Kwame Twum-Ampofo
Department of AgroforestryLife SciencesSocial SciencesPhysical Sciences

Kwame Twum-Ampofo

11 Publications8 Research Themes8 Open Access
Research Overview & Focus

The researcher's research focuses on advancing sustainable agricultural practices, particularly through intercropping systems and land management strategies. They emphasize improving plant and soil health, integrating agroforestry methods, addressing environmental factors such as heavy metals, and exploring sustainable resource use by farmers. The work combines empirical evidence with theoretical models to address challenges in optimizing agricultural sustainability across diverse ecosystems.

Key Research Themes (8)
Life Sciences

African Botany and Ecology Studies

Life Sciences

Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems

Life Sciences

Banana Cultivation and Research

Life Sciences

Cassava research and cyanide

Life Sciences

Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy

Social Sciences

Global trade and economics

Physical Sciences

Heavy metals in environment

Life Sciences

Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions

Publications (11)

Augmentation of mineral fertilizer with organic nutrient sources to improve soil quality and nutrient use efficiency in cocoa landscape in Ghana

2025Cocoa and Sweet Potato AgronomyDOI: 10.1080/01904167.2025.2481132

Mitigation 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 Access
2024Cocoa and Sweet Potato AgronomyDOI: 10.1016/j.soilad.2024.100001

Plantain-Tree Rubber Intercropping Systems Improved Productivity in the Tropical Humid Zone of Ghana, West Africa

Open Access
2021Banana Cultivation and ResearchDOI: 10.1155/2021/3240686

Improved legume fallows: Influence on nitrogen and microbial dynamics, and maize (<i>Zea mays</i>L) grain yield in sub-humid zone of West Africa

Open Access
2020Agronomic Practices and Intercropping SystemsDOI: 10.1080/23311932.2020.1785778

Toward sustainable land resources management with agroforestry: empirical evidence from the Sunyani west district of Ghana

2019African Botany and Ecology StudiesDOI: 10.1007/s10457-019-00419-y

Rubber and plantain intercropping: Effects of different planting densities on soil characteristics

Open Access
2019Agronomic Practices and Intercropping SystemsDOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0209260

Logistic analysis of factors and perception of smallholder rubber farmers to intercrop: a case study involving rubber and plantain intercropping system in Ghana

Open Access
2019Global trade and economics

Effect of duration of reclamation on soil quality indicators of a surface – Mined acid forest Oxisol in South – Western Ghana

Open Access
2015Heavy metals in environment

Using Cajanus Cajan in Biomass Transfer Technology to Increase Yield of Tomato (&lt;em&gt;Lycopersicon Esculentum Mill.&lt;/em&gt;)

Open Access
2012Agronomic Practices and Intercropping SystemsDOI: 10.4314/just.v31i3.1

Growth Response of &lt;i&gt;Gliricidia sepium&lt;/i&gt; (Jacq.)Walp to Inoculation with Different Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (Am) Fungi

Open Access
2008Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant InteractionsDOI: 10.4314/just.v28i2.33094

Charcoal production as sustainable source of livelihood in Afram Plains and Kintampo North Districts in Ghana

2007Cassava research and cyanide
Academic Metrics
DepartmentDepartment of Agroforestry
Total Publications11
Research Themes8
Open Access Papers8

Department of Agroforestry

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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