PROF. RAPHAEL ADU-GYAMFIAssociate ProfessorDEPARTMENT OF CROP SCIENCEFACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND CONSUMER SCIENCESNYANKPALA Campus
Background
Raphael Adu-Gyamfi (PhD) is an Associate Professor of Plant Science. He studied at the University for Development Studies, Tamale, the University of Ghana, Legon and the University of Reading, UK. He has 20 years teaching and research experience. He handles courses in Plant Tissue Culture and Plant Biotechnology at graduate level. He also handles courses in Plant Tissue Culture, Research Methods in Agronomy and Arable Crop Production in the undergraduate level. He has researched into root and tuber crops, cereals, legumes and tree crops. He is an advocate for sustainability of crop production and has been involved in the use of biochar in sprouting yam minisetts and amending soils for yam production. He was the Project Agronomist for UDS- AGRA project that enhanced the capacities of Agricultural College graduates. He was the Principal Investigator of IFDC - UDS project on the use of briquetted NPK in maize and pepper. He evaluated nutrients losses in granular and briquetted fertilizer using lysimeter. He has worked with SNV-Ghana to study germplasm in northern Ghana. He was IFAD/ Root and Tuber Improvement Programme sponsored scholar that investigated why Pona and Labreko yam varieties do not respond to yam minisett technique and provided solution. He has enjoyed collaborative research with scientists from Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) institutions. He has attended conferences in UK, Germany, Denmark and locally. He was appointed as a coordinator for Agriculture programme in UDS Distance Learning Prorgramme during which he set up the Tamale and Damongo Centres. His experience in managing tertiary students as a Senior Hall Tutor, Hall Master and Vice-Dean of Students has given him exposure to varied human behaviour to enable him manage any workforce. He has been offering consultancy service to Amenfi Farms limited, Brightest Edge and Frontier-Agric in establishing cassava farm for cassava starch production. He is currently working with IFDC/FERARI in developing appropriate fertilizer formula and rates for maize, rice and soybean. He was appointed in 2019 by the President of Ghana onto the Governing Council of Tamale College of Education. He is a catholic and married with two boys and two girls.
Agyin-Birikorang, S., Tindjina, I., Adu-Gyamfi, R., Fugice Jr. J, W. Dauda, H. Albert B. Angzenaa, A. B, and Sanabria, J. (2022): Optimizing fertilizer use efficiency for sustainable maize production in strongly acid soils of the Sudan Savanna agroecological zone of Northern Ghana, Journal of Plant Nutrition, 45(7):2578-2596. DOI:10.1080/01904167.2022.2064291
Agyin-Birikorang, S., Adu-Gyamfi, R., Tindjina, I., Fugice Jr, J., Waku Dauda, H., Singh, U. and Sanabria, J. (2022). Ameliorating incongruent effects of balanced fertilization on maize productivity in strongly acid soils with liming, Journal of Plant Nutrition, 45(7):2597-2610. DOI: 10.1080/01904167.2022.2064293
Agyin-Birikorang, S., Tindjina, I., Adu-Gyamfi, R., Waku Dauda, H., Fugice Jr, J., and Sanabria, J. (2022). Managing essential plant nutrients to improve maize productivity in the savanna agroecological zones of Northern Ghana: the role of secondary and micronutrients, Journal of Plant Nutrition, DOI: 10.1080/01904167.2022.2027984
Agyin-Birikorang, S., Adu-Gyamfi, R., Tindjina, I., Fugice, J., Waku Dauda, H. and Sanabria J. (2022).Synergistic effects of liming and balanced fertilization on maize productivity in acid soils of the Guinea Savanna agroecological zone of Northern Ghana, Journal of Plant Nutrition, DOI: 10.1080/01904167.2022.2046083
Tetteh, A., Kusi, F., Adu-Gyamfi, R. and Attamah, P. (2021). Evaluation of the Suitability of Some Cowpea Genotype for Maize-Cowpea Intercrop in Northern Ghana. American Journal of Plant Sciences, 12:1817-1834. https://doi.org/10.4236/ajps.2021.1212127
Adu-Gyamfi, R., Hafix, A. and Avornyo V. K. (2021). Nutrients leaching in Briquetted NPK and Urea Super Granules and its effect on the performance of rice (Oryza sativa L.). Ghana Journal of Horticulture (JHORT), 15(1): 59-75. http://www.journal.ghih.org
Avornyo, V. K. Manu, A. and Adu-Gyamfi, R. (2020) Response of Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr) to PS-Foundation 1-0-1 Biostimulant, Triple Super Phosphate, and Rhizobium Inoculant, Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 51:7, 985-996, DOI: 10.1080/00103624.2020.1744627
Adu-Gyamfi, R. and Wetten, A. (2020) Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) Somatic Embryos Tolerate Some Ice Crystallization during Cryopreservation. Agricultural Sciences, 11, 223-234. doi: 10.4236/as.2020.113014.
Adu-Gyamfi, R., Agyin-Birikorang, S., Tindjina, I. Ahmed, S. M., Twumasi, A. D., Avornyo, V.K. and Singh. U. (2019). One-Time Fertilizer Briquettes Application for Maize Production in Savanna Agroecologies of Ghana. Agronomy Journal, 111 (6): 1-12
Adu-Gyamfi, R., Agyin-Birikorang, S., Tindjina, I., Manu, Y. and Singh, U. (2019). Minimizing nutrient leaching from maize production systems in northern Ghana with one-time application of multi-nutrient fertilizer briquettes, Science of The Total Environment, 694: Article Number: 133667 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133667
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.