Dr. Collins Asante-Addo

Dr. Collins Asante-Addo

Contact info casante-addo@ug.edu.gh

About

Profile

Dr. Collins Asante-Addo is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Ghana. He holds a PhD in Agricultural Sciences (Agricultural Economics) from the University of Göttingen, Germany, a Masters in Agricultural Economics from the University of Hohenheim, also in Germany, and a Bachelor in Agriculture (Agribusiness) from the University of Ghana. 

He has over a decade of agricultural development-related research experience. He has worked with both international and national research institutions such as the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Thünen Institute for Market Analysis – a Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries in Germany, and CSIR-Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI) in Ghana. He has also consulted for the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), and Proforest.

Education

BSc. (Ghana), MSc. (Germany), PhD. (Germany)

Research Interest

Dr. Asante-Addo's main research interests include: agricultural technology adoption and impact analysis; consumer behaviour and demand analysis; agrifood systems and policy environment analysis; and agricultural finance and impact analysis.
 

Publications

Journal Articles

  1. Zamani, O., Chibanda, C., Boimah, M., & Asante-Addo, C. (2025). Aligning policy for success in developing countries: evidence from the poultry sector of Ghana. Agricultural and Food Economics, 13(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40100-025-00348-8 
  2. Martey, E., Etwire, P. M., Asante-Addo, C., Darko, F. A., & Suraj, M. M. (2025). Examining the risk mitigation strategies of farm households in Ghana: The role of community water resources. Journal of Environmental Management, 373, 123838. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.123838 
  3. Okyere, C. Y., Atta-Ankomah, R., Asante-Addo, C., & Kornher, L. (2025). The effect of carbon farming training on food security and development resilience in Northern Ghana. Climate and Development, 17(2), 162-172. https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2024.2342682 
  4. Ritter, T., Mockshell, J., Garrett, J., Sylvester, O., & Asante-Addo, C. (2024). A process evaluation of a home garden intervention. Agriculture & Food Security, 13, 44. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40066-024-00499-9 
  5. Okyere, C. Y., Abu, B. M., Asante-Addo, C., & Kodua, T. T. (2024). Gendered health effects of cooking fuel technologies in southern Ghana. Technology in Society, 77, 102525. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102525 
  6. 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wdp.2022.100427 
  7. 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. https://doi.org/10.1002/agr.21626 
  8. 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. https://doi.org/10.1080/08974438.2020.1751767 
  9. 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. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcs.12565 
  10. 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. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2018.1528353 
  11. 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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-017-9788-6 
  12. 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. https://doi.org/10.1108/AFR-02-2016-0010 
  13. 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. https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2017.0014 

Book Chapters

  1. Okyere, C. Y., Atta-Ankomah, R., & Asante-Addo, C. (2024). Does digital financial inclusion improve food security and household resilience? Evidence from Northern Ghana. In Financial Inclusion and Sustainable Rural Development (pp. 403-424). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-6132-6_17 
  2. Atta-Ankomah, R., Asante-Addo, C., Okyere, C. Y., & Asante-Poku, N. A. (2024). Does digital financial technology improve access to finance among households experiencing idiosyncratic health shocks in Ghana? In Financial Inclusion and Sustainable Rural Development (pp. 451-484). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-6132-6_19 
  3. Okyere, C. Y., Atta-Ankomah, R., & Asante-Addo, C. (2024). Mobile money adoption, farm performance and household welfare in Northern Ghana. In Financial Inclusion and Sustainable Rural Development (pp. 425-450). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-6132-6_18 
     

Discussion and Working Papers

  1. Mockshell, J., Asante-Addo, C., Nwagboso, C., Ritter, T., Amare, M., & Andam, K. S. (2024). Impact evaluation of the use of PBR cowpea in Nigeria: Baseline process evaluation report. NSSP Project Report. International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC.
  2. Asante-Addo, C., Mockshell, J., Ritter, T., Andam, K. (2023). Analyzing the effects of the Russian-Ukrainian war on Nigeria’s agrifood systems and policy responses. Policy Brief no. 88. Bioversity International and International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali (Colombia).
  3. Quaye, W., Akon-Yamga, G., Safo, N. K., Asante-Addo, C., Lamptey, V. K., & Bustamante, M. (2022). Empowering small-scale farmers (SPEARS): Towards the SDGs through participative, innovative, and sustainable livestock and poultry value chain (LPVC). CSIR-STEPRI Policy Brief. CSIR-Science and Technology Policy Research Institute, Accra.
  4. 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 Paper2038. International Food Policy Research Institute(IFPRI): Washington, DC
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Houssou, N., Johnson, M., Kolavalli, S., & Asante-Addo, C. (2016). Changes inGhanaian farming systems: stagnation or a quiet transformation? IFPRI Discussion Paper 1504. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI): Washington, D.C.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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. InternationalFood Policy Research Institute (IFPRI): Washington, D.C.