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Daniel Adu Ankrah · Peerford

University of Ghana / Scholars

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Daniel Adu Ankrah

University of Ghana

Professor, University of Ghana, since 2025per ORCID

Publishing since 2020, latest 2026

Development Sociologist with research interest in agrarian change and innovations, gender, climate variability and change, rural development, food security, agricultural commercialization, smallholder farmers' behaviour, attitude, and practices. From ORCID

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Economics and Econometrics
Soil Science
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Plant Science
Pollution

ORCID 0000-0001-9360-0854
Their record on OpenAlex

Publications: 492020–2026
Citations: 737to those papers
h-index: 16i10-index 25
Field-weighted impact: 4.331.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 53%26 of 49 scored papers
Open access: 69%34 papers free to read

4 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

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

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What they work on

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Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Professor, Department of Agric. ExtensionUniversity of Ghanasince 2025
Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural ExtensionUniversity of Ghana2023–2025
Senior Lecturer, Agricultural ExtensionUniversity of Ghana2021–2023
Lecturer, Agricultural ExtensionUniversity of Ghana2016–2021

Education

PhD International Rural Development (Agricultural Extension)

Publications

49 in all

Newest Most cited Oldest Title

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“Wrap and Plant” Seed Treatment: A Sustainable Management Practice for Yield Improvement and Storability of Yam Against Plant‐Parasitic Nematodes in Ghana
2026International Journal of AgronomyJournalOpen access2 citations10.1155/ioa/5322457
The Role of Development Assistance, Foreign Direct Investments, Financial Development, and Institutional Quality in Fostering Energy Transition in Africa

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Who they write with Where their co-authors are Every publication

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General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

2245%

Economics and Econometrics1837%

Soil Science1224%

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics918%

Plant Science816%

Pollution510%

Sociology and Political Science510%

Business and International Management48%

Environmental Chemistry36%

Information Systems36%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Agricultural Innovations and Practices21
Agricultural risk and resilience10
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion7
Climate change impacts on agriculture6
Energy and Environment Impacts5
COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts4
Energy, Environment, Economic Growth4
Income, Poverty, and Inequality4
Innovation and Socioeconomic Development4
Agriculture and Rural Development Research3
Economic Growth and Development3
Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

41% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1234567Home

Most frequent partner countries

Nigeria10
United States5
United Kingdom4
Canada3
Korea2
South Africa2
Denmark1
Kenya1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH11 papers
Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-AlikeNG10 papers
Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH6 papers
Institute for Scientific and Technological InformationGH5 papers
University of LincolnGB3 papers
Federal University of Technology OwerriNG3 papers
Imo State UniversityNG3 papers
University of Cape CoastGH3 papers
Konkuk UniversityKR2 papers
University of SaskatchewanCA2 papers

Where they publish

Cogent Food & Agriculture5
Food and Humanity3
African Geographical Review2
African Journal of Science Technology Innovation and Development2
Agriculture & Food Security2
Environmental and Sustainability Indicators2
Journal of Agricultural Extension2
Review of Development Economics2

How it can be read

69% free to read

Diamond 7 · 14%Free to read and to publish
Gold 19 · 39%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 4 · 8%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 3 · 6%Free to read, no open licence
Green

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger11
13Climate action6
1No poverty4
10Reduced inequalities3
5Gender equality2
7Affordable and clean energy2
8Decent work and economic growth1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Gendered access to productive resources – evidence from small holder farmers in Awutu Senya West District of Ghana
Scientific African
202096 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Agricultural insurance access and acceptability: examining the case of smallholder farmers in Ghana
Agriculture & Food Security
202166 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Agricultural Production, Renewable Energy Consumption, Foreign Direct Investment, and Carbon Emissions: New Evidence from Africa
Atmosphere7
202254 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Determinants of access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking in Africa : A panel autoregressive distributed lag approach
Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy1
202344 citationsOpen access · Hybrid
Information and Communication Technologies and Agricultural Production: New Evidence from Africa
Applied Sciences10
202341 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

, Sch. of Agriculture, Policy & Development

University of Reading

2010–2014

2025

Book chapter

Open access

4 citations

10.1007/978-3-031-83165-2_3

Fruitless or Fruitful? Examining Ghana's Agricultural Inputs Subsidy and Household Welfare

2025Review of Development EconomicsJournalCorresponding6 citations10.1111/rode.13195

Determinants of Youth Participation in Rice Cultivation in South-Eastern Nigeria

2025Journal of Agricultural ExtensionJournalOpen access3 citations10.4314/jae.v29i1.5

Why do food crop farmers have potential, but still under-produce pulses in Ghana?

