Kwasi Ohene-Yankyera

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Senior Lecturer, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, since 1987per ORCID

Publishing since 2005, latest 2026

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Economics and Econometrics
Soil Science
Business and International Management
Safety Research
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Publications: 252005–2026
Citations: 286to those papers
h-index: 9i10-index 8
Field-weighted impact: 1.671.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 16%4 of 25 scored papers
Open access: 64%16 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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Senior Lecturer, Agricultural Economics Agribusiness and ExtensionKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 1987

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Agrriculture and Food EconomicsUniversity of Reading1996–2000

Honours, memberships and service

Ghana Association of Agricultural Economists

On their papers

Publications

25 in all

Using choice experiment to assess urban consumer preferences for chicken in Ghana
2026Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging EconomiesJournalSenior author0 citations10.1108/jadee-10-2024-0342
Impacts of Industrial Crop Production by Smallholders on Household Food Security in Ghana: Evidence From the Oil Palm Sector
2026Plant-Environment Interactions

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Citations received each year

Peerford

To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences1456%
Economics and Econometrics624%
Soil Science520%
Business and International Management416%
Safety Research416%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics312%
Gender Studies312%
Sociology and Political Science312%
Animal Science and Zoology28%
Ecology28%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Agricultural Innovations and Practices12
Agricultural risk and resilience4
Innovation and Socioeconomic Development4
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare4
Agriculture and Rural Development Research3
Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics3
Agricultural Economics and Policy2
Economic and Environmental Valuation2
Efficiency Analysis Using DEA2
Income, Poverty, and Inequality2
Livestock and Poultry Management2
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion2

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

32% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom3
Denmark2
United States1
China1
Côte d’Ivoire1
Madagascar1
Nigeria1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH4 papers
Overseas Development InstituteGB2 papers
Kwame Nkrumah UniversityZM2 papers
Innovations for Poverty ActionUS1 paper
Nanjing Agricultural UniversityCN1 paper
Nanjing Normal UniversityCN1 paper
Natural Resources InstituteGB1 paper
University of CopenhagenDK1 paper
Aalborg UniversityDK1 paper
University of GreenwichGB1 paper

Where they publish

Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)3
Agriculture & Food Security2
Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies2
World Development Perspectives2
African Journal of Agricultural Science and Food Research1
African Journal of Science Technology Innovation and Development

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger6
1No poverty4
5Gender equality3
8Decent work and economic growth3
11Sustainable cities and communities2
17Partnerships for the goals2
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1

Most cited

Economic benefits of livestock management in Ghana
Agricultural and Food Economics1
202162 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Determinants of cost inefficiency in poultry production: evidence from small-scale broiler farms in the Ashanti Region of Ghana
Tropical Animal Health and Production
201946 citationsWorld top 10%
The impact of uptake of selected agricultural technologies on rice farmers’ income distribution in Ghana

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Consumers’ Choice of Beef Brands and Intention to Switch in Northern Ghana

2026African Journal of Agricultural Science and Food ResearchJournalOpen access0 citations10.62154/ajasfr.2026.023.01014

Economic benefits of livestock management in Ghana

2021Agricultural and Food EconomicsJournalOpen access62 citations10.1186/s40100-021-00191-7

Gender Effect on Adoption of Selected Improved Rice Technologies in Ghana

2018Journal of Agricultural ScienceJournalOpen access14 citations10.5539/jas.v10n7p390

Determinants of response of street food entrepreneurs in Ghana to business management training

2018Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging EconomiesJournal9 citations10.1108/jadee-01-2016-0006

Constraints to growth of micro and small-scale enterprises in Ghana: A case of street food enterprises

2016Journal of Development and Agricultural EconomicsJournalOpen access7 citations10.5897/jdae2016-0732

Decomposition Analysis of Technological Change in Rice Production in Ghana

2016British Journal of Applied Science & TechnologyJournalOpen access2 citations10.9734/bjast/2016/29805

Trade Potential Determinants of the Adoption of Seed Yam Innovations in Ghana

2014DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)JournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.12895/jaeid.20141.186

Constraints and motivations to sanitation business in peri-urban communities in Ghana

2014Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for DevelopmentJournal2 citations10.2166/washdev.2014.072

Estimation of Margins and Efficiency in the Ghanaian Yam Marketing Chain

2012RePEc: Research Papers in EconomicsJournalOpen access18 citations10.22004/ag.econ.197964

Determinants of dairy consumption expenditure in urban communities of Southern Ghana

2009Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)JournalOpen accessSenior author5 citations10.4314/just.v29i1.46444

Determinants of farm size in land-abundant agrarian communities of northern Ghana.

2005Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)JournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.4314/just.v24i2.32916

Agricultural and Food Economics1

British Journal of Applied Science & Technology1

How it can be read

64% free to read

Diamond 6 · 24%Free to read and to publish
Gold 6 · 24%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 4%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 4%Free to read, no open licence
Green 2 · 8%A copy in a repository
Closed 9 · 36%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

13 of 25 papers name a funder

African Development Bank Group3
Danish International Development Agency3
Asian Development Bank1
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation1
Danida Fellowship Centre1
Eidgenössisches Departement für Auswärtige Angelegenheiten1
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada1
International Cooperation and Exchange Programme1

Agriculture & Food Security1

202239 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Impact of oil palm-related activities on women’s empowerment in Ghana

World Development Perspectives5

202022 citations

Estimation of Margins and Efficiency in the Ghanaian Yam Marketing Chain

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics2

201218 citationsOpen access · Green