PROF. JOSEPH AMIKUZUNOAssociate ProfessorDEPARTMENT OF FOOD SECURITY AND CLIMATE CHANGEFACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND CONSUMER SCIENCESNYANKPALA Campus
Background
Joseph Amikuzuno (PhD) is Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics, formerly with the Department of Climate Change and Food Security of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Tamale, Ghana. Since August 2020, Prof Amikuzuno has been on secondment from the UDS to the St. John Bosco College of Education, Navrongo, Ghana as Principal of the College. Prof. Amikuzuno has over 20 years of experience in research, teaching and community development that contributes to promoting equitable and socioeconomic transformation in Ghana through teaching, research and community service at the higher education level. He achieves this by applying problem-based, demand-driven and participatory teaching and learning tools in my administrative, teaching and research engagements. His current research interest encompasses climate change impact analysis, mitigation measures and socioeconomic scenarios for smallholder farmers and policy makers in West Africa.
Prof. Amikuzuno received his Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture Technology (Agricultural Economics and Extension Option) from the UDS in 1998; his Master of Philosophy degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Ghana in 2001; and his PhD in International Agriculture (Agricultural Policy Option) from the Georg-August Universitaet Goettingen, Germany in 2009. He is a fellow of the Katholischer Akademischer Auslaender-Dienst (KAAD), a scholarship organisation of the Catholic Church in Germany.
Email Address: jamikuzuno@uds.edu.gh
Abazaami, J., Santuah, N. F., Amikuzuno, J., and Santuabu, T. (2022). Drivers of Food Choice and Implications for Building Immunity against COVID-19 in Ghana and Burkina Faso. Journal of Agriculture and Food Science: Vol. 10, 2022, ISSN 2354-4147,
Gazali Issahaku , Awal Abdul-Rahaman & Joseph Amikuzuno (2021). Climate change adaptation strategies, farm performance and poverty reduction among smallholder farming households in Ghana. Climate and Development.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2020.1860884
Michael Ayeah Israel, Joseph Amikuzuno and Gideon Danso-Abbeam (2020). Assessing farmers' contribution to greenhouse gas emission and the impact of adopting climate-smart agriculture on mitigation. Ecological Processes (2020) 9:51. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-020-00249-2
Suhiyini I. Alhassan, Mohammed, T. Shaibu, John K. M. Kuwornu, Osman, T. Damba & Joseph Amikuzuno (2020). The nexus of land grabbing and livelihood of farming households in Ghana. Environment, Development and Sustainability. DOI 10.1007/s10668-020-00719-9. Springer Nature B.V. 2020
Safiétou Sanfo, Oblé Neya, Sylvestre Da, Seyni Salack, Joseph Amikuzuno, et al (2022). Repurposing to Address SDG 11 in Burkina Faso: Do Multi-stakeholder Platforms Matter? In: Localizing the SDGs in African Cities, Sylvia Croese and Susan Parnell (Editors). Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
J. Amikuzuno, C. K. Nabilse, O. T. Damba and G. Issahaku (2020). Economic Challenges Facing Ghana’sAgribusiness & Food Systems Due to COVID-19: An Ex-Ante Assessment; In: Impact of COVID-19 on Food Production, Nutrition Security & Hospitality in Northern Ghana. PP 78 – 94.
Joseph Amikuzuno, John K. M. Kuwornu and Osman, T. Damba (2018). Gender-Based Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies among Smallholder Farmers in Northern Ghana – What Lessons for Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions Exist? Assessment of the Vulnerability and Adaptation of Food Supply Chains Actors to Climate Change. John K. M. Kuwornu (Edit).
Amikuzuno, J. (2018). The Socioeconomic Impacts of Climate Change on the Livelihood and Adaptation Strategies of Smallholder Farmers in the Upper White Volta Basin of Ghana; In: Strategies for Building Resilience Against Climate and Ecosystem Changes for Sub-Saharan Africa. PP 73-92. Edit: Kazuhiko T., Osamu, S., Gyasi E. and Gordana, K-B. (2015). ISBN 2197-7348. Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
Adiku S. G. K., D. S. MacCarthy, I. Hathie, et al. (2015). “Climate Change Impacts on West African Agriculture: An Integrated Regional Assessment (CIWARA). Handbook of Climate Change and Agroecosystems.PP 25-44. Cynthia Rosenzweig and Daniel Hillel (Edit). World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd.
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.
