PROF. DANSO-ABBEAM GIDEONAssociate ProfessorDEPARTMENT OF AGRIBUSINESSFACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND CONSUMER SCIENCESNYANKPALA Campus
Background
Gideon Danso-Abbeam (PhD) is an applied economist, agribusiness professional and community development worker with experience throughout Ghana. After obtaining his PhD in Agricultural Economics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, he worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the African Centre for Crop Improvement (ACCI), South Africa. Currently, Gideon is a senior lecturer at the University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana. Gideon has worked as a consultant for both local and international organizations such as Association of Church-based Development Programs (ACDEP), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Market Development Program (MADE), World Education Incorporated, (WEI), SOLIDARIDAD, Netherland Development Agency (SNV) and Noe/A Rocha Ghana. His research covers farm production economics, impact evaluation, food security analysis, climate change economics, poverty and gender. He has published over 50 articles in international peer-reviewed journals.
Email address: dansoabbeam@uds.edu.gh
Danso-Abbeam, G., Amin, K.M., Ogundeji, A.A. (2023). Enhancing Household Welfare through Perennial Crop Production in Northern Ghana. Sustainability, 15: 451.
Danso-Abbeam, G., Asale, M. A., & Ogundeji, A. A. (2023). Determinants of household food insecurity and coping strategies in Northern Ghana. GeoJournal, 88(2), 2307-2324.
Cobinnah, M.T., Danso-Abbeam, G. & Ogundeji, A.A. (2023). Access to mutual labour support in Agriculture: Implications for maize productivity and efficiency in northern Ghana. Agrekon, 62 (1): 61-79.
Okolie, C. C., Danso-Abbeam, G., & Ogundeji, A. A. (2023). Livelihood vulnerability to the changing climate: the experiences of smallholder farming households in the Free State Province, South Africa. Climate Services, 30, 100371.
Okolie, C.C., Danso-Abbeam, G., Groupson-Paul, O. & Ogundeji, A.A. (2023). Climate-Smart Agriculture Amidst Climate Change to Enhance Agricultural Production: A Bibliometric Analysis. Land, 12: 50.
Adetoro, A.A., Ngidi, M.S.C. & Danso-Abbeam, G. (2023). Towards the global zero poverty agenda: examining the multidimensional poverty situation in South Africa.
Alhassan, A.-K., Boateng, V.F. & Danso-Abbeam, G. (2023). Impact of village saving groups on adoption intensity of sustainable agricultural practices among smallholder farmers in Northern region, Ghana", Agricultural Finance Review, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/AFR-01-2023-0001
Torsu, D.A., Danso-Abbeam, G., Ogundeji, A.A., Owusu-Sekyere, E & Owusu, V. (2023). Heterogenous Impacts of greenhouse farming technology as climate-smart agriculture on household welfare in Ghana. Journal of Cleaner Production, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.139785.
Danso-Abbeam, G. (2022). Do agricultural extension services promote adoption of soil and water conservation practices? Evidence from Northern Ghana. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 10:100381.
Ogundeji, A. A., Danso-Abbeam, G. & Jooste, A. (2022). Climate information pathways and farmers’ adaptive capacity: insights from South Africa. Environmental Development, 44: 100743.
Danso-Abbeam, G., Baiyegunhi, L.J.S., Laing, M.D. & Shimelis, H. (2022). Productivity and welfare impact of dual-purpose sweetpotato verities’ adoption in Rwanda. The European Journal of Development Research, 34: 1097 – 1117.
Danso-Abbeam, G., Baiyegunhi, L.J.S., Laing, M.D. & Shimelis, H. (2022). Adoption of dual-purpose sweetpotato varieties under partial population exposure in Rwanda: Insights from an African plant breeding programme. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, 14(3): 749 – 758.
Brago, P., Danso-Abbeam, G., Ogundeji, A.A., Abankwa, J., Ehiakpor, D.S., Awuni, J.A., Aduku, A.P., Dagunga, G. (2022). Consumers’ willingness to pay for quail products in Tamale metropolis. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 10, 100445
Bello, L.O., Baiyegunhi, L.J.S., Danso-Abbeam, G., Ogunniyi, I.S., Olagunju, K. Tahirou Abdoulaye, T., Manyong, V., Zoumana Bamba, Z. & and Awotide, B.A. (2022). Assessing the impact of youth-in-agribusiness program on poverty and vulnerability to poverty in Nigeria. Agriculture, 12:735.
Yahaya, M.A., Shimelis, H., Nebie, B., Ojiewo, C.O. & Danso-Abbeam, G. (2022) Sorghum production in Nigeria: opportunities, constraints, and recommendations, Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B — Soil & Plant Science, 72(1): 660-672.
