Abdul-Fatawu Shaibu

University for Development Studies

Lecturer, University for Development Studies, since 2016per ORCID

Publishing since 2015, latest 2025

Economics and Econometrics
Environmental Engineering
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Sociology and Political Science
Anthropology
Development

Publications: 82015–2025
Citations: 42to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 1
Field-weighted impact: 2.921.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 25%2 of 8 scored papers
Open access: 100%8 papers free to read

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Citations received each year

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Lecturer, Agribusiness Management and FinanceUniversity for Development Studiessince 2016

Education

Master of Philosophy in Agribusiness, Department of Agricultural Economics and AgribusinessUniversity of Ghana2010–2012

Honours, memberships and service

Examination officer, Agribusiness Management and FinanceUniversity for Development Studies2021–2022
Faculty Coordinator for Community Relations and Outreach Programme, Faculty of Communication and Cultural StudiesUniversity for Development Studies

Publications

8 in all

The Influence of Climate Information Services on Climate-Smart Agricultural Investment Decisions among Smallholder Maize Farmers in Northern Ghana
2025Agris on-line Papers in Economics and InformaticsJournalOpen accessFirst author7 citations10.7160/aol.2025.170109
Development of regional input-output tables for Northern Ghana: An analysis using location quotient methods

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Economics and Econometrics225%
Environmental Engineering225%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences225%
Sociology and Political Science225%
Anthropology113%
Development113%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics113%
Information Systems113%
Information Systems and Management113%
Management Science and Operations Research113%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Agricultural Innovations and Practices2
African history and culture studies1
African studies and sociopolitical issues1
Agricultural Development and Management1
Agriculture and Rural Development Research1
Child Nutrition and Water Access1
Digital Marketing and Social Media1
Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research1
Economic Growth and Development1
Economic Growth and Productivity1
Energy, Environment, Economic Growth1
Environmental Impact and Sustainability1

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

13% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Canada1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH3 papers
Cape Breton UniversityCA1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH1 paper

Where they publish

Agris on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics4
Cogent Social Sciences1
IIMBG Journal of Sustainable Business and Innovation1
International Journal of Environment and Geoinformatics1
Review of Journalism and Mass Communication1

How it can be read

100% free to read

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger2
8Decent work and economic growth2
5Gender equality1

Most cited

Digital Technology and Rural Livelihood - A Study of Peasant Communities in Pru District
Agris on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics8
201813 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Evaluation of land suitability for crop production in Northern Ghana using GIS and AHP based techniques
International Journal of Environment and Geoinformatics2
20229 citationsOpen access · Diamond
The Influence of Climate Information Services on Climate-Smart Agricultural Investment Decisions among Smallholder Maize Farmers in Northern Ghana

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Cogent Social Sciences

Making a digital and financial leap towards sustainable tourism in Ghana

2023IIMBG Journal of Sustainable Business and InnovationJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.1108/ijsbi-03-2023-0008

Evaluation of land suitability for crop production in Northern Ghana using GIS and AHP based techniques

2022International Journal of Environment and GeoinformaticsJournalOpen accessSenior author9 citations10.30897/ijegeo.1022275

Agricultural Aid and Growth in Sub Saharan Africa: a Review of Empirical Evidence

2022Agris on-line Papers in Economics and InformaticsJournalOpen accessFirst author4 citations10.7160/aol.2022.140208

Media under Siege: When Civil Society Actors Use Violence to Gag the Media in Ghana’s Northern Region

2019Review of Journalism and Mass CommunicationJournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.15640/rjmc.v7n1a1

Digital Technology and Rural Livelihood - A Study of Peasant Communities in Pru District

2018Agris on-line Papers in Economics and InformaticsJournalOpen accessFirst author13 citations10.7160/aol.2018.100408

Accessibility of Rice Farmers to the Ghana School Feeding Programme and its Effect on Output

2015Agris on-line Papers in Economics and InformaticsJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citation10.7160/aol.2015.070303

Diamond 6 · 75%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 13%In an open-access journal
Bronze 1 · 13%Free to read, no open licence

Who funds it

1 of 8 papers name a funder

University of Ghana1

Agris on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics

20257 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond

Agricultural Aid and Growth in Sub Saharan Africa: a Review of Empirical Evidence

Agris on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics

20224 citationsOpen access · Diamond