Innocent Y.D. Lawson (BSc (Agric) (Ghana) MSc (Shizuoka), PhD (Gifu))

Senior Lecturer of the Department of Soil Science, School of Agriculture, College of Basic and Applied Sciences of the University of Ghana. He graduated from University of Ghana with a Bachelor Degree in Agricultural Science (Soil Science Option) in 1989. He has MSc. Degree in Soil Microbiology and Fertility from Shizuoka University, Japan in 1994. He obtained PhD in Soil Microbiology and Fertility from Gifu University, Japan in 1997. He also obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Education from University of Cape Coast in 2001.

He has experience in teaching and research at the University level since 1997. He served as Head of Agronomy Department and Vice Dean of Faculty of Agriculture, University of Development Studies, Tamale-Ghana. He also served as the National Treasurer of the Ghana Science Association for four years. He has been consulting on soil analysis of farmlands. He has also been involved in accreditation and reaccreditation of tertiary agricultural courses for the National Accreditation Board of Ghana. He is currently a Board Member of Anlo Senior High School and the Vice Master of the Mensah Sarbah Hall of the University of Ghana.

Area of research covers the use of microbial processes and organic materials to improve soil fertility under soil stressed conditions. Over the past sixteen years he has been involved in (i) the use of compost and manipulation of cropping systems and techniques to improve growth of legumes (ii) remediation of oil contaminated soils and (iii) currently the use of biochar to improve nodulation and growth of legumes in acidic soils.  

         Current Publications

1. Lawson, I.Y.D., E.A. Mensah, and E.N. Yeboah (2008). Improving the establishment and yield of soybean through planting depth and land preparation methods in the northern Ghana. West African Journal of Applied Ecology. Vol. 14: 47-55.

2. E.O. Gartey, G.N.N. Dowuona, E.K. Nartey, T.A. Adjadeh and I.Y D. Lawson. (2012). Assessment of variability in quality of an Acrisol under different Land Use Systems in Ghana. Open Journal of Soil Science. Vol. 2 No. 2: 33-43.

3. Lawson, I.Y.D., E.K. Nartey, D.A. Darko, V.A. Okrah and D. Tsatsu (2012). Microbial degradation potential of some Ghanaian soils contaminated with diesel oil. Agriculture and Biology of North America. Vol. 3. No. 1:1-5.

4. Lawson, I.Y.D., A. Issahaku, S. K. Acheampong, B. Adams and V. Tuffour. (2013). Time of planting and weed suppression abilities of some legumes when intercropped with maize in the Guinea savanna zone of Ghana. Agriculture and Biology Journal of North America. Vol. 4. No. 4.358-363

5. Lawson, I.Y.D, J.K. Afenu, E.K. Nartey and J. Quaye. (2013). Diesel oil utilizing bacteria associated with four Ghanaian soils. Agriculture and Biology Journal of North America. Vol. 4. No. 4:364-369

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