2025Food and HumanityJournalOpen accessFirst author3 citations10.1016/j.foohum.2025.100687

Does the choice of multiple agricultural labour packages influence farm productivity and food (in)-security? Evidence from lowland rice farmers in southern Ghana

2025Land Use PolicyJournalCorresponding1 citation10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107737

Parental time Poverty and Multidimensional Child Poverty in Ghana

2025Social Indicators ResearchJournalCorresponding1 citation10.1007/s11205-025-03737-0

Yam Nematodes as Production Constraints in Ghana: A Socio-Economic Perspective

2025SustainabilityJournalOpen access1 citation10.3390/su17020482

Synergistic effects of remittances and off-farm work on farmers’ welfare outcomes: the role of digital finance

2025Agricultural Finance ReviewJournalSenior author0 citations10.1108/afr-03-2024-0057

A review of agricultural extension roles in climate change adaptation and mitigation among farmers in Nigeria

2025АгрознањеJournalOpen access0 citations10.7251/agren2502107i

Determinants of adoption and intensity of adoption of Fall Armyworm management practices in Southwestern Ghana

2025Food and HumanityJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.1016/j.foohum.2025.100860

Determinants of climate adaptation strategies and their intensity in arable crop production in Ebonyi State, Nigeria

2025Food and HumanityJournalCorresponding0 citations10.1016/j.foohum.2025.100855

Fake News on the Farm: How Misinformation Shapes Cocoa Farmers’ Decisions in Jukwa, Ghana

2025Journal of Agricultural & Food InformationJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1080/10496505.2026.2633141

Adoption of Climate Smart Agricultural Practices among Cassava Farmers in Abia State, Nigeria

2025Journal of Agricultural ExtensionJournalOpen access1 citation10.4314/jae.v29i3.18

Achieving carbon neutrality in Africa is possible: the impact of education, employment, and renewable energy consumption on carbon emissions

2024Carbon ResearchJournalOpen access19 citations10.1007/s44246-024-00102-7

Using participatory videos in understanding farmers experiences with climate smart agricultural practices: reflections from Ghana

2024Frontiers in Sustainable Food SystemsJournalOpen access12 citations10.3389/fsufs.2023.1282993

Do climate change, access to electricity and renewable energy consumption matter in aquaculture production in Africa?

2024Natural Resources ForumJournalOpen access11 citations10.1111/1477-8947.12427

Land tenure, information sources and climate variability adaptation strategies: evidence from southern Ghana

2024Rural SocietyJournalFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.1080/10371656.2024.2332816

Profitability of yam production under farmer practice, abamectin treatment and banana paper techniques in Ghana

2024Cogent Food & AgricultureJournalOpen access2 citations10.1080/23311932.2024.2436129

Gendered distributional impacts of ownership of mobile money account on farm input expenditures: A micro perspective from rural maize farmers in Ghana

2024Review of Development EconomicsJournalOpen accessCorresponding3 citations10.1111/rode.13155

Rural–urban analysis of parental time poverty and child over-nutrition in ghana

2024Journal of Development EffectivenessJournal1 citation10.1080/19439342.2024.2426004

Indigenous risk management practices and their effects on small agribusiness firm growth amid economic crisis in Ghana

2024Scientific AfricanJournalOpen access2 citations10.1016/j.sciaf.2024.e02095

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

2024Pelita Perkebunan (a Coffee and Cocoa Research Journal)JournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.22302/iccri.jur.pelitaperkebunan.v40i2.599

Determinants of access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking in Africa : A panel autoregressive distributed lag approach

2023Environmental Progress & Sustainable EnergyJournalOpen access44 citations10.1002/ep.14147

Information and Communication Technologies and Agricultural Production: New Evidence from Africa

2023Applied SciencesJournalOpen access41 citations10.3390/app13063918

Influence of sustainable livelihood capital on climate variability adaptation strategies

2023Environmental and Sustainability IndicatorsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding27 citations10.1016/j.indic.2023.100233

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

2023Environmental and Sustainability IndicatorsJournalOpen access25 citations10.1016/j.indic.2023.100274

