Prof. Edward Benjamin Sabi

Contact info ebsabi@ug.edu.gh

Education

Ph.D. Soil and Water Engineering - United Graduate School of Agriculture, Gifu University, Gifu, JAPAN (1999)

M.Sc. Soil and Water Engineering - Gifu University, Gifu, JAPAN (1996)

B.Sc. Agricultural Engineering - University of Science & Technology, Kumasi, Ghana (1985)

Research Interest

  • Soil and water conservation techniques
  • Conversion of biomass into boards for soil moisture conservation
  • Soil erosion studies and control 
  • The use of biochar to improve soil moisture storage and crop productivity

Publications

  1. Edward Benjamin Sabi, Daniel Kusi Asiedu and Priscilla Owusuaa Otibu – Development of an Automated Solar-Powered Drip Irrigation System for Sub-Saharan African Farmers. Science and Development, 2022.
  2. Adam Yakubu, Aisha Bello Wunmi, Edward Benjamin Sabi and Francis Monnie – Waste Water Treatment for Irrigation using Biomass Residue. Science and Development, 2022.
  3. Suleiman Nafiu , Vitus Atanga Apalangya, Abu Yaya and Edward Benjamin Sabi – Boron Nitride Nanotubes for Curcumin Delivery as an Anticancer Drug: A DFT Investigation. Applied Sciences, 2022, 11,x.
  4. Eric Oppong Danso, Francis Monnie, Stephen Abenney‑Mickson, Emmanuel Arthur, Edward Benjamin Sabi and MathiasNeumann Andersen – Does Biochar Particle Size, Application Rate and  Irrigation Regime Interact to Affect Soil Water Capacity, Maize Growth and Nutrient Uptake? Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. https//doi.org/10.1007/s42729-021-00597-8.
  5. Tae Ohgaki, Hideshige Takada, Ryu Yoshida, Kaoruko Mizukawa, Bee Geok Yeo, Mona Alidoust, Natsuki Hirai, Rei Yamashita, Takashi Tokumaru, Izumi Watanabe, Siaw Onwona-Agyeman, Patricia Gardiner, Marcus Eriksen, Jay F. Kelly, Carlos J. Rodriguez-Sierra, Laurent Colasse, Juan Baztan, Fabiano Prado Barretto, Gabriel Mendes Izar, Denis Abessa, Mohamad Pauzi Zakaria, Charita S. Kwan, Mahua Saha, Peter G. Ryan, Steven Weerts, John Ofosu-Anim, Edward Benjamin Sabi, Lailah Gifty Akita, Heidi Tait, Cecilia Eriksson and Harry Burton – International pellet watch: Global monitoring of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in plastic resin pellets. Environmental Monitoring and Contaminants Research Vol. 1, pp. 75-90, (2021).
  6.  Adam Yakubu, Edward Benjamin Sabi, Siaw Onwona-Agyeman, Hideshige Takada and Hirozumi Watanabe – Impact of sugarcane bagasse mulching boards on soil erosion and carrot productivity. Catena 206 (2021) 105575 1-9. (Elsevier Limited).
  7. Peter Bilson Obour, Eric Oppong Danso, Nastaran Pouladi, Stephen Abenney-Mickson, Edward Benjamin Sabi, Francis Monnie and Emmanuel Arthur. Soil structure characteristics, functional properties and consistency limits response to corn cob biochar particle size and application rates in a 36-month pot experiment. Soil Research (2020). 
  8. Adam Yakubu, Eric Oppong Danso, Emmanuel Arthur, Yvonne Ohui Kgblenu-Darrah, Edward Benjamin Sabi, Stephen Abenney-Mickson, Kwadwo Ofori and Mathias Newmann Andersen – Rice straw biochar and irrigation effect on yield and water productivity of okra. Agronomy Journal (2020) 1-12
