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Fred Ankuyi
Department of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness and ExtensionLife SciencesSocial SciencesPhysical Sciences

Fred Ankuyi

46 Publications18 Research Themes37 Open Access
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Research Overview & Focus

The researcher's work centers on understanding the multifaceted impact of cocoa farmers in Ghana, encompassing technological adoption, agricultural innovations, resilience strategies, and social initiatives. Their research delves into how these elements influence farming practices, extension services, farm operations, health issues, economic contributions, climate change impacts, and socio-economic development. By examining themes from technology adoption to community engagement and long-term socio-economic changes, the researcher aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of cocoa farmers' experiences and future directions in Ghana.

Key Research Themes (18)
Life Sciences

Agricultural Innovations and Practices

Life Sciences

Agricultural risk and resilience

Life Sciences

Agriculture and Agroindustry Studies

Life Sciences

Agriculture and Farm Safety

Life Sciences

Agriculture and Rural Development Research

Life Sciences

Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems

Life Sciences

Cassava research and cyanide

Life Sciences

Climate change impacts on agriculture

Life Sciences

Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy

Social Sciences

Cooperative Studies and Economics

Social Sciences

COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts

Social Sciences

Global trade, sustainability, and social impact

Social Sciences

Innovation and Socioeconomic Development

Life Sciences

Insect Pest Control Strategies

Life Sciences

Insect Resistance and Genetics

Social Sciences

Microfinance and Financial Inclusion

Physical Sciences

Mining and Resource Management

Social Sciences

Technology Adoption and User Behaviour

Publications (46)

Impact of the use of approved pesticides on Ghanaian cocoa farmers’ welfare

2025DOI: 10.1016/j.foohum.2025.100950

Assessing the Influence of Agricultural Injuries on the Welfare of Cocoa Farming Households in Ghana

2025DOI: 10.1080/1059924x.2025.2594115

Factors influencing participation in the planting for food and jobs programme: Empirical evidence from maize farmers in Ejura Sekyedumase, Ghana

2025DOI: 10.1080/20421338.2025.2576332

Optimising maize production through farm machinery: An analysis of usage in Ghana

Open Access
2025DOI: 10.21608/svuijas.2025.418464.1507

Farmers’ experiences with extension services in promoting sustainable land use practices in Fanteakwa South municipality

Open Access
2025Agricultural Innovations and PracticesDOI: 10.21622/maci.2025.02.2.1642

Connecting the Dots: How Communication Strategies Shape Climate Response Behaviors among Smallholder Maize Farmers in Bongo District, Ghana

2025Climate change impacts on agricultureDOI: 10.1080/17524032.2025.2519046

Balancing gender dynamics with the adoption of sustainable practices in Ghana's cocoa sector

2024Microfinance and Financial InclusionDOI: 10.1016/j.foohum.2024.100478

Exploring the Role of Mass Media in Enhancing Farmer-to-Farmer Extension Activities in Bosomtwe District, Ghana

Open Access
2024Agricultural Innovations and PracticesDOI: 10.55533/2325-5226.1492

Indigenous knowledge management: a catalyst for food security among Ghanaian yam farmers during COVID-19

2024Innovation and Socioeconomic DevelopmentDOI: 10.1080/14778238.2024.2406872

Impact of agricultural credit on productivity, cost and returns from cocoa production in Ghana

Open Access
2024Cocoa and Sweet Potato AgronomyDOI: 10.1080/23322039.2024.2402035

Incentives-adoption-food security: Implications for sustainable cocoa production in Ghana.

Open Access
2024Agriculture and Rural Development ResearchDOI: 10.22302/iccri.jur.pelitaperkebunan.v40i2.599

Cocoa farmers’ perception regarding the effectiveness of cocoa extension services in the Bia West District, Ghana.