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

2023Cogent Food & AgricultureJournalOpen access12 citations10.1080/23311932.2023.2256556

Impact of digital financial inclusion on the participation in farmer‐based organisations, structured market and off‐farm work in Ghana

2023Journal of International DevelopmentJournalOpen accessFirst author11 citations10.1002/jid.3863

Understanding innovation process within an interactive social network: Empirical insights from maize innovations in southern Ghana

2023Cogent Social SciencesJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding12 citations10.1080/23311886.2023.2167390

Effect of climate variability adaptation strategies on maize yield in the Cape Coast Municipality, Ghana

2023Cogent Food & AgricultureJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding11 citations10.1080/23311932.2023.2247166

Competence-based education: reflections on the context of teaching agriculture in Ghana’s pre-tertiary schools

2023Cogent EducationJournalOpen accessCorresponding5 citations10.1080/2331186x.2023.2207793

Sustainable cereal production: A spatial analytical approach using the Ghana living standards survey

2023HeliyonJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17831

Agricultural Production, Renewable Energy Consumption, Foreign Direct Investment, and Carbon Emissions: New Evidence from Africa

2022AtmosphereJournalOpen access54 citations10.3390/atmos13121981

Influence of demographic characteristics and social network on peri-urban smallholder farmers adaptation strategies - evidence from southern Ghana

2022Cogent Food & AgricultureJournalOpen accessCorresponding28 citations10.1080/23311932.2022.2130969

Climate variability indicators - scientific data versus farmers perception; evidence from southern Ghana

2022Cogent Food & AgricultureJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding17 citations10.1080/23311932.2022.2148323

Rapid appraisal of innovation support services in agricultural innovation systems for agroecological transition: the RAISSA approach

2022Agritrop (Cirad)Publication0 citations

Agricultural insurance access and acceptability: examining the case of smallholder farmers in Ghana

2021Agriculture & Food SecurityJournalOpen accessFirst author66 citations10.1186/s40066-021-00292-y

Indigenous knowledge and science-based predictors reliability and its implication for climate adaptation in Ghana

2021African Journal of Science Technology Innovation and DevelopmentJournalFirst author35 citations10.1080/20421338.2021.1923394

The gender and geography of agricultural commercialisation: what implications for the food security of Ghana’s smallholder farmers?

2021The Journal of Peasant StudiesJournalSenior author34 citations10.1080/03066150.2021.1945584

Determinants of scale of farm operation in the eastern region of Ghana

2021Agriculture & Food SecurityJournalOpen accessCorresponding28 citations10.1186/s40066-021-00309-6

Ghana's rice value chain resilience in the context of COVID-19

2021Social Sciences & Humanities OpenJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding25 citations10.1016/j.ssaho.2021.100210

Operationalizing the agricultural innovation system concept in a developing country context – examining the case of the MiDA programme in Ghana

2021The Journal of Agricultural Education and ExtensionJournalFirst authorCorresponding22 citations10.1080/1389224x.2021.1915828

Ghana’s pineapple innovation history: An account from stakeholders in Nsawam Adoagyiri Municipal Assembly

2021African Journal of Science Technology Innovation and DevelopmentJournalFirst authorCorresponding11 citations10.1080/20421338.2021.1988414

COVID-19 and Ghana’s agri-food system: an assessment of resilience

2021African Geographical ReviewJournalCorresponding12 citations10.1080/19376812.2021.1971096

Intra‐household health effects of irrigation in Southern Ghana*

2021Irrigation and DrainageJournal10 citations10.1002/ird.2630

Participatory farm budgeting – A case of pineapple farmers in ghana

2021African Geographical ReviewJournalFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1080/19376812.2021.1958691

Gendered access to productive resources – evidence from small holder farmers in Awutu Senya West District of Ghana

2020Scientific AfricanJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding96 citations10.1016/j.sciaf.2020.e00604

Assessment of Agricultural Advisory Messages from Farmer-to-Farmer in Making a Case for Scaling Up Production: A Qualitative Study

2020The Qualitative ReportJournalOpen access24 citations10.46743/2160-3715/2020.4241

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A copy in a repository

Closed 15 · 31%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

10 of 49 papers name a funder

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation3
University of Ghana2
Danish International Development Agency1
Department for International Development1
Direktion für Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit1
Economic and Social Research Council1
North Carolina State University1
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung1