About

BSc, MPhil (Ghana), PhD (Wageningen)

Education

• PhD Social Sciences – Wageningen University, Netherlands (2006)
• MPhil Agricultural Extension – University of Ghana, Legon (2001)
• BSc. Agriculture (Crop Science) – University of Ghana, Legon (1997)

Research Interest

Development Communication, Gender and Agricultural Development, Participatory Technology Development, Agricultural Innovation Systems and Processes, Seed Systems

Current Research

2020-2024       Team Member and PhD Supervisor - Fertilizer Research and Responsible Implementation Project (FERARI). 

Research partnership involving Mohammed IV Polytechnic University (UM6P), IFDC, Wageningen University and Research, and University of Ghana. The basic premise of FERARI is the need to make research and implementation efforts in the fertilizer sector more impactful by conducting research to come up with readily implementable solutions and to assure that policy and implementation effort by implementing organizations are backed by scientific findings. The objective of this public-private endeavor is to develop the evidence base for a systematic approach to support widespread adoption of balanced fertilizers by farmers in the less developed markets of sub-Saharan African countries – specifically Ghana – as a means to improve their food and nutrition security.

Publications

1. Aidoo, D.C., Boateng, S.D., Freeman, C.K., & Anaglo, J.N. (2021). The effect of smallholder maize farmers’ perceptions of climate change on their adaptation strategies: the case of two agro-ecological zones in Ghana. Heliyon, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08307
2. Freeman, C., Abusah, J.A. & Anaglo, J.N. (2021). Implications of Gendered Access to Resources in the Keta Municipality, Ghana. Journal of Sustainable Development. 19(1), 2-8.
3. Ankrah, D.A. & Freeman, C. (2021). Operationalizing the Agricultural Innovation System Concept in a Developing Country Context - Examining the Case of the MiDA Programme in Ghana. The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, https://doi.org/10.1080/1389224X.2021.1915828 
4. Ankrah, D.A., Freeman, C. & Afful, A. (2020). Gendered Access to Productive Resources – Evidence From Smallholder Farmers In Awutu Senya West District of Ghana. Scientific African Journal, 10  doi: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2020.e00604