Joseph Awetori Yaro

University of Ghana

PROVOST, University of Ghana, since 2024per ORCID
Professor, University of Ghana, since 2005per ORCID

Publishing since 2006, latest 2025

Soil Science
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Sociology and Political Science
Economics and Econometrics
Global and Planetary Change

Publications: 512006–2025
Citations: 1,601to those papers
h-index: 17i10-index 21
Field-weighted impact: 3.341.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 32%16 of 50 scored papers
Open access: 33%17 papers free to read

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is 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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

PROVOST, COLLEGE OF HUMANITIESUniversity of Ghanasince 2024
Professor, Geography and Resource DevelopmentUniversity of Ghanasince 2005

Education

MPHIL & PHD, Department of Human GeographyUniversity of Oslo1998–2004
Bachelor of Arts, Department of GeographyUniversit of Ghana1993–1997

Honours, memberships and service

American Association of Geographerssince 2011

Publications

51 in all

Adapting to climate change amidst innovation diffusion and declining indigenous agricultural knowledge and practices in Ghana
2025African Journal of Science Technology Innovation and DevelopmentJournalSenior author3 citations10.1080/20421338.2025.2459355
The Changing Role and Challenges of Women in Agriculture in the Era of Agricultural Transformation in Northern Ghana
2025

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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

Soil Science2141%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences2039%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics1835%
Sociology and Political Science1529%
Economics and Econometrics612%
Global and Planetary Change612%
Urban Studies510%
Demography48%
Development36%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law36%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development18
Land Rights and Reforms14
Agriculture and Rural Development Research10
Climate change impacts on agriculture8
Agricultural risk and resilience7
Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration7
Migration and Labor Dynamics6
Urban and Rural Development Challenges5
Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy4
Agricultural Innovations and Practices3
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management3
COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts3

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

35% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Norway6
South Africa4
United Kingdom3
Sweden2
Germany2
United States1
Kenya1
Ethiopia1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of OsloNO4 papers
University for Development StudiesGH3 papers
University of GothenburgSE2 papers
Overseas Development InstituteGB2 papers
University of BergenNO2 papers
University of KwaZulu-NatalZA2 papers
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences GhanaGH2 papers
Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development StudiesGH2 papers
University of South AfricaZA2 papers
Norwegian University of Life SciencesNO1 paper

Where they publish

African Geographical Review3
GeoJournal3
Ghana Journal of Geography3
Journal of Asian and African Studies3
Advances in African economic, social and political development2
Local Environment2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

1No poverty8
13Climate action8
2Zero hunger5
5Gender equality5
10Reduced inequalities5
8Decent work and economic growth3
6Clean water and sanitation1
7

Most cited

The perception of and adaptation to climate variability/change in Ghana by small-scale and commercial farmers
Regional Environmental Change13
2013185 citationsWorld top 10%
Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability in Rural West Africa
13
2016169 citationsWorld top 10%
Customary tenure systems under siege: contemporary access to land in Northern Ghana

Ghana Geographical Associationsince 2005

Visiting scholar, Department of GeographyUniversity of Bayreuth2023

Visiting fellow, Centre for African Studies/Department of Human GeographGoethe University Frankfurt2016

Visiting Fellow, Institute of African StudiesCarleton University2011–2012

Visiting Lecturer, International Summer SchoolUniversity of Oslo2007–2023

Culture Agriculture Food and Environment

Female farmers’ struggles and responses to COVID-19 in Ghana

2024African Geographical ReviewJournalFirst author5 citations10.1080/19376812.2024.2370865

Changing land and labour relations on cocoa farms in Sefwi, Ghana: Continuity and change

2024World Development PerspectivesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.1016/j.wdp.2024.100584

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perception as Predictors of COVID-19 Safety Practices of Ride-Hailing Operators in Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study

2023International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author6 citations10.3390/ijerph20054529

The Dynamics of South–South Migration in Africa

2023Book chapterOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.1007/978-3-031-39814-8_9

Sacrificing the savannah woodlands for energy and livelihoods? Charcoal production in Ghana

2022Energy Sustainable Development/Energy for sustainable developmentJournalSenior author14 citations10.1016/j.esd.2022.09.001

Agricultural commercialisation models, agrarian dynamics and local development in Ghana

2017The Journal of Peasant StudiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding79 citations10.1080/03066150.2016.1259222

Historical Context of Agricultural Commercialisation in Ghana: Changes in Land and Labour Relations

2016Journal of Asian and African StudiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding40 citations10.1177/0021909616657368

Farm to Factory Gendered Employment: The Case of Blue Skies Outgrower Scheme in Ghana

2016Agrarian South Journal of Political Economy A triannual Journal of Agrarian South Network and CARESJournalCorresponding14 citations10.1177/2277976016669188

Introduction to Book

2016Book chapterFirst authorCorresponding1 citation10.1007/978-3-319-31499-0_1

Local farmers’ experiences and perceptions of climate change in the Northern Savannah zone of Ghana

2015International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and ManagementJournal32 citations10.1108/ijccsm-05-2014-0066

Young people, agriculture, and employment in rural Africa

2014Working Paper SeriesBookOpen accessSenior author35 citations10.35188/unu-wider/2014/801-8

Selected Themes in African Development Studies

2014Advances in African economic, social and political developmentBook4 citations10.1007/978-3-319-06022-4

Expanding the Frontiers of African Development Studies

2014Advances in African economic, social and political developmentBook chapterSenior author1 citation10.1007/978-3-319-06022-4_1

Malaria control strategies in the Kassena-Nankana East and West Districts of Ghana

2013Ghana Journal of GeographyJournalSenior author8 citations

Re‐inventing traditional land tenure in the era of land commoditization: some consequences in periurban northern ghana

2012Geografiska Annaler Series B Human GeographyJournalFirst authorCorresponding61 citations10.1111/geob.12003

Poverty and land degradation linkages in the developing world

2010Ghana Journal of GeographyJournalFirst author0 citations

Customary land tenure, investments and livelihood adaptation in Northern Ghana

2009Oguaa Journal of Social SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.47963/joss.v4i4.578

An Examination of Theories on Savannasation and the Peasant-Environment Debate

2008West African Journal of Applied EcologyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.4314/wajae.v13i1.40581

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography

West African Journal of Applied Ecology2

How it can be read

33% free to read

Diamond 3 · 6%Free to read and to publish
Gold 3 · 6%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 6 · 12%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 4%Free to read, no open licence
Green 3 · 6%A copy in a repository
Closed 34 · 67%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

16 of 51 papers name a funder

Carnegie Corporation of New York4
Economic and Social Research Council4
Government of the United Kingdom2
University of Ghana2
Coventry University1
Department for International Development, UK Government1
Department of Social Services, Australian Government1
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office1

Affordable and clean energy

9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1

11Sustainable cities and communities1

16Peace, justice and strong institutions1