DR. AMADU YAKUBUSenior LecturerDEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTUREFACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND CONSUMER SCIENCESNYANKPALA Campus
Background
Amadu Yakubu (PhD) is a Lecturer in the Department of Horticulture, University for Development Studies (UDS) since February 2017. He had his undergraduate education in Agricultural technology at UDS. Dr. Amadu obtained his MSc. (Biometry) and PhD (Biometry) from UDS, Navrongo in 2016 and 2021 respectively. Dr. Amadu served as a Senior Research Assistant in the Department of Horticulture of the University for Development Studies from 2012 to 2017. In 2021, as a member of the planning Committee of the Ghana Institute of Horticulturists annual conference, he was actively involved in the conference’s organization. Dr. Amadu Yakubu is also a member of the Ghana Statistical Association. He has research expertise in Time series modeling, Field experimentation and biometry, Statistical probability distribution etc. His past research was centered on biochar as a component of integrated soil fertility management in the northern part of Ghana.
Email address: amadu.yakubu@uds.edu.gh
Iddrisu, F. T., Imoro, Z. A., Abukari, H., Imoro, A. Z., Duwiejuah, A. B., Alidu, S. M., Amadu, Y., Abukari, A. and Iddrisu, A. M. (2022). Review of the effects and management of personal protective equipment waste on ocean resources. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology.
Duwiejuah, A. B., Abubakari, A. H. and Amadu, Y. (2023). Groundnut and sheanut shells biochars adsorption performance of lead, cadmium and mercury ions in ternary system. Ghana Journal of Science.
Reis, F., Amadu, Y. and Abubakari, A. H. (2023). Evaluation of Glycine max (L.) Merrill. (Soybean) seeds germination using “Humate Green OK”. Ghana Journal of Horticulture.
Amadu, Y., Kunye, F. and Abubakari, A-H. (2023). Effect of different priming agents on seedling emergence of three varieties of soybean (Glycine max). Ghana Journal of Horticulture.
Duwiejuah, A. B., Abubakari, A. H., Quainoo, A. K., Amadu, Y. and Bawa, A. A. (2023). Adsorption of lead, cadmium and mercury ions using groundnut and sheanut shells biochars. African Journal of Biotechnology, 22(1), 1 – 18.
Duwiejuah, A. B., Amadu, Y., Gameli, B. H. R., Bawa, A-A., Imoro, Z. A., Alidu, S. M. and Imoro, A. Z. (2022). Spent Chinese green tea as an adsorbent for simultaneous removal of toxic metals from aqueous solution. Chemistry Africa.
Duwiejuah, A. B., Abubakari, A. H., Quainoo, A. K. and Amadu, Y. (2022). Chemical characteristics of groundnut and sheanut shells biochars as potential adsorbent and soil conditioners in the era ecological sustainability. Bio-research, 20(1), 1461 - 1471.
Amadu, Y., Luguterah, A. and Suleman, N. (2022). On the odd inverse exponential class of distributions: properties, applications and cure fraction regression model. Journal of Statistics and Management Systems, pp. 1 - 32.
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.
