-059-5
5. Labour Practices in Cocoa Production in Ghana (Pilot Survey). Ministry of Manpower, Youth and Employment (MMYE). National Programme for the Elimination of Worst Forms of Child Labour in Cocoa (NPECLC), April, 2007. ISBN: 978-9988-8410-5-1. Main Researchers: S. Asuming-Brempong, D.B. Sarpong, K. Asenso-Okyere, P. Amoo. 155 pp.
6. Xinshen, D and Sarpong, D.B. (2007). Cost Implications of Agricultural Land Degradation in Ghana. An Economy-wide, Multimarket Model Assessment. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Discussion Paper 00698. Development Strategy and Governance Division. May
7. Al-Hassan, R.M., Daniel B. Sarpong and A. Mensah-Bonsu (2006). Linking Smallholders to Markets. GSSP Background Paper No. GSSP 001. IFPRI. February
8. Bruce Larson, S. Asuming-Brempong, D. Sarpong, H. Anim-Somuah, Sydney Rosen (2005). Household Health and Cocoa Production: A Baseline Survey of Smallholder Farming Households in Western Region, Ghana. Center for International Health, School of Public Health, Boston University.
9. Sarpong, D.B. and S. Asuming-Brempong, The Social Security Role of Agriculture in Ghana. Roles of Agriculture. Buffer Module Reports. Agriculture and Development Economics Division (ESA). The FAO of UN, Rome. October 2003.
10. Sarpong, D.B. (2002). Farm Size, Resource Use Efficiency and Rural Development: TechnoServe and Small-scale Pineapple Farmer Groups in Ghana. Issues in African Rural Development, Monograph # 30. Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development. August. 20 pp. ISBN: 1-57360-047-4.
11. Sarpong D.B. and V.O. Asante (2002). Post-liberalization and food market integration in Ghana. SADAOC Working Paper Series. No. 033. October. 30pp. ISSN 0796-6636.
12. Sarpong D.B. and V.K. Nyanteng (2002). The Effects of marketing infrastructure on informal cross-border trade: a cross sectional case study of Ghana. SADAOC Working Paper Series. No. 027. October. 24 pp. ISSN 0796-6636.
13. Sarpong D.B (1998). Ghana Integrated to the World Economy: Focus on Ghana-UK-Germany Trade Linkage Model, Diskussionspapier No. 59, HWWA-Institute for Economic Research, Hamburg-Germany. 77 pp.
14. Sarpong D.B (1997). EEC and the Ghanaian Economy: a business fluctuating linear dependence test, Discussion Papers in Statistics and Quantitative Economics, Universitat der Bundeswhr, Hamburg-Germany No.74, March. 18 pp.
15. Sarpong D.B (1997). A Trade Linkage-Model of Ghana-EU: Ghana-UK-Germany Trade Axis (Part 1: Linkage Model Estimation), Discussion Papers in Statistics and Quantitative Economics, Universitat der Bundeswehr, Hamburg-Germany No. 75, May. 39 pp.
Conferences where Paper /Poster Presentations made personally or by research team member
1. Daniel Sarpong. RUFORUM (October 17-28, 2018). Nairobi-Kenya
2. Daniel B. Sarpong/Will Masters/Yan Bai/Mushli (October 7-12, 2018). AERC Nairobi-Kenya
3. Daniel B. Sarpong, Anna Hereforth Will A. Masters, John Nortey. Affordability of Nutritious Diets in Africa: Mainstreaming New Metrics in Ghana’s Food price monitoring institutions, JRC, Brussels-Belgium. 15-17 November 2017
4. Daniel B. Sarpong, Nicolai Petry, Nathaniel A. Boateng, Bradley A. Woodruff, James P. Wirth and Fabian Rohner: Affordable Nutritious Food for Women (ANF4W) product availability and consumption study in Ghana: findings from the baseline assessment and ways forward, AfrEA International Conference, March 2017, Kampala-Uganda.
5. Daniel B. Sarpong. Financing Ghana’s Agriculture—Financing Options and the Viability of the Commodities Exchange and Warehouse Receipt System. 2015 Capital Market Conference. College of Physicians & Surgeons, Accra. 25 November, 2015
6. Akuafo Hall Diamond Jubilee Celebration. Akuafo Hall, Univ of Ghana. September 13, 2015. Accra. Guest Speaker: Paper Read: Is Agriculture the Panacea to Ghana’s Economic Development?
