Staff ProfileProfile of Prof. Benjamin Anang Tetteh
PROF. BENJAMIN ANANG TETTEHAssociate ProfessorDEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD ECONOMICSFACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND CONSUMER SCIENCESNYANKPALA Campus
Background
Benjamin Tetteh Anang (PhD) is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Agricultural and Food Economics. He has more than 19 years professional experience in teaching, research and development work with the University for Development Studies. Prof. Anang currently has over 60 publications in both international and local peer-reviewed academic journals. His research focuses on productivity and efficiency analysis, impact evaluation of agricultural projects and technologies, household food security, climate change adaptation, and the role of agricultural services. Prof. Anang has consulted and collaborated with several organizations both locally and internationally.
Owusu, R., & Anang, B. T. (2023). Consumption and preferences for mushrooms in Ghana: A comparison between regret-based and utility-based approaches. Food and Humanity, 1(2023), 1619-1626.
Anang, B. T., Dagunga, G., & Bosompem, M. (2023). Predictors of inoculant-based technology adoption by smallholder soybean farmers in northern Ghana: implications for soil fertility management. Agriculture & Food Security, 12(1), 29.
Adamu, A. J., Nangena, M. M., & Anang, B. T. (2023). Welfare Effects of Agricultural Extension in the Sudan Savanna of Ghana. World Development Sustainability, 3, 100095.
Anang, B. T., & Owusu, R. (2023). Adoption determinants and productivity effect of improved maize technology in Tolon District of Northern Ghana. International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics, 11(3), 149-163.
Abubakari, K., Dagunga, G., Anang, B. T., Yevu, M., & Galyuon, R. M. (2023). Toward e-agriculture in Ghana: Effect of mobile phone access and usage on household crop income. Cogent Food & Agriculture, 9(1), 2202893.
Anang, B. T., & Apedo, C. K. (2023). The influence of off-farm work on farm income among smallholder farm households in northern Ghana. Cogent Economics & Finance, 11(1), 2196861.
Anang, B. T., & Dagunga, G. (2023). Farm Household Access to Agricultural Credit in Sagnarigu Municipal of Northern Ghana: Application of Cragg’s Double Hurdle Model. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 00219096231154234.
Anang, B. T., & Zakariah, A. (2022). Socioeconomic drivers of inoculant technology and chemical fertilizer utilization among soybean farmers in the Tolon District of Ghana. Heliyon, 8(6).
Anang, B. T., Dokyi, E. O, & Asante, B. O. (2022). Technical efficiency of resource-poor maize farmers in northern Ghana. Open Agriculture, 7: 69–78.
Anang, B. T. (2022). Two-stage DEA estimation of technical efficiency: comparison of different estimators. Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics (RAAE), 25(1340-2022-641), 65-72.
Anang, B. T., & Shafiwu, A. B. (2022). Profit efficiency of smallholder maize farmers in Sagnarigu Municipal of Northern Ghana. Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics (RAAE), 25(1340-2022-645), 104-112.
Dokyi, E., Anang, B. T., & Owusu, V. (2021). Impacts of improved seed maize technology adoption on productivity and technical efficiency in Northern Ghana. Open Economics, 4(1), 118-132.
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.