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An Assessment of Heavy Metal Pollution in Sediments of a Tropical Lagoon: A Case Study of the Benya Lagoon, Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem Municipality (KEEA) — Ghana

Vowotor, M. K.; Hood, C. O.; Sackey, S. S.; Owusu, A.; Tatchie, E.; Nyarko, S.; Osei, M. D.; Mireku, K. K.; Letsa, C. B.; Atieomo, S. M. (Pure Earth, 2014)

Background. Elevated concentrations of heavy metals in soil have detrimental consequences on the environment, which translates into damaging effects on humans. Objective. An evaluation was carried out to determine the ...
Daily Intake and Sources of Trace Elements in Sarotherodon melanotheron from the Benya Lagoon, KEEA, Ghana, Using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis

Vowotor, M. K.; Sackey, S. S.; Hood, C. O.; Owusu, A.; Tatchie, E.; Adukpo, D. C.; Mireku, K. K.; Agor, S.; Letsa, C. B.; Nyarko, S. (Set Publisher, 2015)

Consuming fish meal may have health benefits and also contain contaminants. The mean concentrations of ten trace elements (TE) in Sarotherodon melanotheron (Blackchin tilapia) obtained from the Benya Lagoon at Komenda Edina ...
Determinants of the Promotion of University Of Ghana Lecturers: A Survival Analysis Approach

Letsa, C. B. (University of Ghana, 2015)

The desire to reach the peak of one’s chosen career makes us curious and hardworking enough to attain positions and ranks. This is no different in the academia where lecturers look forward for promotion. However, there are ...
Scaling Out Cassava-based Production Systems in West and East Africa

Yeboah, E.; Baijukya, F. P.; Fening, J. O.; Zida, Z.; Gaisie, E.; Merumba, S.; Sileshi, G. W. (AGRA, 2016)

Cassava is the second most important crop after maize in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). According to FAO (2013), 172 million MT of cassava was produced worldwide in 2000, and SSA accounted for 54%. Cassava is mainly a subsistence ...
Spatial Price Transmission and Market Integration Analysis: The Case of Maize Market in Ghana

Ayeduvor, S. (University of Ghana, 2014)

This study presents an analysis of spatial price transmission and market integration of major maize markets in Ghana over the period 1995-2013. Monthly wholesale maize prices for the various markets were used for the ...
Assessing Quality Attributes that Drive Preference and Consumption of Local Rice in Ghana

Ayeduvor, S. (IFPRI, 2018)

Rice consumption in Ghana has more than quadrupled in the last 60 years, becoming a common staple food. However, this increasing demand is being met by imports. The rise in rice imports has led to a renewed interest in ...
Soil and water conservation technologies in the West African Sudan Savanna: Cropping system options to address variability of crop yield and impacts of climate change

Danso, I. (University of Bonn, 2015)

In the Sudan Savanna region of West Africa, smallholder agricultural production is almost entirely rain-fed. Some of the major constraints to crop production are low soil fertility and high intra- and inter-annual rainfall ...
Germination Of Oil Palm (Elaeis Guineensis Jacq.) Seeds – A Function Of Heat Treatment And Progeny

Dickson, D. O.; Agyei-Dwarko, D.; Sackitey, J. O.; Osei, S. A.; Banafo, S.; Bakoume, C. (I. K. Press, 2021)

Oil palm seed germination is time and heat demanding leading to high labour and production cost. The whole germination process last about 140 to 145 days. Shortening the durations of germination would lead to production ...
Genetic diversity and selection within natural dura oil palm accessions collected in Ghana for oil palm productivity improvement

Darkwah, D. O.; Blay, E.; Amoatey, H.; Sapey, E.; Bakoumé, C.; Agyei-Dwarko, D. (Society for Indonesian Biodiversity, 2020)

The genetic base of oil palm breeding stock of the Ghanaian Oil Palm Research Institute is considered narrow after two selection cycles. Therefore, 79 accessions of natural dura oil palm collected in Ghana and conserved ...
Food crop intercropping alternatives for replanting coconut farms destroyed by lethal yellowing disease

Ennin, S. A.; Banful, B.; Andoh-Mensah, E.; Issaka, R. N.; Lamptey, J. N.; Aduening-Manu, J.; Bolfrey-Arku, G.; Dery, S. K. (WFL Publisher, 2009)

A two-year (2006-2008) study involving coconut - cassava and coconut - plantain as food crop intercropping alternatives for revamping the coconut industry of Ghana which has been hampered by Lethal Yellowing Disease (LYD) ...
Evaluation And Characterization Of Agromorphological Variation Within Ghana Oil Palm Germplasm Using Chemometric Techniques

Darkwah, D. O.; Agyei-Dwarko, D.; Kaledzi, P.; Ong-Abdullah, M.; Rajanaidu, N.; Bakoume, C. (I. K. Press, 2020)

In 2003, the Oil Palm Research Institute of Ghana collected 79 dura oil palms from the natural groves of seven regions of Ghana in view of infusing superior accessions in its breeding stocks and conserving those with ...
Colchicine-Enabled Genomic Doubling In Oil Palm (Elaeis Guineensis Jacq.)

