Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Sciences
Department Of Food Science And Technology Explore our departments and programmes
Prof. GUSTAV KOMLA MAHUNU
PROF. GUSTAV KOMLA MAHUNU HEAD OF DEPARTMENT - DEPARTMENT OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduction

The teaching and research foci of Department of Food Science and Technology are listed below.

  1. Product development including the use of biofortified crops (e.g., orange-fleshed sweet potato, purple-fleshed sweet potato, orange maize, soybean, etc).
  2. Postharvest handling of agro-produce: cereals, legumes, roots and tuber, fruits and vegetables.
  3. Biocontrol of Postharvest diseases of fruits and vegetables
  4. Food safety, quality control technology and toxicological evaluation research in foods.
  5. Improving essential nutrient contents in the Ghanaian diet using bio-fortified food crops
  6. Application of bioprocess and fermentation technology in food products development and safety. 
  7. Nondestructive detection for food safety, quality and authentication using optical methods (Raman spectroscopy near-infrared spectroscopy and hyperspectral imaging)
  8. Biosensors (electronic nose, calorimetric sensor arrays)    
  9. Data fusion strategy together with machine learning and deep learning approaches (MATLAB proficiency).
  10. Food safety, quality and regulatory affairs (FSQR) as well as food risk analysis, HACCP and food safety management systems training.
  11. Profiling the nutritional composition of wild tropical edible crops

Programmes

  1. BSc. Food Science and Technology
  2. MSc/MPhil Food Science and Technology
  3. PhD Food Science and Technology
Teaching and Research Staff
# Staff Name Designation
1 Prof. Francis Kweku Amagloh Professor
2 Prof. Newlove Akowuah Afoakwah Associate Professor
3 Prof. Gustav Komla Mahunu Associate Professor
4 Dr. Fortune Akabanda Senior Lecturer
5 Ms. Martha Wunnam Alhassan Lecturer
6 Mr. Richard A. Atuna Lecturer
7 Mr. Solomon Kofi Chikpah Lecturer
8 Dr. Bonah Ernest Lecturer
9 Mr. Patrick Owusu Ansah Assistant Lecturer
10 Ms. Nana Oye Pobi Assistant Lecturer
Undergraduate Programmes
# Programme Degree Awarded
1 BSc Food Science And Technology Bachelor Of Science In Food Science And Technology
Post Programmes
# Programme Degree Awarded
1 MPhil Food Science And Technology Master Of Philosophy In Food Science And Technology
2 MSc Food Science And Technology Master Of Science In Food Science And Technology
3 PhD Food Science And Technology Doctor Of Philosophy In Food Science And Technology
Who We Are

The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Sciences (FOAFCS), located at the Nyankpala Campus, is the premier faculty of the University for Development Studies (UDS), having begun in 1993 as the Faculty of Agriculture.

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Email: foafcs@uds.edu.gh Telephone: +233-54-232-1088 Postal address: P. O. Box TL1350 Digital address: NT-0272-1946 Tamale, Ghana
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