Ramatu M. Al‐Hassan

Publishing since 1994, latest 2025

Ramatu Mahama Al-Hassan is an Agricultural Development Economist with 30 years of experience in teaching at the University level, research, policy advisory services and training. She is a retired Associate Professor of the Department of Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness, University of Ghana. She has contributed to the development of agricultural sector policies and strategies in Ghana as a lead consultant. She has published on diverse agricultural development issues such… More on ORCID

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

Publications: 321994–2025
Citations: 780to those papers
h-index: 14i10-index 15
Field-weighted impact: 4.001.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 38%12 of 32 scored papers
Open access: 47%15 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

Education

Washington State University
Iowa State University
BSc Agriculture, Agricultural EconomicsKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology College of Science1972–1976

On their papers

Publications

32 in all

Crop Productivity and Multidimensional Poverty Reduction in Ghana
2025International journal of research and scientific innovationJournalOpen access0 citations10.51244/ijrsi.2025.12110143
Relationship, governance, and upgrading opportunities in the Shea value Chain: a descriptive analysis from Northern Ghana
2024Forests Trees and Livelihoods

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences1650%
Economics and Econometrics1341%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics825%
Soil Science825%
Plant Science516%
Business and International Management413%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law39%
Nutrition and Dietetics39%
Sociology and Political Science39%
Accounting26%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Agricultural Innovations and Practices16
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion9
Agricultural risk and resilience7
Climate change impacts on agriculture5
Innovation and Socioeconomic Development4
Agriculture and Rural Development Research3
Firm Innovation and Growth3
Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy3
Child Nutrition and Water Access2
Global trade and economics2
Income, Poverty, and Inequality2
African Botany and Ecology Studies1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

44% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Burkina Faso5
United States4
Kenya2
Benin2
Australia1
Vietnam1
Malaysia1
Sri Lanka1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH4 papers
Michigan State UniversityUS3 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH3 papers
International Food Policy Research InstituteUS2 papers
University for Development StudiesGH2 papers
University of NairobiKE2 papers
CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research InstituteGH2 papers
Université Thomas SANKARABF2 papers
Université Ouaga IIBF2 papers
University of Energy and Natural ResourcesGH2 papers

Where they publish

Cogent Food & Agriculture3
Agriculture2
IGI Global eBooks2
International Journal of ICT Research and Development in Africa2
ACTA ECONOMICA1
African Development Review1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger11
1No poverty3
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure2
3Good health and well-being1
6Clean water and sanitation1
8Decent work and economic growth1
10Reduced inequalities1
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Most cited

Is resilience socially constructed? Empirical evidence from Fiji, Ghana, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam
Global Environmental Change
2016195 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
The micro determinants of financial inclusion and financial resilience in Africa
African Development Review10
202272 citationsWorld top 10%
Assessing Maize Farmers’ Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change and Variability in Ghana

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Warehouse receipt system: A shift to improve maize marketing in Ghana

2023Ghana Journal of Agricultural ScienceJournalOpen access5 citations10.4314/gjas.v58i1.6

Market Participation of Smallholder Farmers and Food Crop Productivity: Evidence from Burkina Faso

2021International Journal of Agricultural EconomicsJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.11648/j.ijae.20210601.12

ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF INTEGRATION ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND FOOD SECURITY IN ECOWAS

2018Theoretical and Practical Research in Economic FieldsJournal2 citations10.14505/tpref.v9.1(17).04

Accessibility of Rice Farmers to the Ghana School Feeding Programme and its Effect on Output

2015Agris on-line Papers in Economics and InformaticsJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.7160/aol.2015.070303

Credit constraints and smallholder maize production in Ghana

2014International Journal of Agricultural Resources Governance and EcologyJournalSenior author13 citations10.1504/ijarge.2014.064007

Meta-frontier analysis of organic and conventional cocoa production in Ghana

2013Agricultural Economics (Zemědělská ekonomika)JournalOpen access55 citations10.17221/128/2012-agricecon

Determinants Of Choice Of Indigenous Climate Related Strategies By Smallholder Farmers In Northern Ghana

2013HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)JournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.5281/zenodo.8097

The Effect of ICT-Based Market Information Services on the Performance of Agricultural Markets

2011International Journal of ICT Research and Development in AfricaJournal6 citations10.4018/jictrda.2011070101

A Framework for Analyzing the Role of ICT on Agricultural Commercialization and Household Food Security

2010International Journal of ICT Research and Development in AfricaJournal14 citations10.4018/jictrda.2010010103

Potential impacts of a green revolution in Africa—the case of Ghana

2009Journal of International DevelopmentJournalSenior author54 citations10.1002/jid.1641

Vegetable Producer Perceptions and Willingness to Pay for Biopesticides

2007International Journal of Vegetable ScienceJournalSenior author34 citations10.1300/j484v12n03_04

Agricultural Economics (Zemědělská ekonomika)

Agricultural Finance Review1

How it can be read

47% free to read

Diamond 7 · 22%Free to read and to publish
Gold 3 · 9%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 6%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 6%Free to read, no open licence
Green 1 · 3%A copy in a repository
Closed 17 · 53%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

6 of 32 papers name a funder

Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers2
Agricultural Research Service1
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa1
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation1
Department for International Development1
Economic and Social Research Council1
International Development Research Centre1
Rockefeller Foundation1

Sustainable cities and communities

17Partnerships for the goals1

201957 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Meta-frontier analysis of organic and conventional cocoa production in Ghana

Agricultural Economics (Zemědělská ekonomika)

201355 citationsOpen access · Gold

Potential impacts of a green revolution in Africa—the case of Ghana

Journal of International Development1

200954 citationsWorld top 10%