DR. EMELIA GUOSenior LecturerDEPARTMENT OF AGRIBUSINESSFACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND CONSUMER SCIENCESNYANKPALA Campus
Background
Emelia Guo (PhD) is a lecturer with the Faculty of Agriculture Food and Consumer Sciences in the Agribusiness department. I have over eighteen years of research experience and also as a lecturer in the University for Development Studies (UDS). I spent Eighteen years in The Institute for Interdisciplinary Research and Consultancy Services. (IIRACS). I hold an MPhil in agricultural administration and a PhD in Endogenous development studies. As part of my research I co-authored a chapter in the United Nations Human Development Plan (UNHDP) hand book, I was in charge of third trimester coordination for six years in IIRACS and four years as a welfare committee chair member whilst in IIRACS. Relevant research include: End-line Evaluation of Northern Rural Growth Programme (NRGP). Facilitated training workshops for women groups and was the staff in charge of gender issues in IIRACS. I am a member of Young Africa Women Congress (YWAC), Ghana Association of Agricultural Economics (GAAE) and Women in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (WiSTEM) UDS Branch.
Email address: gemelia@uds.edu.gh
Guo, E. & Imoru, A. R. I. (2023). Contributory Outcomes of Medium Term Agriculture Sector Investment Plan and the Northern Rural Growth Programme Interventions on Smallholder Farmers Food Security Based on Sen’s Entitlement and Capability Approaches. Developing Country Studies, Vol.13, Issue 3, 21-30
Guo, E., Saa-Dittoh, J., & Apusigah, A. A. (2022). Factors Influencing Food Security among smallholder Farmer in the Upper West Region. World Journal of Agricultural Research, Vol. 10, Issue 1, 30-35
Guo, E., Apusigah, A. A. & Imoru, A. R. I. (2022). Complementarities and Trade-Offs of Local Knowledge and Modern Farm Practices among Small Holder Farmers in Achieving Food Security. The case of the upper West Region. Journal of Applied Agricultural Economics and Policy Analysis. Vol. 5, Issue 1, 25-34.
Hawawu, H., Baba, A. W. M. & Guo, E. (2014). Disposal of health facility waste in landfill sites and its effects on the people of Gbalachi community in the Tamale Metropolis, International Research. Journal of Public Health and Environmental Health. Vol.1. Issue 1, 01-09.
Guo, E., Akudugu, M. A. & Seidu, A. (2013). The Savannah Accelerated Development Authority: Factors to consider in modernsing agriculture in Northern Ghana. Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development. Vol, 5. Issue 10, 207-215
Akudugu, M. A., Guo, E. & Dadzi, S. K. (2012). Adoption of Modern Agricultural Production Technologies by Farm Households in Ghana: What Factors Influence their Decisions? Journal of Biology, Agriculture and Healthcare. Vol. 2. Issue 12, 1-13
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.
