Bright Owusu Asante

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Also at Council for Scientific and Industrial Researchfrom their recent papers

Senior Lecturer, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Department of Agricultural Econimics, Agribusiness and Extenson, Kumasi, Ashanti GH, since 2009per ORCID

Publishing since 2011, latest 2026

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Economics and Econometrics
Soil Science
Plant Science
Management Science and Operations Research
Safety Research

In their own words

Impact Evaluation
Productivity and Efficiency

Publications: 962011–2026
Citations: 1,540to those papers
h-index: 21i10-index 39
Field-weighted impact: 5.361.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 47%35 of 74 scored papers
Open access: 69%51 of the 74 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 2,374 citations, h-index 26 and i10-index 50 (1,833 citations and h-index 24 since 2021), as of October 10, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

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, Department of Agricultural Econimics, Agribusiness and ExtensonKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Department of Agricultural Econimics, Agribusiness and Extenson, Kumasi, Ashanti GHsince 2009

Education

PhD Agricultural and Resource Economics, UNE Business SchoolUniversity of New England2012–2016
MPhil. Agricultural Econimics, Agricultural Econimics and AgribusinessUniversity of Ghana2007–2009
BSc. Agriculture, Faculty of AgricultureKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2002–2006

On their papers

Publications

96 in all

Technical efficiency of resource-poor maize farmers in northern Ghana
2022Open AgricultureJournalOpen access25 citations10.1515/opag-2022-0075
Profitability of positive selection technique for seed yam production in Ghana and Nigeria
2022Cogent Economics & FinanceJournalOpen access

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Citations received each year

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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 Sciences5759%
Economics and Econometrics2627%
Soil Science2526%
Plant Science1415%
Management Science and Operations Research1111%
Safety Research88%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics77%
Sociology and Political Science66%
Business and International Management55%
Horticulture55%

Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Agricultural Innovations and Practices56
Agricultural risk and resilience24
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion19
Efficiency Analysis Using DEA11
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare8
Agriculture and Rural Development Research6
Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy5
Innovation and Socioeconomic Development5
Agricultural pest management studies4
Cassava research and cyanide4
Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets4
Child Nutrition and Water Access3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

64% of their 74 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1234567Home

Most frequent partner countries

Australia21
United States20
Côte d’Ivoire5
Germany5
Austria3
Senegal2
New Zealand2
Gambia2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH33 papers
University of New EnglandAU20 papers
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State UniversityUS13 papers
University of GhanaGH8 papers
Kwame Nkrumah UniversityZM6 papers
Kumasi Technical UniversityGH5 papers
North Carolina State UniversityUS4 papers
Africa Rice CenterCI4 papers
CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research InstituteGH4 papers
University for Development StudiesGH4 papers

Where they publish

Journal of Agriculture and Food Research8
Cogent Food & Agriculture6
Heliyon4
International Journal of Social Economics3
Review of Development Economics3
Sustainability3

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger27
1No poverty7
13Climate action5
8Decent work and economic growth4
10Reduced inequalities3
5Gender equality2
17Partnerships for the goals1

Most cited

Determinants of small scale farmers' decision to join farmer based organizations in Ghana
African Journal of Agricultural Research
2011206 citations
Determinants of farm diversification in integrated crop–livestock farming systems in Ghana
Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems1
2017132 citationsWorld top 10%
Factors influencing participation in rice development projects: the case of smallholder rice farmers in Northern Ghana
International Journal of development and economic sustainability

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Awareness and adoption of positive selection technology among yam farmers in West Africa

2021International Journal of Social EconomicsJournalFirst author5 citations10.1108/ijse-07-2020-0474

Preference for improved varietal attributes of Bambara groundnut among smallholder farmers in Ghana

2021African Journal of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsJournalFirst author9 citations

Farmers’ perceptions, constraints and preferences for improved Bambara groundnut varieties in Ghana

2020Journal of Agriculture and Food ResearchJournalOpen accessCorresponding23 citations10.1016/j.jafr.2020.100097

Evaluating complementary synergies in integrated crop-livestock systems in Ghana

2019International Journal of Social EconomicsJournalFirst author15 citations10.1108/ijse-04-2019-0274

Components of farm-level productivity in integrated crop-livestock farming systems in Ghana: The role of mix efficiency

2019International Journal of Food and Agricultural EconomicsJournalFirst author7 citations

Adoption of Improved Sweetpotato Varieties in Ghana

2018Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension Economics & SociologyJournalOpen access10 citations10.9734/ajaees/2018/39874

Determinants of farm diversification in integrated crop–livestock farming systems in Ghana

2017Renewable Agriculture and Food SystemsJournalFirst authorCorresponding132 citations10.1017/s1742170516000545

Root and Tuber Crops Technologies Adoption and Impact Study in Ghana: A Case of Improved Yam Technologies

2017Technical Report on West Africa Agricultural Productivity Programme (WAAPP …Report1 citation

NERICA Adoption and Impacts on Technical Efficiency of Rice Producing Households in Ghana: Implications for Research and Development

2014Journal of Experimental Agriculture InternationalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding44 citations10.9734/ajea/2014/7250

Impact of NERICA Adoption on Incomes of Rice-Producing Households in Northern Ghana

2014Journal of Sustainable DevelopmentJournalOpen access20 citations10.5539/jsd.v7n1p167

Factors influencing participation in rice development projects: the case of smallholder rice farmers in Northern Ghana

2013International Journal of development and economic sustainabilityJournal84 citations

Delegates and Agricultural Student Scholars 2012

2013THE SCRAMBLE FOR NATURAL RESOURCES More food, less land?Journal0 citations

Cost Structure of Yam Farmers in Ghana: The Case of the Forest Savannah Transition Agro-ecological zone

2011Presentation at the first conference of the West African Agricultural Productivity Programme (WAAPP)JournalSenior author2 citations

Determinants of small scale farmers' decision to join farmer based organizations in Ghana

2011African Journal of Agricultural ResearchJournalFirst author206 citations

African Journal of Science Technology Innovation and Development

Agricultural Systems2

How it can be read

69% free to read, of the 74 recorded

Diamond 12 · 13%Free to read and to publish
Gold 26 · 27%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 7 · 7%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 2%Free to read, no open licence
Green 4 · 4%A copy in a repository
Closed 23 · 24%Behind a paywall
Unknown 22 · 23%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

19 of 96 papers name a funder

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation6
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Government4
African Development Bank Group2
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa2
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation2
Ministry of Foreign Affairs2
World Bank Group2
Agricultural Research Institute1

Farmers’ adoption of multiple climate-smart agricultural technologies in Ghana: determinants and impacts on maize yields and net farm income

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change13

202477 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid