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Dr. Daniel Adu Ankrah (BSc (Agric) MPhil (Ghana)PhD Agric. Extension (Reading, U.K))

Dr. Daniel Adu Ankrah (BSc (Agric) MPhil (Ghana)PhD Agric. Extension (Reading, U.K))
Senior Lecturer & Head of Department
dankrah@ug.edu.gh

 

Academic Qualifications

  • PhD Agricultural Extension                     University of Reading, UK              2014
  • MPHIL Agricultural Administration           University of Ghana                      2008
  • BSc. Agricultural Science                        University of Cape Coast               2004

Research Interest

Key research interest lies in the area of Agricultural innovations systems, Agricultural extension, Climate Change, Food Security, Livelihoods, Gender, Land use systems and Agricultural Policies.

Current Research

  1. Undertaking a study from November 2021 – March 2022 to provide technical assistance for the effective implementation of the Regional Strategic Food Reserve of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The two main goals of the technical assistance are to: First, to provide analytical support to determine optimal stocks of various Strategic Grain Reserve (SGR) food commodities and develop a seasonal calendar for the purchase and sale of SGR stocks. Second, to design and develop models for partnership with the private sector as service providers to support SGR achieve its mandate and to eliminate wastage, losses, pilferage and spoilage. The team lead is Dr. Andrew Agyei-Holmes (ISSER) – UG, collaborators – Dr. Daniel Adu Ankrah (Dept. of Agricultural Extension) and Dr. Kwadwo Opoku (Center for Social Policy Studies (CSPS) – UG). This is funded by AGRA with a budget line of US$ 130,000.
  2. Research on “The Impacts of COVID-19 Responses on the Political Economy of African Food Systems”. Implemented by the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) - The University of Western Cape, South Africa, Ardhi University, Tanzania, and the University of Ghana, Institute of African Studies (IAS). Led by Professor Ruth Hall, Professor Moenieba Isaacs, Professor Daniel Mbisso, Professor Dzodzi Tsikata & Prof. Akosua Darkwah. Other team members: Dr. Daniel Adu Ankrah, Dr. Dzifa Torvikey, Dr. Francis Jarawura. Budget line of CAD$ 750,000 funded by the International Development Research Center (IDRC). This projected was undertaken from August, 2020 – October, 2021.
  3. Research on the “Rate of adoption of improved agricultural technologies in Ghana’s transitional agro-ecological zone”. Commissioned by the Directorate of Agricultural Extension Services (DAES) led by Dr. Jonathan Nicholas Anaglo. Other team members: Dr. Daniel Adu Ankrah, Dr. John Gyenfie, & Dr. Nana Afranaa Kwapong. Budget line of US$ 10,000 funded by the Directorate of Agricultural Extension Services (DAES) of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA). February 2021 – November, 2021.
  4.  Project: Optimization and Deployment: Nutrient-Rich Biodegradable Matrix for Crop Protection (Acronym: Banana Paper Abamectin (Project BP-Abm). This involves the use of biodegradable banana paper for the control of yam nematodes in field trials in Ghana, Togo and Benin. Sponsored under Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation with collaboration from North Carolina State University, University of Ghana and Universite De Kara. 2019 – 2021.
  5. DEMETER study on Land and Agricultural Commercialization, Gendered Agrarian Change, Food Security and the Right to Food. This is a comparative study between Ghana and Cambodia with collaboration from the Graduate Institute in Geneva, Switzerland. The projected is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, Swiss Agency For Development and Cooperation (SDC) and Swiss Programme for Research on Global Issues for Development. 2016 – 2021.
  6. USAID Feed the Future Institutional Capacity Building for Agricultural Productivity Project. University of Ghana, School of Agriculture, Legon. (2015-2020).

 

Past Research

  1. Team Leader for a Baseline Survey for the Ghana Sustainable Land and Water Management Project (GSLWMP) Impact Evaluation in Northern, Upper West and Upper East Regions. Three –month baseline survey funded by the World Bank in 2016. This was undertaken with a private consultancy agency DEVTPLAN CONSULT.
  2. Team Leader for a Household Survey on the Contribution of Motorized Three-Wheeler Truck Transportation to the Development of Rural Economies in Ghana East and West Mamprusi Districts in the Northern Region. This was undertaken with a private consultancy agency DEVTPLAN CONSULT. This was funded by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in 2017.
  3. Team member for the evaluation of Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Ghana programme in Ghana undertaken by the Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER) involving two main household surveys known as the Ghana Living Standards Survey fifth round Plus (GLSS5+) that covered 9,300 households and a Farmer Based Organisation (FBO).
  4. Team member that worked in a team of 5 to design a survey questionnaire, trained and supervised over 40 field staff for a social intervention known as the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) baseline evaluation in Ghana involving over 2000 households in 2010. Tasks included project management, coordination of over 10 stakeholders. This was funded by DFID with a budget line of £370,000.
  5. Team member that worked in a team of 6 to design questionnaire, trained and supervised field staff for a World Bank survey on Land Title and Productivity in the Central Region of Ghana in 2010 involving 3,000 households. Tasks included coordination of over 10 stakeholders. Assisted in developing the technical and financial proposal with a budget line of $270,000.

