Ishmael Hashmiu

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Lecturer, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologyper ORCID

Publishing since 2012, latest 2026

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Horticulture
Economics and Econometrics
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Animal Science and Zoology
Forestry

In their own words

Climate risk management
food security
natural resource conflicts
indigenous knowledge

Publications: 102012–2026
Citations: 164to those papers
h-index: 5i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 4.621.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 50%4 of 8 scored papers
Open access: 25%2 of the 8 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 218 citations, h-index 5 and i10-index 4 (208 citations and h-index 4 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

Lecturer, AgroforestryKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Publications

10 in all

Farmers’ awareness and perceptions of silvopoultry: insights from the Dormaa Central Municipality of Ghana
2026Agroforestry SystemsJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1007/s10457-026-01621-5
Farmers’ perceptions and acceptability of Biochar as a soil amendment in the Tolon district of Ghana
2025Environment Development and Sustainability

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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 Sciences440%
Horticulture440%
Economics and Econometrics330%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics220%
Animal Science and Zoology110%
Forestry110%
Global and Planetary Change110%
Insect Science110%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law110%
Safety Research110%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Agricultural Innovations and Practices4
Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy4
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion2
Agricultural risk and resilience1
Agricultural Systems and Practices1
Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems1
Climate change impacts on agriculture1
Climate Change Policy and Economics1
Insect Utilization and Effects1
Livestock and Poultry Management1
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare1
Sustainability and Climate Change Governance1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

25% of their 8 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United Arab Emirates1
United Kingdom1
Georgia1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

BAU International University, BatumiGE1 paper
Buckinghamshire New UniversityGB1 paper
Khalifa University of Science and TechnologyAE1 paper
Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH1 paper
University for Development StudiesGH1 paper
Akrokerri College of EducationGH1 paper

Where they publish

Agroforestry Systems2
Agriculture & Food Security1
Carbon Conflicts and Forest Landscapes in Africa1
Environment Development and Sustainability1
Environmental Development1
Food Security1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger3
1No poverty1
13Climate action1

Most cited

Cash crops and food security: evidence from smallholder cocoa and cashew farmers in Ghana
Agriculture & Food Security2
202277 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Food-cash crop diversification and farm household welfare in the Forest-Savannah Transition Zone of Ghana
Food Security1
202434 citationsWorld top 10%
Determinants of crop choice decisions under risk: A case study on the revival of cocoa farming in the Forest-Savannah transition zone of Ghana

Cash crops and food security: evidence from smallholder cocoa and cashew farmers in Ghana

2022Agriculture & Food SecurityJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding77 citations10.1186/s40066-022-00355-8

Perceived Climate Resilience and Adoption of Cocoa Agroforestry in the Forest-Savannah Transition Zone of Ghana

2020International Journal of Environment and Climate ChangeJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i1230292

Farming Carbon in Ghana's Transition Zone: Rhetoric versus reality

2015Carbon Conflicts and Forest Landscapes in AfricaBook chapterFirst author10 citations

Carbon offsets and agricultural livelihoods: lessons learned from a carbon credit project in the transition zone of Ghana

2012The Institute of Development Studies and Partner OrganisationsReportFirst author9 citations

International Journal of Environment and Climate Change

How it can be read

25% free to read, of the 8 recorded

Diamond 1 · 10%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 10%In an open-access journal
Closed 6 · 60%Behind a paywall
Unknown 2 · 20%Not recorded by the source

202227 citationsWorld top 10%

Farming Carbon in Ghana's Transition Zone: Rhetoric versus reality

Carbon Conflicts and Forest Landscapes in Africa

201510 citations