Open Access
2024Cocoa and Sweet Potato AgronomyDOI: 10.22302/iccri.jur.pelitaperkebunan.v40i2.606

Effect of adoption of conservation agriculture on household food security of smallholder maize farmers in Ghana

Open Access
2024Agricultural Innovations and PracticesDOI: 10.1016/j.indic.2024.100436

Cocoa Farmer's Use Of Approved Pesticides And Compliance With Safety Standards In Obuasi Municipality, Ghana

Open Access
2024Insect Pest Control StrategiesDOI: 10.46676/ij-fanres.v5i2.312

Assessment Of Labour Concerns And Perceived Effects On Cocoa Farm Operations In Ghana

Open Access
2024Global trade, sustainability, and social impactDOI: 10.46676/ij-fanres.v5i2.314

A sustainable livelihood pathway for urban carrot gardening in Ghana

Open Access
2024Agronomic Practices and Intercropping SystemsDOI: 10.21608/svuijas.2024.284969.1363

Determinants and outcomes of participation in decision-making in cocoa farmer cooperatives

2024Cooperative Studies and EconomicsDOI: 10.1080/10371656.2024.2425505

Cocoa Farmers and Agrochemical Safety Compliance: Empirical Insights from Ghana

Open Access
2024Cassava research and cyanideDOI: 10.22302/iccri.jur.pelitaperkebunan.v40i1.589

Implementation evaluation of cocoa hand pollination program in Ghana

Open Access
2024Cocoa and Sweet Potato AgronomyDOI: 10.22302/iccri.jur.pelitaperkebunan.v40i1.588

Rice farmers’ adoption of climate-smart agricultural technologies and its effects on yield and income: empirical insights from Ghana

Open Access
2024Agricultural risk and resilienceDOI: 10.21608/svuijas.2024.268924.1342

Cocoa Farmers' Participation in Public and Private Agricultural Extension Delivery in Amenfi Central District, Ghana

Open Access
2024Cocoa and Sweet Potato AgronomyDOI: 10.55227/ijhess.v3i4.761

GALAMSEY'S GRIP: UNRAVELLING THE IMPACT OF ILLEGAL SMALL-SCALE MINING ON COCOA FARMING AND LIVELIHOODS

Open Access
2024Mining and Resource ManagementDOI: 10.21776/ub.agrise.2024.024.1.5

Dimensions of Accessibility and Use of Information Communication Technology Among Cocoa Farmers in Atwima Mponua District, Ghana

Open Access
2024Cocoa and Sweet Potato AgronomyDOI: 10.4314/jae.v28i1.1

Perception of Agricultural Extension Agents Towards the Performance of Project-Based Extension Delivery on Food Security in Ghana

Open Access
2023COVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsDOI: 10.46676/ij-fanres.v4i4.177

The Gender Differential Analysis: Knowledge, Attitude, Practices and Aspirations of Pesticide Use Among Cocoa Farmers In Asamankese Cocoa District, Ghana

Open Access
2023Cocoa and Sweet Potato AgronomyDOI: 10.46676/ij-fanres.v4i4.166

THE EFFECT OF FARMER BUSINESS SCHOOL ON HOUSEHOLD WELFARE: EVIDENCE FROM COCOA FARMERS IN ATWIMA NWABIAGYA NORTH DISTRICT, GHANA

Open Access
2023Agricultural risk and resilienceDOI: 10.19041/apstract/2023/2/9

Household welfare outcomes of access to and use of agricultural radio broadcast by women cocoa farmers in Tepa district, Ghana

Open Access
2023Agricultural Innovations and PracticesDOI: 10.1016/j.ssaho.2023.100796

Demand for and intensity of use of extension services among cocoa farmers in Ghana: the heckpoisson approach.