7. Florkowski, W.J., Meng, T, Klepacka, A.M., and Sarpong, D.B. Differences in consumption of domestic vs. exotic fruit in countries located in different climate zones. Poster presented at the International Symposium on Agri-Foods for Health and Wealth (AFHW), Bangkok, Thailand, August 5-8, 2013.
8. Florkowski, W.J., V. Heboyan, D.B. Sarpong, A.V. A. Resurreccion, and M.S. Chinnan. 2012. Differences in Fruit and Vegetable Expenditures in Households in Takoradi and Accra, Ghana - Constraints and Opportunities. Paper presented at the ISHS Southeast Asia Symposium on Quality Management in Postharvest Systems, Bangkok, Thailand, February 21-24.
9. Heboyan, V., W.J. Florkowski, D. Sarpong, A.V.A. Resurreccion and M.S. Chinnan. 2012. Consumer Attitudes and Preferences for Peanut Paste in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Ghana. Paper presented at the 109th Annual Meeting, Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists, February 4-7.
10. Meng, T., Florkowski, W.J., Sarpong, D., Resurreccion, A., and Chinnan, M. 2013. Consumer’s Food Shopping Choice in Ghana: Supermarket or Traditional Outlets? Paper presented at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) and CAES Joint Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., U.S., August 4-6.
11. Meng, T., Florkowski, W.J., Sarpong, D., Resurreccion, A., and Chinnan, M. 2013. Determinants of Fresh Vegetable, Fresh Fruit and Peanut Products Expenditure in Urban Households in Ghana. Paper presented at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) and CAES Joint Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., U.S., August 4-6.
12. Meng, T., Florkowski, W.J., Sarpong, D., Resurreccion, A., and Chinnan, M. 2013. Peanut Products Expenditure and Its Retail Outlets Choice in the Urban Households of Ghana. Paper presented at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) and CAES Joint Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., U.S., August 4-6.
13. Meng, T., Florkowski, W.J., Sarpong, D., Resurreccion, A., and Chinnan, M. 2013. Consumer’s Food Shopping Choice in Ghana: Supermarket or Traditional Outlets? Paper presented at the 138th European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE) seminar, Ghent, Belgium, September 11-13.
14. Meng, T., W.J. Florkowski, D. Sarpong, A.V.A. Resurreccion, M.S. Chinnan. 2013. The Determinants of Food Expenditures in Urban Households of Ghana: A Quantile Regression Approach. Paper presented at the Southern Agricultural Economics Association annual meeting, Orlando, FL, February 2-5.
15. Meng. T., Florkowski, W.J., Sarpong, D., Resurreccion, A., and Chinnan, M. 2013. Determinants of Fresh Vegetable, Fresh Fruit and Peanut Products Expenditure in Urban Households in Ghana. Paper presented at the 5th Annual Scientific Research Day of the University of Georgia. Athens, GA, U.S., August 14.
16. Meng. T., Klepacka, A.M., Florkowski, W.J., A., Sarpong, D., Resurreccion, A., Chinnan, M. Processed Peanut Products and Consumer Profiles: the case of Ghana Urban Households. Selected Presentation. 8th CIGR International Technical Symposium. Advanced Food Processing and Quality Management, Guangzhou, China, November 3-7, 2013.
17. Sarpong, D.B (1997). A Trade Linkage Model of Ghana-EU. Paper presented at Symposium on Operations Research 1997 (SOR '97). Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Jena-Germany, September 3-5, 1997: Session: Macroeconomics, Economic Theory.
18. Workshop: HWWA-Institute for Economics Research, Department of Economic Development - Hamburg-Germany, 21 April, 1998. Paper Read: Ghana Integrated to the World Economy.
19. Workshop: African Technology Policy Studies (ATPS) Network (Ghana Chapter) Training Workshop, 14-18, June 1999, U.S.T. Kumasi.
Paper Read: Technology Absorption and Policy options for the Pineapple Export Industry in Ghana.
20. Workshop: African Technology Policy Studies (ATPS) Network (Ghana Chapter) Training Workshop, June 2001, U.C.C. Cape Coast.
Paper Read: Wood Waste Recycling Technologies for Small Enterprises in Ghana: A Study of Technology Promotion Packages.
21. National Conference on Research Output of Reseau Ghaneen of SADAOC Foundation, January 30, 2002, Miklin Hotel, Accra.