  9. Peter Bilson Obour, Eric Oppong Danso, Adam Yakubu, Stephen Abenney-Mickson, Edward Benjamin Sabi, Yvonne Kugblenu-Darrah and Emmanuel Arthur – Water Retention, Air Exchange and Pore Structure Characteristics after Three Years of Rice Straw Biochar Application to an Acrisol. Soil Soil Society of America Journal (2019)
  10. Eric Oppong Danso, Adam Yakubu, Yvonne Kugblenu Darrah, Emmanuel Arthur, Kiril Manevski, Edward Benjamin Sabi, Stephen Abenney-Mickson, Kwadwo Ofori, Finn Plauborg, Mathias Newmann Andersen – Impact of rice straw biochar and irrigation on maize yield, intercepted radiation and water productivity in a tropical sandy clay loam. Field Crops Research 243 (2019), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2019.107628.
  11. Emmanuel Arthur, Eric Oppong Danso, Mojgan Beiranvand, Nastaran Pouladi, Adam Yakubu, Stephen Abenney-Mickson & Edward Benjamin Sabi – Rice straw biochar effects on Atterberg limits and aggregate characteristics of an Acrisol in Ghana. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science (2019) 10699240.
  12. Eric Oppong Danso, Adam Yakubu, Emmanuel Arthur, Edward B. Sabi, Stephen Abenney-Mickson and Mathias N. Andersen – Effect of rice straw biochar and irrigation-use efficiency of maize grown on an Acrisol in Ghana. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science. (2019) 1-12.
  13. Eric Oppong Danso, Thomas Atta-Darkwa, Finn Plauborg, Edward Benjamin Sabi, Yvonne Kugblenu-Darrah, Stephen Abenney-Mickson, and Mathias Neumann Andersen – Development of a Low-Cost Solar-Powered Water Supply System for Small-Scale Drip Irrigation Farms in Sub-Saharan Africa: Dosing Tank and Bell Siphon Perspective. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, (2018), 144(7).
  14. Andersen, M.N., Dorvlo, S.Y., Amoakwah, E., Eduah, J.O., Amoah, K.K., Oppong Danso, E., Baidoo, I., Plauborg, F., Sabi, E.B., Abenney-Mickson, S., Henriksen, U.B., Ahrenfeldt, J., Frimpong, K.A., Abekoe, M., Breuning-Madsen, H., Taah, K.J., Liu, F., Sarpong, D., Bolwig, S., Ahmed, F. & Arthur, E., (2017). Green Cohesive Agricultural Resource Management – The WEBSOC Project. In: Eric Tielkes (Ed), Proceedings of international conference on Future Agriculture: Socio-ecological transitions and bio-cultural shifts, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Tropentag-international Research on Food Security, Natural Resources Management and Rural Development, Germany, 20th – 22nd, September, 2017. Pp. 109-110, https://www.tropentag.de/2017/proceedings/proceedings.pdf. 
  15. Pedro A. Segura, Hideshige Takada, Jose A. Correa, Karim El Saadi, Tatsuya Koike, Siaw Onwona-Agyeman, John Ofosu-Anim, Edward Benjamin Sabi, Oliver V. Wasonga, Joseph M. Mghalu, Antonio Manuel dos Santos Junior, Brent Newman, Steven Weerts and Viviane Yargeau – Global occurrence of anti-infectives in contaminated surface waters: impact of income inequality between countries. Environmental International: 80 (2015) 89-97.
  16. E. Oppong Danso, S. Abenney-Mickson, E. B. Sabi, F. Plauborg, M. Abekoe, Y.   O. Kugblenu, C. R. Jensen, and M.N. Andersen – Effect of different fertigation and irrigation methods on nitrogen uptake, intercepted radiation and yield of okra (Abelmoschus esculentum L.) grown in the Keta Sand Spit of Southeast Ghana. Agricultural Water Management 147 (2015) 34-42 (Elsevier Limited).