Open Access
2023Agriculture and Rural Development ResearchDOI: 10.55227/ijhess.v3i3.767

Impact of children’s appropriate work participation in cocoa farms on household welfare: Evidence from Ghana

Open Access
2023Microfinance and Financial InclusionDOI: 10.1016/j.jafr.2023.100901

Maize farmers’ response to crisis: The case of fall armyworm infestation in Ejisu Municipality, Ghana

Open Access
2023Insect Resistance and GeneticsDOI: 10.1080/23311886.2023.2275862

Exploring Gender Inequalities and Promoting Equal Opportunities in Ghana's Cocoa Industry Using Harvard Analytical Framework

Open Access
2023Cocoa and Sweet Potato AgronomyDOI: 10.55227/ijhess.v3i2.435

Cocoa Farmers’ Willingness to Pay for Improved Extension Services in Ghana

Open Access
2023Agricultural Innovations and PracticesDOI: 10.26725/jee.2023.3.35.7044-7059

Farm operation injuries among cocoa famers in Ghana: Investigating the causes, choice of treatment and compliance to safety standards

2023Agriculture and Farm SafetyDOI: 10.1080/20421338.2023.2247754

Beyond certification: Investigating the nexus between compliance with sustainable agriculture standard and livelihood assets of certified smallholder cocoa farmers in Ghana

Open Access
2023Global trade, sustainability, and social impactDOI: 10.1080/23311932.2023.2256556

A gender differential analysis of determinants of pesticide application in cocoa system farming of Ghana

Open Access
2023Cocoa and Sweet Potato AgronomyDOI: 10.1080/23311886.2023.2256512

MEASURING THE KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, SKILLS AND ASPIRATIONS OF COCOA FARMERS TOWARDS THE USE OF PESTICIDES

Open Access
2023Agricultural Innovations and PracticesDOI: 10.21776/ub.agrise.2023.023.3.11

Mobile agricultural extension delivery and climate-smart agricultural practices in a time of a pandemic: Evidence from southern Ghana

Open Access
2023Technology Adoption and User BehaviourDOI: 10.1016/j.indic.2023.100274

ANALYSING COCOA FARMERS' PERCEPTION ON THE USE OF PRINT MEDIA FOR EXTENSION DELIVERY IN ADANSI ASOKWA, GHANA

Open Access
2023Agriculture and Agroindustry StudiesDOI: 10.18551/rjoas.2023-05.09

FARMERS' ACCESSIBILITY AND USE OF HYBRID COCOA SEEDLINGS FOR COCOA REHABILITATION: EMPIRICAL RESULTS FROM AMENFI CENTRAL DISTRICT, GHANA

Open Access
2023Cocoa and Sweet Potato AgronomyDOI: 10.18551/rjoas.2023-05.13

Who Does What? Analysing Gender Division of Labour in Cocoa Households in the Asante Akim North Municipality, Ghana

Open Access
2023Microfinance and Financial InclusionDOI: 10.38159/ehass.20234415

Local Voices for Cocoa Production: Experiences of Ghanaian Cocoa Farmers on Community Radio

Open Access
2023Cocoa and Sweet Potato AgronomyDOI: 10.46676/ij-fanres.v4i1.126

MEASURING PERCEPTIONS AND THE DRIVERS OF MEMBERSHIP COMMITMENT OF COCOA FARMERS’ COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN ATWIMA MPONUA DISTRICT, GHANA

Open Access
2023Cooperative Studies and EconomicsDOI: 10.21776/ub.agrise.2023.023.1.14

Household Welfare Outcomes of the Use of and Access to Agricultural Radio Broadcast by Female Cocoa Farmers in Tepa District, Ghana

Open Access
2023Microfinance and Financial InclusionDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4479265

Climate Change Communication Among Ghanaian Cocoa Farmers: Social Media as a Driver

2023Cocoa and Sweet Potato AgronomyDOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-25960-9_11-1

Cocoa Farmers’ Adaptation to Climate Extremes in Atwima Nwabiagya North District, Ghana

Open Access
2023Cocoa and Sweet Potato AgronomyDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4415323

Impact of Children’S Participation in Cocoa Farms on Household Welfare: Evidence From Ghana

Open Access
2023Agriculture and Rural Development ResearchDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4474740
Academic Metrics
DepartmentDepartment of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness and Extension
Total Publications46
Research Themes18
Open Access Papers37

Department of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness and Extension

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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