Nunekpeku, W.; Nyadanu, D.; Akromah, R.; Amoatey, H. M.; Kena, A. W.; Mukhtar Ali-Ghanim, A.; Agyei-Dwarko, D.; Odoi, K. M.; Danso, K. E. (Research Square, 2021)

The African oil palm (Elaeis guineensis. Jacq.) is an oleaginous tree belonging to the family Arecaceae. The crop is naturally a diploid species (2n = 2x = 32) and the most important oil bearing perennial tree crop ...
Agro-Morphological Evaluation of Gamma Irradiated Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis, Jacq.) M2 Population at the Nursery Stage

Osei, S. A.; Agyei-Dwarko, D.; Ossom, J. S.; Sapey, E.; Nunekpeku, W.; Osei Darkwah, D. (Horizon Research Publishers, 2022)

Morphological characterization is one of the steps that are considered important in the description and classification of cultivated crops. A field evaluation of gamma irradiated oil palm second generation (M2) progenies ...
Study of Chlorophyll Mutations and Chlorophyll Content in Young Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq) after Gamma Irradiation

Darkwah, D. O.; Blay, E. T.; Amoatey, H. M.; Agyei-Dwarko, D.; Sapey, E.; Osei, S. A. (Premiere Publishers, 2019)

Chlorophyll mutations provide one of the most dependable indices for evaluating genetic effects of mutagenic treatments and have been reported in various pulse crops by several workers. The present investigation was ...
Influence of Blood Metabolite Concentrations on the Resumption of Postpartum Ovarian Function in Friesian-Sanga Crossbred Cows

Vuvor, C. M. (University of Ghana, 2015)

An experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of plasma concentrations of the metabolic hormones [Growth hormone (GH), insulin and insulin-like growth factor –I (IGFI)] and nutritional metabolites (glucose, ...
Assessing smallholder women farmers’ adaptive capacity to climate change and variability in the Northern Region of Ghana: A Composite Index Approach

Alhassan, S. I.; Shaibu, M. T.; Kuwornu, K. M .J.; Osman, T. D. (JENRM, 2018)

This study assessed the adaptive capacity of smallholder women farmers to climate change and variability in Northern Region of Ghana using a composite index approach. A multi-stage sampling technique was employed to select ...
Factors Influencing Farmers’ Awareness and Choice of Indigenous Practices in Adapting to Climate Change and Variability in Northern Ghana

Alhassan, S. I.; Shaibu, M. T.; Kuwornu, J. K. M.; Damba, O. T. (University of Ghana, 2018)

Farmers in Northern Ghana adapt to the adverse effects of climate change using traditional practices. However, farmers’ awareness of these practices is a spring-board to their choices of available indigenous climate ...
An Assessment of Institutional Importance of Climate Change Adaptation in the Volta River Basin of Northern Ghana

Shaibu, M. T.; Alhassan, S. I.; Avornyo, F. K.; Panyan, E. K.; Konlan, S. P.; Salifu, S. (University of Ghana, 2018)

Climate change affects a lot of sectors including agriculture. Several measures are being adopted to avert the impacts associated with it. Water resources in semi-arid areas are not excluded. The study, conducted in ...
Comparative assessment of vulnerability of smallholder livestock farmers to climate change in North-West Ghana

Shaibu, M. T.; Onumah, E. E.; Al-Hassan, R. M.; Kuwornu, J. K. M. (Taylor & Francis, 2020)

This study examined the vulnerability of smallholder livestock farmers in North-West Ghana to climate change using data obtained from 200 livestock farmers obtained through the administration of a semistructured questionnaire. ...
A guide to developing the small ruminant value chain in northern Ghana: A value chain approach

Ahiagbe, K. M. J.; Shaibu, M. T.; Avornyo, F. K.; Ayantunde, A. A.; Panyan, E. K. (2021)

The economy of Ghana is largely agricultural contributing about 19.7% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Crop-based agricultural products account for 14.5% with only 2.7% contributed by domestic animal production (GSS, ...

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