  17. Junki Hosada, John Ofosu-Anim, Edward Benjamin Sabi, Lailah Gifty Akita, Siaw Onwona-Agyeman, Rei Yamashita, Hideshige Takada – Monitoring of organic micropollutants in Ghana by combination of pellet watch with sediment analysis: E-waste as a source of PCBs. Marine Pollution Bulletin 86 (2014) 575-581 (Elsevier Limited).
  18. Desmond Essien, Richard Bani and Edward B. Sabi: Effects of Non-uniform Airflow Distribution on Grain Moisture Contents During Aeration. ARPN Journal of Agricultural and Biological Science. Vol. 9, NO. 7, (2014).
  19. J. Y. Amoah, F. K. Dzokoto, E. B. Sabi and D. Acquaye: The Potential of Ram Pumps for Rural Water Supply and Small Scale Irrigation in Ghana.  Ghana J. Sci. 53 (2013), 31-38.
  20. Yvonne O. Kugblenu, Eric Oppong Danso, Kwadwo Ofori, Mathias N. Andersen, Stephen Abenney-Mickson, Edward B. Sabi, Finn Plauborg, Mark K. Abekoe, John Ofosu-Anim, Rodomiro Oritiz and Søren T. Jørgensen – Screening tomato genetypes for adaptation to high temperatures in West Africa. Acta Agriculture Scandinavica, Section B – Soil & Plant Science, (2013) http//:dx.doi.org/10.1080/09064710.2013.813062
  21. Kugblenu, Y.O., Oppong Danso, E., Ofori, K., Andersen, M.N., Abenney-Mickson, S., Sabi, E.B., Plauborg, F.L., Abekoe, M.K., Jørgensen, S.T., Jensen, C.R. and Ofosu-Anim, J. (2013). Heat tolerance in field grown tomatoes (Lycopersicon escculentum mill.) under semi-arid conditions of West Africa. Acta Hort. (ISHS) 971:99-106
  22. Eric Oppong Danso, Stephen Abenney-Mickson, Edward Benjamin Sabi, Shiloh Kwabena Osae and Thomas Tetteh Akiti – Assessing the impact of three streams in a semi-arid coastal savannah catchment in Ghana: Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment, Vol. 11 (I): 1162-1167. (2013)
  23. Siaw Onwona-Agyeman, Shimpei Nakamura, Yoshiko Kawabata, Masaaki Yamada, Edward Benjamin Sabi and Mitsuhiko Tanahashi – Utilization of Forestry Residue in Erosion Control and Soil Moisture Conservation: Journal of Arid Land Studies Japan Vol. 22, No.1, 279-282 (2012)
  24. Debre, S., S. Abenney-Mickson., E. B. Sabi and M. Yangyurou – Use of the SPAW model to simulate the water balance components of the ARC-Kpong Irrigation tank: Journal of the Ghana Institution of Engineers. Vol. 8, (2011) 39-46.
  25. Siaw Onwona-Agyeman, Tamayo Hada, Edward Benjamin Sabi and Mitsuhiko Tanahashi – Fabrication of fertilizer-impregnated boards from low quality thinned logs using the high-pressure steam method: Transactions of the Materials research Society of Japan 32[4] 1155 – 1158 (2007)
  26. Edward Benjamin Sabi, T. Amaya, N. Nishimura and Y. Matsumoto (1998) Relationship between Soil Physical Properties and Erodibility – Studies on soil erosion control of a newly reclaimed agricultural field (I) – Transactions of the Japanese Society of Irrigation, Drainage and Reclamation Engineering, No. 199. 23 ~ 34 (1999. 2).
  27. Edward Benjamin Sabi, T. Amaya, N. Nishimura, J. D. Rhoades and S. M. Lesch (1998) – Salinity Distribution in Seedbed and Furrow Sections in the Coachella Valley, USA. Journal of Arid Land Studies, Vol. 8. No. 2, 129-140 (1998)