Awal Abdul‐Rahaman

University for Development Studies

Publishing since 2016, latest 2026

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

Publications: 212016–2026
Citations: 507to those papers
h-index: 12i10-index 13
Field-weighted impact: 3.701.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 57%12 of 21 scored papers
Open access: 38%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

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Publications

21 in all

Large-scale private investors, fertilizer use and farm performance in Ghana
2026Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging EconomiesJournal0 citations10.1108/jadee-09-2025-0454
Heterogeneous impacts of home-gardening on household food and nutrition security in Rwanda
2023Food SecurityJournalOpen access

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences1886%
Economics and Econometrics1152%
Soil Science838%
Business and International Management733%
Safety Research314%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics210%
Information Systems210%
Agronomy and Crop Science15%
Animal Science and Zoology15%
Environmental Chemistry15%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Agricultural Innovations and Practices17
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion10
Agricultural risk and resilience8
Innovation and Socioeconomic Development7
Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development3
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare3
Economic Growth and Development2
Agricultural Economics and Practices1
Agriculture and Rural Development Research1
Climate change impacts on agriculture1
COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts1
Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

48% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1223344Home

Most frequent partner countries

Germany5
United States2
New Zealand2
Canada1
Bangladesh1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu KielDE4 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH3 papers
Lincoln UniversityNZ2 papers
University of Energy and Natural ResourcesGH2 papers
Tamale Teaching HospitalGH2 papers
Tamale Technical UniversityGH2 papers
Global Affairs CanadaCA1 paper
TechnoServeUS1 paper
United States Department of AgricultureUS1 paper
Bangladesh Agricultural UniversityBD1 paper

Where they publish

Agribusiness3
British Journal of Economics Management & Trade2
Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies2
Journal of Agriculture and Food Research2
African Development Review1
African Journal of Science Technology Innovation and Development

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger8
1No poverty4
5Gender equality2
8Decent work and economic growth1
10Reduced inequalities1

Most cited

Improved rice variety adoption and farm production efficiency: Accounting for unobservable selection bias and technology gaps among smallholder farmers in Ghana
Technology in Society
202089 citationsWorld top 10%
Mobile money adoption, input use, and farm output among smallholder rice farmers in Ghana
Agribusiness10
202181 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Social networks, rice value chain participation and market performance of smallholder farmers in Ghana

Can improved sorghum varieties enhance farm performance and household welfare? Evidence from Upper East Region of Ghana

2023Journal of Agriculture and Food ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.1016/j.jafr.2023.100664

Organization and performance of chicken egg marketing in Northern Ghana

2023Journal of Agriculture and Food ResearchJournalOpen accessCorresponding4 citations10.1016/j.jafr.2023.100633

Market channel participation amongst smallholder rice farmers in the northern region of Ghana

2022Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging EconomiesJournal8 citations10.1108/jadee-08-2022-0167

Awareness and participation in input credit scheme: evidence from smallholder rice farmers in Ghana’s North East region

2022Journal of Enterprising Communities People and Places in the Global EconomyJournal7 citations10.1108/jec-07-2022-0105

Mobile money adoption, input use, and farm output among smallholder rice farmers in Ghana

2021AgribusinessJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding81 citations10.1002/agr.21721

Rice planting technologies and farm performance under different production systems in Ghana

2021International Journal of Productivity and Performance ManagementJournal12 citations10.1108/ijppm-03-2021-0166

Does conservation agriculture technology reduce farm household poverty? Evidence from rural Zambia

2019African Journal of Science Technology Innovation and DevelopmentJournalSenior authorCorresponding7 citations10.1080/20421338.2019.1634913

Determinants of Access to Agricultural Extension Services: Evidence from Smallholder Rural Women in Northern Ghana

2016Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension Economics & SociologyJournalOpen accessSenior author40 citations10.9734/ajaees/2016/23478

Analysis of Financial Efficiency and Constraints of Smallholder Cotton Farmers in the Northern Region of Ghana

2016British Journal of Economics Management & TradeJournalFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.9734/bjemt/2016/24728

Agricultural Finance Review1

How it can be read

38% free to read

Diamond 1 · 5%Free to read and to publish
Gold 2 · 10%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 5 · 24%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 13 · 62%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

2 of 21 papers name a funder

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung1
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn1
Svenska Pedodontiföreningen1

African Development Review

202060 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid

Heterogeneous impacts of home-gardening on household food and nutrition security in Rwanda

Food Security

202344 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid

Determinants of Access to Agricultural Extension Services: Evidence from Smallholder Rural Women in Northern Ghana

Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension Economics & Sociology2

201640 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond