Victor Rex Barnes
35 Publications15 Research Themes17 Open Access
Research Overview & Focus
The researcher's work spans multiple interdisciplinary fields, covering topics such as wastewater treatment in Ghana, agronomic practices, Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy, Tree-ring climate responses, African Botany and Ecology Studies, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Banana Cultivation and Research, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Fire effects on ecosystems, Conservation, Biodiversity, Resource Management, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Soil erosion and sediment transport, and Energy and Environment Impacts.
Faculty Biography
Victor Rex Barnes is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Agroforestry of the Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). He is an ecologist and fire and climate change scientist. His career interest lies in being a prominent scientist in processes, threats and restoration of natural and planted ecosystems.
Key Research Themes (15)
Life Sciences
African Botany and Ecology Studies
Life Sciences
Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
Life Sciences
Banana Cultivation and Research
Life Sciences
Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy
Physical Sciences
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
Physical Sciences
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Physical Sciences
Energy and Environment Impacts
Physical Sciences
Fire effects on ecosystems
Life Sciences
Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
Physical Sciences
Land Use and Ecosystem Services
Physical Sciences
Marine and coastal plant biology
Physical Sciences
Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
Life Sciences
Soil erosion and sediment transport
Physical Sciences
Tree-ring climate responses
Physical Sciences
Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
Publications (35)
Augmentation of mineral fertilizer with organic nutrient sources to improve soil quality and nutrient use efficiency in cocoa landscape in Ghana
Multiple Anthropogenic and Climatic Factors Drive Tree Species Attributes in Ecologically Distinct Sacred Groves in Ghana
Open AccessEvaluating the Resilience of the Cocoa Agroecosystem in the Offinso Municipal and Adansi North Districts of Ghana
Open AccessAdvancing multiple ecosystem service assessment in the tropics: Evidence from Barekese and Owabi watersheds in Ghana
Open AccessGhana's Cocoa: Farmers' Perceptions of Climate Change and Its Effect on Yield and Livelihood
Open AccessMitigation of greenhouse gas emissions through shade systems and climate-smart soil fertility interventions in cocoa landscapes in the Semi-deciduous ecological zone of Ghana
Open AccessCommunity perception to pay for conservation of Barekese and Owabi watersheds in Ghana
Open AccessUnderstanding and addressing climate change impacts on cocoa farming in Ghana
Open AccessCocoa Farmers’ Perception on Climate Change and its Effect on Their Cocoa Yields and Livelihoods in Ghana
Open AccessClimate Change and Cocoa Farmers’ Mitigative Strategies; the Case of Two Ecological Zones in Ghana
Open AccessCommunity Perception to Pay for Conservation of Barekese and Owabi Watersheds in Ghana
Open AccessCarbon storage and biodiversity conservation in a changing landscape: the case of Barekese and Owabi watersheds in Ghana
Open AccessPlantain-Tree Rubber Intercropping Systems Improved Productivity in the Tropical Humid Zone of Ghana, West Africa
Open AccessThreats of Changes in Land-Use and Drivers on Owabi and Barekese Watershed Forests in Ghana
Assessment of Fishers' Knowledge and Willingness to Adopt Seaweed Cultivation in Ghana in Relation to Gender, Age, Education, and Distance
Farmer Perceptions and Economic Performance of Cocoa Agroforestry Shade Levels in Ghana
Anthropogenic drivers of plant species coexistence in selected riparian systems, Kumawu district, Ashanti region (Ghana)
Open AccessFuel Management in Ghana’s Tropical Forests: Implications on Implementation Cost, Fuel Loading and Fire Behaviour
2020Energy and Environment Impacts
Toward sustainable land resources management with agroforestry: empirical evidence from the Sunyani west district of Ghana
Carbon Isotopes of Riparian Forests Trees in the Savannas of the Volta Sub-Basin of Ghana Reveal Contrasting Responses to Climatic and Environmental Variations
Open AccessRubber and plantain intercropping: Effects of different planting densities on soil characteristics
Open AccessEnvironmental Location Assessment for Seaweed Cultivation in Ghana
Environmental Location Assessment for Seaweed Cultivation in Ghana
Fuel Management and Experimental Wildfire Effects on Forest Structure, Tree Mortality and Soil Chemistry in Tropical Dry Forests in Ghana
2017Fire effects on ecosystems
Spatio-temporal dynamics of gross rainfall partitioning and nutrient fluxes in shaded-cocoa (Theobroma cocoa) systems in a tropical semi-deciduous forest
Importance of forest buffers for preserving soil carbon and nutrient stocks in farmed landscapes along two river sites in the savannas of the Volta basin, Ghana
ASSESSING THE IMPACT (ALLELOPATHY) OF Azadirachta indica EXTRACTS ON THE GROWTH AND TASTE OF Manihot esculenta
2016
Influence of climatic factors on tree growth in riparian forests in the humid and dry savannas of the Volta basin, Ghana
Shading effects of baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) stands on productivity of millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.) and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) in farmed parklands in Northern Ghana
2016African Botany and Ecology Studies
Comparative Analysis of Woody Composition of Farmlands and Forest Reserve Along Afram River in a Tropical Humid Savanna of Ghana: Implications to Climate Change Adaptation
Wildfire Management in the Tain II Forest Reserve of Ghana: An Evaluation of Community Participation
Open AccessFire in Ghana's dry forest: Causes, frequency, effects and management interventions
2015Fire effects on ecosystems
Changes in water quality in the Owabi water treatment plant in Ghana
Open AccessDifferent Densities of Adansonia digitata. L. Trees: Structure and Impact on Neighbouring Flora in Northern Ghana
The forgotten arthropods: foliar mites in the forest canopy
1994Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
Academic Metrics
DepartmentDepartment of Agroforestry
Total Publications35
Research Themes15
Open Access Papers17
Department of Agroforestry
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology