PROF. ISRAEL K. DZOMEKUProfessorDEPARTMENT OF CROP SCIENCEFACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND CONSUMER SCIENCESNYANKPALA Campus
Background
Israel K. Dzomeku (PhD) attended University of Ghana, Legon where he graduated with B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Agriculture (Soil Science option). He also holds Post-Graduate Diploma in Soil Science from As, Norway, an M.Sc. degree in Weed Science from the Amadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Agronomy (Weed Science) at the University of Reading in 2003. Prof. Dzomeku, since 1996 has been working in the University for Development Studies (UDS), Tamale. He was the Head of the Department of Agronomy from October 2003 to September, 2008, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture from October 2008 to December, 2009, Patron of the Ghana Association of Agricultural Students from October, 2008 to October, 2009, Chief-Editor of the Journal of Development Spectrum from October, 2008 to 2011, Dean of Graduate School from January, 2010 to December, 2012, Dean of Student’s Affairs from January, 2013 to August, 2018. He also served as the representative of UDS on the Governing Board of the Golden Sunbeam International College of Science and Technology from February, 2016-January, 2017. His research interests include, (1) Integrated weed management in Farming Systems (2) Weed Ecology of Invasive Weed Species, (3) Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM), (4) Conservation Agriculture (CA) with Green Manure Cropping, (5). Farming System Research, (6) ISFM Studies using indigenous plant materials base as component of Integrated Weed Management of weed seed bank, (7) Bio-efficacy evaluation of agricultural pesticides and safe usage and analysis of chemical residues in Irrigated and Dryland cropping systems and (8) Study of relationship of integrated weed management practices and aflatoxin in groundnut and maize. He is involved in International collaborative research and outreach with JIRCAS and AFROWEEDS and USAID sponsored projects such as IFDC, Peanut -CRSP and Peanut-PIL. As a lecturer he taught both at undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, which include at the B.Sc. (1) Introduction to Soil Science, (2) Arable Crop Production 1 (3) Experimental Design and (4) Weed Science 1 and 2. Programmes at the postgraduate level include: (1) Farming Systems, (2) Statistics and Experimental Design and (3) Weed Science. He has successfully supervised 176 undergraduate 14 M.Phil. and 1 Ph.D. students and currently supervising 3 B.Sc., 2 M.Phil. and 2 Ph.D. students and has externally assessed 6 M.Phil. and 4 Ph.D. Thesis and assessed 4 external promotion documents of Senior. Prof. Dzomeku has published extensively in many reputable journals and attended many International Conferences and workshops including. He is member of Ghana Science Association, Ghana Institute of Horticulturists, West African Rice Development Association, African Weeds of Rice (AFROWeeds) Organisation, Fellow of Ghana Institute of Horticulturists, Ghana National Agricultural Research System, Ghana-USA Peanut Research Team and Ghana Groundnut Working Group. Prof. Dzomeku is married with four children.
Mustapha. M, Dzomeku I. K. and Abdulai Y. (2022). Nitrogen uptake and grain yield of maize (Zea mays L.) as influenced by soil amendments of neem (Azadirachta indica L.) cake and oil extracts and NPK fertilizer in Guinea savannah zone of Ghana. Advanced Engineering and Technology, 4 (2): 32-41.
Mustapha. M, Dzomeku I. K. and Avornyor V. K. (2022). Effects of neem (Azadirachta indica L.) cake and neem oil and NPK on phosphorus uptake and grain yield of Maize (Zea mays L.) in Guinea savannah of Ghana. Agricultural Science Research Journal, 12 (9): 128- 138.
Berdjour, A., Dugje, I.Y., Dzomeku, I.K., Rahman, N.A. (2020). Maize–soybean intercropping effect on yield productivity, weed control and diversity in northern Ghana. Weed Ecology and Management, 20:69–81. https:// doi.org/10.1111/wbm.121 98. DOI: 10.1111/wbm.12198.