Recent Publications

  1. 1. Jones, E.O., Tham-Agyekum, E.K., Ankuyi, F., Ankrah, D.A., Akaba, S., Shafiwu, A.B., Richard, F.N., (2023). Mobile agricultural extension delivery and climate-smart agricultural practices in a time of a pandemic: Evidence from southern Ghana, Environmental and Sustainability Indicators 19, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indic.2023.100274. Pages 1 -10. Publisher: Elsevier.
  2.  Ankrah, D.A., Kwapong, N.K, Manteaw, S.A., & Agyarko, F. F. (2023). Sustainable cereal production: a spatial analytical approach using the Ghana Living Standards Survey. Heliyon 9(7). Pages 1 -12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17831. Publisher: Elsevier.
  3. Ankrah, D.A., Okyere, C.Y., Mensah, J., & Anaglo, J.N. (2023). Choice and intensity of climate variability adaptation strategies, evidence from maize farmers in southern Ghana. Geographical Review. Pages 1 – 25. https://doi.org/10.1080/00167428.2023.2212390. Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
  4. Boateng, S.D. & Ankrah, D.A., Manteaw. S.A. (2023). Competence-Based Education: Reflections on the context of teaching Agriculture in Ghana’s pre-tertiary schools. Cogent Education. 10(1), 2207793. Pages 1 -16. https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2023.2207793. Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
  5.  Onyeneke, R., Chidiebere-Mark, N.M, Ankrah, D.A., & Onyeneke, L.U. (2023). Determinants of access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking in Africa: a panel autoregressive distributed lag approach. Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy. 42(3). Pages 1 -17. https://doi.org/10.1002/ep.14147. Publisher: Wiley, John Wiley & Sons.
  6. Onyeneke, R.U, Ankrah, D.A., Atta-Ankomah, R., Agyarko F.F., Onyeneke C.J., Nejad J.G. (2023). Information and communication technologies and agricultural production: new evidence from Africa. Applied Sciences. 13(6):3918. Pages 1 -33. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13063918. Publisher: MDPI.
  7.  Kwapong, N.K. & Ankrah, D.A. (2023). Understanding the innovation process within an interactive social network: empirical insights from maize innovations in southern Ghana. Cogent Social Sciences 9(1). Pages 1 -10. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2023.2167390. Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
  8.  Ankrah, D.A., Anum, R., Anaglo, J. N., & Boateng, S. D. (2023). Influence of sustainable livelihood capital on climate variability adaptation strategies. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 18, 100233. Pages 1 -11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indic.2023.100233. Publisher: Elsevier.
  9.  Ankrah, D.A., Mensah, J., Anaglo, J.N., & Boateng, S.D. (2023). Climate variability indicators - scientific data versus farmers perception; evidence from southern Ghana, Cogent Food & Agriculture, 9:1, Pages 1 -19. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2022.2148323. Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
  10. Agyei-Holmes, A., Ankrah, D.A., & Boakye, A. A. (2023). COVID-19 and Ghana’s agri-food system: an assessment of resilience. African Geographical Review, 42(1), 85-106. https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2021.1971096. Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
  11. Chidiebere-Mark, N.M.; Onyeneke, R.U.; Uhuegbulem, I.J.; Ankrah, D.A.; Onyeneke, L.U.; Anukam, B.N.; Chijioke-Okere, M.O. (2022). Agricultural Production, Renewable Energy Consumption, Foreign Direct Investment, and Carbon Emissions: New Evidence from Africa. Atmosphere, 13, 1981. Pages 1 -24. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13121981. Publisher: MDPI.
  12. Anum, R.,Ankrah, D.A., & Anaglo, J. N. (2022). Influence of demographic characteristics and social network on peri-urban smallholder farmers adaptation strategies-evidence from southern Ghana. Cogent Food & Agriculture, 8(1), 2130969. Pages 1 -22. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2022.2130969. Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
  13.  Ankrah, D.A., Tsikata, D. & Dzanku, M.F. (2022). Agricultural commercialization and gender mainstreaming in decentralized Ghana: The Politics of Business. Book Chapter 7 in Agricultural Commercialization, Gender Equality and the Right to Food Insights from Ghana and Cambodia.1st edition. Pages 148 – 165. https://doi.org/ 10.4324/9781003202004-10. Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
  14.  Ankrah, D.A., (2022). Ghana’s pineapple innovation history: An account from stakeholders in Nsawam Adoagyiri Municipal Assembly. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, 14(7), Pages 1916-1932. https://doi.org/10.1080/20421338.2021.1988414. Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
  15.  Okyere, C.Y., Ankrah, D.A., & Ahene-Codjoe, A. (2022). Intra-household Health Effects of Irrigation in Southern Ghana. Irrigation and Drainage. 71(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.2630. Pages 268 – 285. Publisher: Wiley, John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
  16.  Ankrah, D.A., Freeman, C.Y. (2022). 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, 28(3). https://doi.org/10.1080/1389224X.2021.1915828. Pages 1 – 20. Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
  17.  Ankrah, D.A., Boakye, A.A. & Agyei-Holmes, A. (2022). Participatory Farm Budgeting – A Case of Pineapple Farmers in Ghana. African Geographical Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2021.1958691. 41(4). Pages 483 – 497. Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
  18. Ankrah, D.A., Kwapong, N.A. & Boateng S.D. (2022). Indigenous Knowledge and Science-based Predictors Reliability and Its Implication for Climate Change Adaptation in Ghana. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development (AJSTID). 14(4). https://doi.org/10.1080/20421338.2021.1923394. Pages 1007 – 1019. Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
  19.  Ankrah, D.A., Agyei-Holmes, A., & Boakye, A. A. (2021). Ghana's rice value chain resilience in the context of COVID-19. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 4(1), 100210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2021.100210. Publisher: Elsevier.
  20.  Dzanku, F. M., Tsikata, D., & Ankrah, D.A., (2021). The gender and geography of agricultural commercialisation: what implications for the food security of Ghana’s smallholder farmers?. The Journal of Peasant Studies, 48(7), 1507-1536. https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2021.1945584. Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
  21.  Kwapong, N.A, Ankrah, D.A., Anaglo, J.N. & Vuckey, E. (2021). Determinants of Scale of Farm Operation in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Agriculture and Food Security. 10, 31. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40066-021-00309-6. Pages 1 – 11. Publisher: Springer Nature, BMC.
  22.  Ankrah, D.A., Kwapong, N.A., Eghan, D., Adarkwah, F. & Boateng-Gyambiby, D. (2021). Agricultural Insurance Access and Acceptability – Examining the Case of Smallholder Farmers in Ghana. Agriculture and Food Security. 10,19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40066-021-00292-y. Pages 1 – 14. Publisher: Springer Nature, BMC.
  23.  Ankrah, D.A., Freeman, C.Y. and Afful, A. (2020). Gendered Access to Productive Resources – Evidence from Smallholder Farmers in Awutu Senya West District of Ghana. Scientific African, 2020. 10: Pages 1 - 12. e00604. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2020.e00604. Publisher: Elsevier.
  24.  Kwapong, N. A., Ankrah, D.A., Boateng-Gyambiby, D., Asenso-Agyemang, J., & Fening, L. O. (2020). Assessment of Agricultural Advisory Messages from Farmer-to-Farmer in Making a Case for Scaling Up Production: A Qualitative Study. The Qualitative Report, 25(8), 2011-2025. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2020.4241. Publisher: Nova SouthEastern University, USA.