Esther Marfo-Ahenkora

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

Also at Animal Health Research Institute and CSIR - Animal Research Institutefrom their recent papers

Head of Division, Natural Resource / Senior Research Scientist, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Animal Research Institute, Ghana, since 2002per ORCID

Publishing since 2014, latest 2025

Agronomy and Crop Science
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Plant Science
Animal Science and Zoology
Genetics
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Publications: 62014–2025
Citations: 28to those papers
h-index: 2i10-index 1
Field-weighted impact: 0.801.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 17%1 of 6 scored papers
Open access: 83%5 papers free to read

2 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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Head of Division, Natural Resource / Senior Research Scientist, Natural Resource Management DivisionCouncil for Scientific and Industrial Research-Animal Research Institute, Ghanasince 2002
Acting Deputy Director, Natural Resource Management DivisionCouncil for Scientific and Industrial Research2026–2027
Assistant Research Scientist, Agronomy DivisionCouncil for Scientific and Industrial Research- Oil Palm Research Institute, Ghana1991–2001

Education

PhD, Crop Science, Department of Crop Science, School of Agriculture, College of Agriculture and Natural SciencesUniversity of Cape Coast2014–2020

Publications

6 in all

The Potential of Neem as an Organic Fertilizer and Biopesticide for Enhancing Soil Fertility, Nematode and Foliar Pest Suppression, and Okra Growth
2025Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research InternationalJournalOpen access0 citations10.9734/jaeri/2025/v26i4691
Potential of Neem (Azadirachta indica) as an Organic Fertilizer and Biopesticide for Improving Soil Fertility, Foliar Pest Suppression, and Okra Growth

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Agronomy and Crop Science350%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences233%
Plant Science233%
Animal Science and Zoology117%
Genetics117%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law117%
Soil Science117%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Agricultural Innovations and Practices2
Insect Pest Control Strategies2
Agricultural Development and Management1
Agricultural Practices and Plant Genetics1
Crop Yield and Soil Fertility1
Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock1
Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock1
Livestock Farming and Management1
Nematode management and characterization studies1
Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology1
Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology1
Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

17% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Germany1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

CSIR - Animal Research InstituteGH6 papers
University of Energy and Natural ResourcesGH2 papers
University of Cape CoastGH2 papers
Ghana Institute of LanguagesGH2 papers
Institute for Scientific and Technological InformationGH2 papers
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu KielDE1 paper
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH1 paper

Where they publish

International Journal of Agronomy1
Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research International1
Research Journal of Applied Sciences Engineering and Technology1
Research on World Agricultural Economy1
SOIL1

How it can be read

83% free to read

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger2
14Life below water1

Most cited

Nitrogen availability determines the long-term impact of land use change on soil carbon stocks in grasslands of southern Ghana
SOIL2
202022 citationsOpen access · Gold
On-Farm Experimentation with Improved Maize Seed and Soil Amendments in Southern Ghana: Productivity Effects in Small Holder Farms
International Journal of Agronomy
20233 citationsOpen access · Gold
Economic Effects of Using Improved Maize Varieties, Inorganic Fertilizer and Goat Manure in Smallholder Farms: Evidence from Field Evaluations in Southern Ghana

Honours, memberships and service

Norman Borlaug Fellow, Norman Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellows ProgrammeUnited States Department of Agriculture2009
National TreasurerGhana Science Association2021–2023
Head of Division, Natural Resource / Senior Research Scientist, Natural Resource Management DivisionCSIR-Animal Research Institute2019–2022
MemberRegional Steering Committee- Central Regional Extension Farmer Linkage Committee (RELC)2012–2022
Head of Division, Ruminants and Natural Resources Management DivisionCSIR-Animal Research Institute2010–2017
TreasurerCSIR-ARI Research Staff Association2002–2006