Abudulai, M., Mahama, G., Dzomeku, I., Seidu, A., Sugri, I., Nboyine, J.A., Opoku, N., Alhassan, M.H., Appaw, W., Ellis, W.O., Akromah, R., Mochiah, M.B., Dankyi, A., Jordan, D.L., Brandenburg, R.L.,Bravo-Ureta, B.E., Jelliffe, J., Boote, K., MacDonald, G., Chen,J., Phillips, R.D., Mallikarjunan, K., Balota, M., Hoisington, D. and Rhoads, J. (2020). Evaluation of agricultural practices to increase yield and financial return and minimize aflatoxin contamination in peanut in northern Ghana. Peanut Science, 47:156–162.
Berdjour, A., Dzomeku, I.K., Dokurugu, F., Yemyoliya, H.A. and Yaro, R.N. (2020). Performance of maize/rice intercrop as affected by maize (Zea mays L.) spacing and weed control. Journal of Experimental Agriculture International, 42(5): 23-33.
Dzomeku I.K., S. Baba S, Abudulai M, Mohammed A. M and Abdulai A. L. (2019). Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) response to phosphorus and weed management in the Guinea savannah zone of Ghana. TROPICULTURA, 37 (1) (2019). DOI: 10.25518/2295-8010.253.
Dzomeku, I.K., Appiah, E.A. and Amanor, W. (2019). Two year residual effect of indigenous organic materials on maize (Zea mays L.) productivity in the Guinea savannah zone of Ghana. Advances in Agricultural Science, 7 (3): 38-50.
Agyei, G.D, Afreh, D.N. and Dzomeku, I.K. (2019). Effect of Seed Coating and Burkina Rock Phosphate on the Growth and Yield of Rice. The Journal of Agricultural Sciences - Sri Lanka, 14 (3): 172-180. http://doi.org/10.4038/jas.v14i3.8601
Dzomeku I.K., Illiasu O. and Mohammed A.M. (2018). Effects of integrated use of organic and inorganic fertilizer on soil chemical properties in the Guinea savannah zone of Ghana. VEGETOS: An International Journal of Plant Research 31(2): DOI: 10.4172/2229-4473.1000404.
Dzomeku, I.K., Abdul-Kareem, A.B. and Rashad M.A. (2018). Effect of organic materials on availability of Burkina rock phosphate and phosphorus residual influence in lowland rice (Oryza sativa L.) production in Guinea savanna zone. Asian Academic Research Journal of Multidisciplinary 5 (3): 172-184.
Dzomeku, I.K., Illiasu O., and Amegbor I. K. (2018). Effects of biochar, rice husk and rice straw on productivity of maize (Zea mays L.) and sustainable soil fertility restoration. Journal of Experimental Agriculture International, 20 (6): 1-1.
Dzomeku, I.K. and Illiasu O. (2018). Effects of groundnut shell, rice husk and rice straw on the productivity of maize (Zea mays L.) and soil fertility in the Guinea savannah zone of Ghana. Acta Scientific Agriculture 2 (3): 29-35.
Leon RG, Jordan DL, Bolfrey-Arky G, Dzomeku I. (2019) Sustainable Weed Management in Peanut. In Weed control: Sustainability, hazards and cropping systems worldwide. Korres NE, Burgos NR, Duke SO (eds). First edition. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group. Pp. 345-366
Chimsah F. A., Dittoh S., Dzomeku I. K. (2018). Diversity and dispersion patterns of tree species within household farmlands and open parklands in Talensi area of Northern Ghana. In: Strategies for Building Resilience against Climate and Ecosystem Changes for Sub-Saharan Africa. Eds. Osamu Saito, Gordana Kranjac-Berisavljevic, Kazuhiko Takeuchi and Edwin A. Gyasi. Springer Nature Singapore Plc. Ltd. 2018. 343pp.
Abarike M. A., Yeboah R. W. N. and Dzomeku I. K. (2018). Strategies of farmers in the Bawku West district of Ghana to mitigate the impacts of climate variability on farming. In: Strategies for Building Resilience Against Climate and Ecosystem Changes for Sub-Saharan Africa. Eds. Osamu Saito, Gordana Kranjac-Berisavljevic, Kazuhiko Takeuchi and Edwin A. Gyasi. Springer Nature Singapore Plc. Ltd. 2018. 343pp.
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.