Paper Read: The Effect of Marketing Infrastructure on Cross-Border Food Trade: A Cross-sectional Case Study of Ghana.
22. SADAOC Foundation International Conference, Mali-Bamako, September 9-11, 2002.
Papers Read: (1): Post-Liberalization and Food Market Integration in Ghana. (2): The Effect of Marketing Infrastructure on Cross-Border Food Trade: A Cross-sectional Case Study of Ghana.
23. Working Session. FAO-World Bank Study. Globalisation, Structural Adjustment and African Smallholder. Rome-Italy, June 2-3, 2003. Theme: Household and Village Economy Modelling. Operational Guidelines for Globalisation and the African Smallholder Study.
Paper Read: Key Policy Options in relation to smallholder opportunities from and protection against trade liberalization in Ghana.
24. National Workshop: FAO/MoFA/University of Ghana. The Roles of Agriculture Project. 2-3 September, 2003. GIMPA, Accra.
Paper Read: Buffer Role of Agriculture in Times of Crisis: The Ghanaian Experience.
25. FAO, Rome. International Conference on Roles of Agriculture (ROA), Rome-Italy, October 19-24, 2003.
Paper Read: The Social Security Role of Agriculture in Times of Crisis: The Ghanaian Experience.
26. ISSER International Conference on Ghana at the Half Century, Accra-Ghana. July 18-20, 2004.
Paper Read: Export Performance and Investment Behavior of Ghanaian Firms.
27. VolkswagenStiftung. Resources, their Dynamics and Sustainability—Capacity Development in Comparative and Integrative Approaches. Nairobi, Kenya. 13-17 September, 2004
Paper Read: Use and Preservation of Forests: Sustainable Livelihood Approaches and Modernization of Agriculture in Ghana.
28. ISSER/DFID/WB Workshop on Renewable Natural Resources. MPlaza Hotel. Accra. February 24, 2005.
Paper Read: Economic Assessment of the Sustainability of Growth Dependent Upon Renewable Natural Resources in Ghana. Agriculture.
29. Conservation International/GEF. Draft Project Design Workshop “Conservation of Globally Significant biodiversity in Cocoa Production Landscape in West Africa”. Busua B. Resort, Takoradi. 15-17 June, 2005.
Paper Read: Socio-Economic Assessment of Six Cocoa Study Sites in the Western Region.
30. Akuafo Hall Golden Jubilee Symposium. Teachers Hall. September 13, 2005. Accra.
Paper Read: Ghanaian Farmer, the Backbone of Ghana’s Economy.
31. UNESCO/IDEG National Seminar: ‘Nation States and the Challenges of Integration in West Africa, the Case of Ghana’. Regency Hotel, Accra. 8th – 9th November, 2005.
Paper Read: Ghana’s Agricultural Commodity Trade to ECOWAS: Implications and Options for Regional Integration.
32. COPAL, 15th International Conference on Cocoa Research, San Jose, Costa Rica. October 2006.
Paper: Intensification in Cocoa Cropping Systems: Is Agroforestry a solution for sustainability? The case of Manso Amanfi, Western Region, Ghana. Ruf, Francois; Deheuvels, Olivier and Daniel Sarpong. (Conference paper presented by Ruf, Francois)
33. Spain Humboldt Association Conference. Immigration: the Educational, Scientific and Social Dimension with special reference to Africa. Palma Mallorca, SPAIN, 18-23 September 2007.
Paper Read: Deepening Quality Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Skills Training As Key to Stemming Immigration
34. Heboyan, V., W.J. Florkowski, D. Sarpong, A.V.A. Resurreccion and M.S. Chinnan. 2012. Consumer Attitudes and Preferences for Peanut Paste in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Ghana. Paper presented at the 109th Ann Meeting, Southern Assoc of Agric Scientists, Feb 4-7.
Visiting/Collaborative Work
• International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Washington, DC: August 01-18, 2006. With Dr. Xinshen Diao, Senior Research Fellow on Growth Options in Ghana.
• University of Florida, USA. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Department of Food and Resource Economics. Visiting Scholar as part of TALIF Training support for Postgraduate Agribusiness Program. September 27-October 17, 2007.
• University of Georgia, Griffin, USA. Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics. Visiting Co-PI as part of UGA-GP3MT (University of Georgia Global Peanut Product, Processing and Marketing Team. July 17-27, 2011.